Does poa-a germinate in the spring...

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Does poa-a germinate in the spring...

Post by northeastlawn » May 13th, 2021, 9:00 am

While performing my morning poa-a purge, I noticed a lot of the poa-a I was pulling barely had a single grass blade. It's almost as if it just came up.


its actually a good thing that its not poa-a that survived the summer, but it got me thinking; if poa-a starts germinating in August when temps are below 70deg....

Does that mean all these cool nights in the spring keep the poa-a germinating through out the spring?

If the poa-a can get through my pre-m in the fall, could these little poa-a seedlings be getting through the spring pre-m?

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Re: Does poa-a germinate in the spring...

Post by andy10917 » May 13th, 2021, 9:26 am

Yes. It's secondary, but possible.

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Re: Does poa-a germinate in the spring...

Post by MorpheusPA » May 13th, 2021, 2:14 pm

Agreed. Absolutely. It's an opportunist, so any remaining seeds will happily sprout whenever conditions are good, if the seed survived. Winters are good for seed survival, so spring is a nice secondary season.

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