Ack, contractor must have not used Starter plus weed preventer!

Kentucky bluegrass, Fescue, Rye and Bent, etc
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Ack, contractor must have not used Starter plus weed preventer!

Post by redcoat » March 24th, 2020, 8:26 pm

Amazed that I have so much wild grass in my fescue this spring after over seeding in the fall. Finally figured out that the guy I had put it down used just regular fertiliser!!!

Now I have all these everywhere: Image

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any idea what they are? And anything I can do to get rid of them?

Cheers

David

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Re: Ack, contractor must have not used Starter plus weed preventer!

Post by andy10917 » March 24th, 2020, 9:00 pm

Do you have the seed test label for the grass seed you used?

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Re: Ack, contractor must have not used Starter plus weed preventer!

Post by redcoat » March 24th, 2020, 9:16 pm

Not sure if I still have it, but it was extremely high quality with no weeds etc and 3 of the highest Fescue on the NTEP.

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Re: Ack, contractor must have not used Starter plus weed preventer!

Post by bernstem » March 26th, 2020, 9:53 am

I don't know what the lawn looked like before, so keep that in mind. Hard to say, but the third photo looks like turfgrass from the photos (grass ID from photos is hard so I may be wrong). I'm not sure what the lime green fine bladed stuff is. For the turf grasses, it may just be small areas of high fertilizer or a different cultivar left over from before the seeding or contaminated in the new seed. I would let it float for several weeks to a few months and see if the rest of the lawn picks up and blends it in. If you are sure they are not turfgrass, treat them like the lime green stuff and other invasive grass species. Dig up the clumps and plug with grass from the edge of a backyard garden bed or a relatively hidden area (or reseed them). If the areas of fast growing turfgrass don't blend in with time and mowing, the only option is to dig them up or kill them with a non-selective herbicide and reseed or plug them.

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