blue grass that grows in clumps and kills other grasses??
There are patches of this around the lawn and it creates an ugly mess. It is a fine grass, thick and cushiony with a slighlty bluish color that grows in clumps. There are voids of dead grass throughout it, particularly when things get dry. Under wet conditions when all of the lawn is hardy, the bluish clumps are less noticeable in the lawn but you can feel them underfoot because they are so thick. This grass does seem to be spreading, taking over more and more of the lawn yearly.
One guess is that it is grass from seed that was in a mix bought years ago and used for overseeding patches where the existing lawn was thin or had died. The grass came in but then dead spots appeared suddenly throughout the patches. This was several years ago. It has never produced a consistent sod cover.
I have dug out some of the patches then spread topsoil and seeded a northern mix. So far that is working fine. But it will be hard to resolve the problem that way because there are about 20 patches remaining, some 5x5 and larger.
I'm wondering what variety of grass this could be. I want to remove it because it is so different from the rest and is uneven and unsightly. If the dead spots problem is really a disease or result of insufficient water, and not a characteristic of this variety, that would not matter since I still want this grass out of my lawn.
I don't think this is Pythium Blight because it is not greasy and is only in the portions of the lawn dominated by the odd grass variety.
Just fill a spray bottle with vegetation killer and give each one a squirt. In a week that "clump" will be dead. That is how I manage growths of quack/crab grass in my lawn.
I think you might be best to nuke the area and replant. Your problem grass appears to be the only thing growing. So, you either embrace it or kill it all and start over.
I'm with Dane - rule of thumb is more than 50% weeds and/or undesired grasses and best practice is to kill it all and start over. A soil test is also a good idea.
I need sandbags to hold down a large umbrella base. The umbrella manufacturer says to weigh the base down with at least 165 pounds of sand. I live on the western slope of Colorado where temps routinely get into the 90s and 100s during the summer, and 80s during the fall. I do get wind gusts of up to 50 mph a few times each year, but I'm able to let the umbrella down when it gets windy.
I don't want the cheap plastic bags, I want something that will last thru 3-4 months of hot weather. My umbrella base is 2 ft x 2 ft. What are your suggestions as to how many bags I will need and what brand or type?Read More
Greetings All,
There is an ephemeral creek that runs through the back yard edges of the homes on my street that originates from I don't know where and runs when there's heavy rain. My home is the next to last one before it peters out most of the time. When I moved in, the creek had gotten misdirected through my back yard from yard/woods waste debris pick up on the way, so I had a berm built to put it slightly back in the woods. This fix was okay unless it rained heavy for days then it overflowed into the yard again. Then about a year ago some logs got stuck across the creek causing it to split, with the new branch running farther into the woods than the original. This split has formed a little 20' x 4" "island" of shrubs and small trees.
So what I would like to do is get rid of the island, somehow close off the lower branch and just make it so the creek flows continuously with the newer upper branch. Time I fear is not on my side to do this because I noticed today the logs are beginning to rot from the creek running over them and then the creek will create a new possibly more problematic path of least resistance though the yard again and discontinue using the upper branch all together. My question is who do I call to get rid of the island and fix the creek to stay the course on the upper branch? Thanks.Read More
07-06-23, 09:23 PM
