Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
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/ Thanks, Bob Hofmann |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
brooklyn1 wrote:
On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 14:00:56 -0700 (PDT), "hr(bob) " wrote: 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? I cannot say what it is but why is it so objectionable? Why must lawn be one species? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhofmann/4761771580/ Thanks, Bob Hofmann Your weed is lush and green, actually looks much better than your struggling to live puny grass. If you put more effort into your lawn you wouldn't have weeds... regular watering and mowing will do wonders. Yep yep yep. Fertilise, mow, water, drill, roll, water, fertilise, mow, weed, water, fertilise, mow, water, drill, roll, water, spray, fertilise, mow, water, fertilise, mow, water, drill, roll, water, fertilise, mow, water, fertilise, weed, mow, water, drill, roll, water, fertilise, mow, water. That'l fix it. David |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
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/ Thanks, Bob Hofmann Don't know the name of the weed but, am I'm going solo here, I'd pull as much as possible and then add some round-up on top of the weeds root system. By using round-up please understand that you will be called names as I will. But a little dab will do ya! Donna in WA |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
On 7/4/10 2:00 PM, hr(bob) wrote:
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/ Thanks, Bob Hofmann Looks like crab grass. If it is, note the following -- Crab grass generally indicates a lawn that is getting too much water too often. If the summer rains are not sufficient, irrigate deeply and infrequently. Try irrigating only once in 3 or 4 days. When you do irrigate, cut the time in half and then irrigate twice with an hour between; more water will soak into the soil instead of running off. Adjust the duration such that, on the day before you irrigate, the lawn (other than the crab grass) is not wilting. There are various brands of lawn food that contain a herbicide that is specific to crab grass. The herbicide can be toxic to animals, including humans, if too much is applied to your lawn. Thus, avoid using too much at a time; and don't use it at all if the amount of crab grass is minor. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
On Mon, 5 Jul 2010 08:34:52 +1000, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote: brooklyn1 wrote: On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 14:00:56 -0700 (PDT), "hr(bob) " wrote: 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? I cannot say what it is but why is it so objectionable? Why must lawn be one species? They needn't be, except depending on the area involved... smaller lawns are not very esthetically appealing when filled with patches of different types of plants.... with larger areas one cannot see the imperfections over great distances. My lawn is compased of probably a hundred different plants but unless one walks about and looks up close and personal they'd never know that not too long ago it was a hay field, there's very little real lawn grass... if not for my regular mowing it would be a wildflower meadow: http://i49.tinypic.com/166evys.jpg |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
On Jul 4, 5:04*pm, brooklyn1 wrote:
On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 14:00:56 -0700 (PDT), "hr(bob) " wrote: 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/ Thanks, Bob Hofmann Your weed is lush and green, actually looks much better than your struggling to live puny grass. *If you put more effort into your lawn you wouldn't have weeds... regular watering and mowing will do wonders. The problem is that the "weed grass" turns brown very early in the Fall while the "real grass" stays green for another 6 weeks at least. I'll try some crabgrass killer and see if it has any effect. It is not crabgrass in the traditional sense. As to the posters who suggested more or less water and fertilizer, I do fertilize my grass lightly, and have not needed to water so far this Spring/Summer. With a 100 x 200 ft property, either in house or lawn, getting down on my hands and knees to pull this stuff out is not realistic. And we don't have any hungry teenagers in the neighborhood who will pull weeds for $$$. |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:05:27 -0700, "David E. Ross"
wrote: On 7/4/10 2:00 PM, hr(bob) wrote: 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/ Thanks, Bob Hofmann Looks like crab grass. If it is, note the following -- Crab grass generally indicates a lawn that is getting too much water too often. If the summer rains are not sufficient, irrigate deeply and infrequently. Try irrigating only once in 3 or 4 days. When you do irrigate, cut the time in half and then irrigate twice with an hour between; more water will soak into the soil instead of running off. Adjust the duration such that, on the day before you irrigate, the lawn (other than the crab grass) is not wilting. There are various brands of lawn food that contain a herbicide that is specific to crab grass. The herbicide can be toxic to animals, including humans, if too much is applied to your lawn. Thus, avoid using too much at a time; and don't use it at all if the amount of crab grass is minor. Damn, you know nothing about crab grass. First of all that's not crab grass. Crab grass flourishes in dry hot conditions. And there's no specific crab grass killer... best one can do is to use a preemergent, but once it germinates all one can do is bit by bit attempt to dig it up, fruitless. Any defolient that will kill crab grass will kill everything else. But that's not crab grass, looks nothing like crab grass. |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 14:00:56 -0700 (PDT), hr(bob)
