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Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
Pat Kiewicz writes:
hrbob said: I have the invasive grass/weed shown in the picture in many places in my lawn. The spots of weeds pop up with no apparent source. They do no respond to weed killer, and they crowd out regular lawn grass. I am in the Chicago suburbs. Can anyone tell me what the grayish green grass/weed is and how to get rid of it? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhofmann/4761771580/ Not crabgrass, as crabgrass is an annual. Could be Nimblewill: http://www.msuturfweeds.net/details/_/nimblewill_44/ It's perennial, has the leaf blades coming off of stalks so blends horribly with typical lawn grasses, starts growing late, turns brown early. You can spot treat with something like Roundup (or try dig it out) and then patch with good seed or sod. I've got some patches of it way in the back, and it doesn't play nice with the other grasses at all. Nor is it pleasant to walk on. I think you win the prize! I have something that looks similar. Up until now I thought it was nutgrass. Based on that I tried (a pre-emergent this year) no luck. So far it looks like there is no good treatment for nimblewill other than to nuke the lawn (Roundup). Not good. I've been pulling the stuff for years with little success. |
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Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
On Jul 5, 10:04*am, wrote:
Pat Kiewicz writes: hrbob said: I have the invasive grass/weed shown in the picture in many places in my lawn. *The spots of weeds *pop up with no apparent source. *They do no respond to weed killer, and they crowd out regular lawn grass. *I am in the Chicago suburbs. *Can anyone tell me what the grayish green grass/weed is and how to get rid of it? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhofmann/4761771580/ Not crabgrass, as crabgrass is an annual. Could be Nimblewill: http://www.msuturfweeds.net/details/_/nimblewill_44/ It's perennial, has the leaf blades coming off of stalks so blends horribly with typical lawn grasses, starts growing late, turns brown early. You can spot treat with something like Roundup (or try dig it out) and then patch with good *seed or sod. I've got some patches of it way in the back, and it doesn't play nice with the other grasses at all. *Nor is it pleasant to walk on. I think you win the prize! I have something that looks similar. *Up until now I thought it was nutgrass. *Based on that I tried (a pre-emergent this year) no luck. So far it looks like there is no good treatment for nimblewill other than to nuke the lawn (Roundup). *Not good. *I've been pulling the stuff for years with little success.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Pat is 100% correct with her diagnosis, the photo in her posting looks exactly like my weed. Now if we could only find something useful to do with the weed, I could get rich. I will have to settle for a lot of pulling, I guess, as I don't want to kill all the spots where it is popping up, that would look even worse that what I have. Thanks to all who responded, especially Pat K. |
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Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
On Jul 5, 9:44*am, Bill who putters wrote:
In article , *"hr(bob) " wrote: On Jul 5, 10:04*am, wrote: Pat Kiewicz writes: hrbob said: I have the invasive grass/weed shown in the picture in many places in my lawn. *The spots of weeds *pop up with no apparent source. *They do no respond to weed killer, and they crowd out regular lawn grass. *I am in the Chicago suburbs. *Can anyone tell me what the grayish green grass/weed is and how to get rid of it? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhofmann/4761771580/ Not crabgrass, as crabgrass is an annual. Could be Nimblewill: http://www.msuturfweeds.net/details/_/nimblewill_44/ It's perennial, has the leaf blades coming off of stalks so blends horribly with typical lawn grasses, starts growing late, turns brown early. You can spot treat with something like Roundup (or try dig it out) and then patch with good *seed or sod. I've got some patches of it way in the back, and it doesn't play nice with the other grasses at all. *Nor is it pleasant to walk on. I think you win the prize! I have something that looks similar. *Up until now I thought it was nutgrass. *Based on that I tried (a pre-emergent this year) no luck.. So far it looks like there is no good treatment for nimblewill other than to nuke the lawn (Roundup). *Not good. *I've been pulling the stuff for years with little success.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Pat is 100% correct with her diagnosis, the photo in her posting looks exactly like my weed. *Now if we could only find something useful to do with the weed, I could get rich. *I will have to settle for a lot of pulling, I guess, as I don't want to kill all the spots where it is popping up, that would look even worse that what I have. Thanks to all who responded, especially Pat K. http://www.google.com/search?client=...will+vinagar&i e=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 -- Bill *S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden * * *What use one more wake up call? * *http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/* *http://tinyurl.com/277bz9m- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - More info on grassy weeds identification can be looked up he http://www.ergonica.net/catalog/inde...identification Ray Ergonica |
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Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
Bill who putters writes:
In article , "hr(bob) " wrote: On Jul 5, 10:04*am, wrote: Pat Kiewicz writes: hrbob said: I have the invasive grass/weed shown in the picture in many places in my lawn. *The spots of weeds *pop up with no apparent source. *They do no respond to weed killer, and they crowd out regular lawn grass. *I am in the Chicago suburbs. *Can anyone tell me what the grayish green grass/weed is and how to get rid of it? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhofmann/4761771580/ Not crabgrass, as crabgrass is an annual. Could be Nimblewill: http://www.msuturfweeds.net/details/_/nimblewill_44/ It's perennial, has the leaf blades coming off of stalks so blends horribly with typical lawn grasses, starts growing late, turns brown early. You can spot treat with something like Roundup (or try dig it out) and then patch with good *seed or sod. I've got some patches of it way in the back, and it doesn't play nice with the other grasses at all. *Nor is it pleasant to walk on. I think you win the prize! I have something that looks similar. *Up until now I thought it was nutgrass. *Based on that I tried (a pre-emergent this year) no luck. So far it looks like there is no good treatment for nimblewill other than to nuke the lawn (Roundup). *Not good. *I've been pulling the stuff for years with little success.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Pat is 100% correct with her diagnosis, the photo in her posting looks exactly like my weed. Now if we could only find something useful to do with the weed, I could get rich. I will have to settle for a lot of pulling, I guess, as I don't want to kill all the spots where it is popping up, that would look even worse that what I have. Thanks to all who responded, especially Pat K. http://www.google.com/search?client=...will+vinagar&i e=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 That's a google search for nimbelwill and vinagar(sic). If you have some useful links, please post them instead. Thanks. |
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