All Crabgrass?
- turf_toes
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Re: All Crabgrass?
Most folks are notoriously bad at identifying grassy weeds from pics. That said, crabgrass will die off itself in a few months. It’s an annual weed.
I suggest looking closer at the whole plant. Does it have underground rhizomes? Take a closer look at the above ground plant.
No one is going to have a better look at the features of that plant than you.
I suggest looking closer at the whole plant. Does it have underground rhizomes? Take a closer look at the above ground plant.
No one is going to have a better look at the features of that plant than you.
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Re: All Crabgrass?
The photos are tough to evaluate, but something doesn't look right to me. My gut feeling and advice: see if you can rule out Dallisgrass/Field Paspalum/Bull Paspalum. These species have the V-shaped seedhead, and grow in tight upright bunches or flat mats, depending on the species. The don't root at nodes like crabgrass. A long-term neglected or minimal maintenance lawn is more likely to have these. They are fairly common in MA. I have seen them in person here, too. They are more challenging to get rid of than crabgrass if that is what you have mixed in..they're Perennial warm-season species.
- PSU4ME
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Re: All Crabgrass?
I went over and pulled some of them up, they are thin roots vs rhizomes. Used some round up on other plants I know where not crabgrass. He just had his septic tank replaced and I nuked the whole area there as it was growing some nasty stuff. Will lay seed in 2-3 weeks
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