wrote: 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 enough detail for an accurate diagnosis, but I suspect it's crabgrass, an annual. If so, your choices are mowing practices and fertilizer or chemical warfare. Mowing/Fertilizer: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...4130305AAOLW1G http://urbanext.illinois.edu/lawntal...home_lawns.cfm ID: http://www.garden-counselor-lawn-car...-pictures.html http://www.purdue.edu/envirosoft/law...t/herbici3.htm Kay |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
On Jul 4, 9:42*pm, Kay Lancaster wrote:
On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 14:00:56 -0700 (PDT), hr(bob) wrote: 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 enough detail for an accurate diagnosis, but I suspect it's crabgrass, an annual. *If so, your choices are mowing practices and fertilizer or chemical warfare. Mowing/Fertilizer:http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...s_in_home_lawn... ID:http://www.garden-counselor-lawn-car...t/herbici3.htm Kay I'm 99.9% sure it is not what most of us here in the Midwest call crabgrass. I have a few patches of crabgrass, but nothing like the number of patches of what I showed in the picture. I hope to get a sample to our local Morton Arboreteum, and see if anyone there has any ideas. But, I'm not too hopeful as they are primarily interested in woody plants and trees, not grasses. |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
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, "hr(bob) " wrote: On Jul 4, 9:42*pm, Kay Lancaster wrote: On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 14:00:56 -0700 (PDT), hr(bob) wrote: 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 enough detail for an accurate diagnosis, but I suspect it's crabgrass, an annual. *If so, your choices are mowing practices and fertilizer or chemical warfare. Mowing/Fertilizer:http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...20080714130305 AAOLW1Ghttp://urbanext.illinois.edu/lawntalk/managing_crabgrass_in_home_lawn ... ID:http://www.garden-counselor-lawn-car...s.htmlhttp://w ww.purdue.edu/envirosoft/lawn/src/pest/herbici3.htm Kay I'm 99.9% sure it is not what most of us here in the Midwest call crabgrass. I have a few patches of crabgrass, but nothing like the number of patches of what I showed in the picture. I hope to get a sample to our local Morton Arboreteum, and see if anyone there has any ideas. But, I'm not too hopeful as they are primarily interested in woody plants and trees, not grasses. If you have any sense inside that skull of yours, you will listen to what Kay Lancaster has told you. She is very good at this stuff. It is your best chance. Do as she says, or it is all on you. -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/2...al_crime_scene |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
It looks like crabgrass to me. The simplest way to eliminate it is to not
let it set seed (mow and compost the clippings) or germinate (pre-emergent herbicide applied in late spring, after cool season grasses have germinated but before crabgrass has germinated). Mowing is pretty effective, since the seed is produced on stalks above the height of a typical lawn. There won't be much to mow except those stalks, so it may seem like not worth the effort, but mowing pays off the following year. Mowing alone takes a few years to control crabgrass, until the seed bank in the soil is used up. Una |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
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hr(bob) spewed forth: 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/ Thanks, Bob Hofmann I'm no expert, but it looks almost like St Augustine grass, but I don't think it would survive Chicago winters. Find some MSMA and try it. If it's crabgrass, dallisgrass, goosegrass or the like, it'll kill it. They still have some here http://www.horaneys.com/Products.asp...&ProductID=100 |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
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. -- Pat in Plymouth MI "Vegetables are like bombs packed tight with all kinds of important nutrients..." --Largo Potter, Valkyria Chronicles email valid but not regularly monitored |
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. |
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. |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
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, "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 |
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 |
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. |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
On 7/4/2010 5:00 PM, hr(bob) wrote:
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/ Thanks, Bob Hofmann Looks a bit like stuff invading my lawn in spots. Easily pulled and broadleaf killer does not touch it. I think premerge suppresses it as neighbors lawn out back is nearly 100% since he does not treat back. Pulling and premerg are my recommendations. |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
On Jul 5, 3:16*pm, Frank wrote:
On 7/4/2010 5:00 PM, hr(bob) wrote: 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/ Thanks, Bob Hofmann Looks a bit like stuff invading my lawn in spots. *Easily pulled and broadleaf killer does not touch it. *I think premerge suppresses it as neighbors lawn out back is nearly 100% since he does not treat back. Pulling and premerg are my recommendations. I started pulling today, we'll see how long my back can hold out. I am curious how this weed propogates. The plants don't seem to have any flowers/seeds, and yet a new patch will start up 30 feet from any other patches in the yard. I can understand spreding thru the roots, but 30 feet is a long distance for a root without any visible topping. Bird dropppings???? or what???? |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
On 7/5/10 7:07 PM, hr(bob) wrote:
