Grass weed ID and control help.

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Tmurph
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Grass weed ID and control help.

Post by Tmurph » June 14th, 2017, 4:45 pm

I have fescue and Bermuda in my yard. I also have this hard to kill grass weed. I don't think it's crab grass, but don't know what it is any help identifying and erraticating appreciated.
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Dchall_San_Antonio
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Re: Grass weed ID and control help.

Post by Dchall_San_Antonio » June 15th, 2017, 12:01 pm

Dallis grass. It is hard to get rid of dallis grass when it is mixed in with other grasses. Grass killers will kill it all including the fescue and bermuda. The dallis, being a coarser type of grass, will provide just enough shade to weaken the finer bladed grasses, so it's a problem. Certainly hand pulling will work.

Bermuda is usually considered to be a weed in a fescue turf. Do you have a preference to one or the other? The correct answer is, "yes," and you prefer bermuda, because it will out perform fescue over the long haul. But do you have a preference? Also your area is too warm for fescue.

Tmurph
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Re: Grass weed ID and control help.

Post by Tmurph » June 15th, 2017, 2:09 pm

I've been hand pulling. Takes time and messes up the grass around it. The Bermuda recovers well but I have a maple tree shading most of the front yard that won't permit Bermuda growth. I like the softness of fescue but I don't know if it'll survive this summer. Thanks for your help.

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Re: Grass weed ID and control help.

Post by Dchall_San_Antonio » June 15th, 2017, 5:27 pm

St Augustine would be much preferred to fescue. Watch the fescue toward late July and August.

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