On Jul 5, 3:16 pm, Frank wrote: On 7/4/2010 5:00 PM, hr(bob) wrote: 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/ Thanks, Bob Hofmann Looks a bit like stuff invading my lawn in spots. Easily pulled and broadleaf killer does not touch it. I think premerge suppresses it as neighbors lawn out back is nearly 100% since he does not treat back. Pulling and premerg are my recommendations. I started pulling today, we'll see how long my back can hold out. I am curious how this weed propogates. The plants don't seem to have any flowers/seeds, and yet a new patch will start up 30 feet from any other patches in the yard. I can understand spreding thru the roots, but 30 feet is a long distance for a root without any visible topping. Bird dropppings???? or what???? Grass has flowers and seeds. Many smaller grasses have flowers that escape notice. Generally, they are on short stalks and have "rays" like miniature umbrella ribs. The seeds are smaller than the seeds that speckle the outside of a strawberry. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:51:45 -0700, "David E. Ross"
wrote: On 7/5/10 7:07 PM, hr(bob) wrote: On Jul 5, 3:16 pm, Frank wrote: On 7/4/2010 5:00 PM, hr(bob) wrote: 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/ Thanks, Bob Hofmann Looks a bit like stuff invading my lawn in spots. Easily pulled and broadleaf killer does not touch it. I think premerge suppresses it as neighbors lawn out back is nearly 100% since he does not treat back. Pulling and premerg are my recommendations. I started pulling today, we'll see how long my back can hold out. I am curious how this weed propogates. The plants don't seem to have any flowers/seeds, and yet a new patch will start up 30 feet from any other patches in the yard. I can understand spreding thru the roots, but 30 feet is a long distance for a root without any visible topping. Bird dropppings???? or what???? Grass has flowers and seeds. Many smaller grasses have flowers that escape notice. Generally, they are on short stalks and have "rays" like miniature umbrella ribs. The seeds are smaller than the seeds that speckle the outside of a strawberry. Grass seed is not nearly so small as strawberry seed.... grass seed is actually quite large as seeds go... well, what one finds in a bag of grass seed from the store... most commercial grass seed is a mixture, even those claiming to be of a particular type still contain some percentage of other seeds, including 'weed' seed.... the physical size of a plant has little bearing on the size of its seed. Seeds produced by the lawn itself are dispersed by animals but mostly by wind, and those that stick to the bottoms of shoes as one walks about. Weeds tyically start from those produced in a neighbors lawn... no matter how much weed prevention one employs one cannot control nearby properties... many seeds can travel great distances when airborne, many miles. |
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On Jul 6, 1:55*pm, "songbird" wrote:
hr(bob) wrote: ... I started pulling today, we'll see how long my back can hold out. I am curious how this weed propogates. *The plants don't seem to have any flowers/seeds, and yet a new patch will start up 30 feet from any other patches in the yard. I can understand spreding thru the roots, but 30 feet is a long distance for a root without any visible topping. * Bird dropppings???? *or what???? * someplace else might be supplying the seeds for it (how it got there to begin with). *or there might be seeds coming in via other means (fertilizers, composts, reseeding). *mulching mower, or animal movement (birds sometimes pull pieces of turf and mud to use as nest making materials and then drop it (oh no a hawk!)). * if those are leaf nodules on the stems some of those might be viable given the right moisture and soil conditions. any mower sucks and some of what they suck may include stems that are weakened and not deeply attached with a bit of root. *instant transport to new location, regular watering and there ya go. * more than likely though, is seeds as some stems may lay flat enough to not be clipped before flowering and setting seed. *after the seeds form then they can be dispersed in a near infinite number of ways (well as far as i'm concerned, there's just too many critters out there). * first and last of the above most likely. *the middle is just me being pedantic. *i left out the parts that get caught in deer feet because that only happens here. *:) * good luck, * songbird Well, we have cyotees(sp?), rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, hawks, owls, robins and God knows how many other wildlife types right in our own yard, so anything is possible. I guess I'm stuck doing a lot of pulling to control things. |
Invasive weed/grass in my lawn
brooklyn1 wrote:
David Hare-Scott wrote: .... I cannot say what it is but why is it so objectionable? Why must lawn be one species? They needn't be, except depending on the area involved... smaller lawns are not very esthetically appealing when filled with patches of different types of plants.... with larger areas one cannot see the imperfections over great distances. My lawn is compased of probably a hundred different plants but unless one walks about and looks up close and personal they'd never know that not too long ago it was a hay field, there's very little real lawn grass... if not for my regular mowing it would be a wildflower meadow: http://i49.tinypic.com/166evys.jpg i don't see any broad leafs (plantains, chicory or dandelions, etc) in there at all, what are you doing to keep them from winning out? here, if i didn't hand weed them they would take over in a few years. songbird |
Crab grass about indicates a backyard that is accepting too abundant baptize too often. If the summer rains are not sufficient, adulterate acutely and infrequently. Try irrigating alone already in 3 or 4 days. When you do irrigate, cut the time in bisected and again adulterate alert with an hour between; added baptize will absorb into the clay instead of active off.
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