Lawn Care Help Needed

Ironhead · 07-31-2009, 03:02 PM

Anyone know what the thick bright green stuff is on our yard? Is it some kind of crab grass? Mrs. Ironhead and I have worked really hard on making our yard look nice this spring and summer but this stuff has started to overrun our grass in the past two or three weeks.

JPhillips · 07-31-2009, 03:16 PM

Can't help you. My problem is wild violets. Those damn things just laugh when I spray Roundup on them.

Drake · 07-31-2009, 03:18 PM

Plant some kudzu and all of your problems will be solved.

JonInMiddleGA · 07-31-2009, 03:36 PM

Surf around & throw that same pic up on a lawn & garden forum somewhere & you'll have more answers than you can shake a stick at.

As well as six ways to treat the problem, five reasons that those six approaches won't work, four people insisting that you MUST find an organic solution, three people who think you simply need to hire professional help to maintain your lawn, two people who can't get the image to load, and one person who insists that it's a government conspiracy.

(not knocking you for asking here, I just know how into the subject some of those forums can get)

cartman · 07-31-2009, 03:38 PM

I have close to two acres of dead, dry, brown straw right now.

tarcone · 07-31-2009, 03:55 PM

Looks like water grass to me. I have clumps in my yard. Nope no idea how to get rid of it.

lynchjm24 · 07-31-2009, 04:00 PM

I spent a weekend in the yard pulling it and other nasty things that blown in out of the woods out by hand.

Seemed like after reading the lawn forums it was the only thing that really works.

Coffee Warlord · 07-31-2009, 04:04 PM

Only one solution. Cover your entire yard in obsidian.

SteveMax58 · 07-31-2009, 04:08 PM

Kinda looks like Floritam or St Augustine grass to me. Not sure how rare that would be for NJ though.

flere-imsaho · 08-03-2009, 09:52 AM

Yeah, it just looks like another type of grass. Jon's suggestion of posting the pic on a garden forum (i.e. gardenweb.com) would get you (probably) the exact name of the grass in question. Other than pulling it out and hoping it doesn't come back, your more involved treatment would probably be:

1. Decide what kind of grass you want.

2. Figure out what ph that grass (that you want) wants

3. Test your soil ph

4. Amend your soil to the ph that the grass you want, wants

5. Cut the current grass REALLY low and then overseed with the grass seed you want

6. Hope for the best

But that's a fair amount of work. I tend to take the view that I'll go with whatever grass seems to flourish on its own.

Autumn · 08-03-2009, 09:59 AM

I thought this thread was going to be looking for someone to mow your lawn.

Warhammer · 08-03-2009, 01:21 PM

Looks like Johnson grass to me.

RendeR · 08-03-2009, 06:49 PM

Just be happy its fucking green =)

My lawn looks great everywhere except one area right behind a pine tree, there I get moss, nothing but moss.

Flasch186 · 08-03-2009, 07:00 PM

Its rained just about every day this year here and the mushrooms are growing like mad where the most water rests. Sucks.

Ironhead · 08-03-2009, 07:28 PM

Thanks for the replies. After doing a lot of research and a lot of weeding I have come to the conclusion it is nothing more than newly growing crabgrass. Luckily crabgrass is an annual so I will just be sure to bomb the yard in corn gluten to keep the seeds from taking root next year.

Tasan · 08-03-2009, 07:31 PM

I call anything green and covering my lawn grass. Sorry.

07-31-2009, 03:16 PM	#2
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	Can't help you. My problem is wild violets. Those damn things just laugh when I spray Roundup on them. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

07-31-2009, 03:36 PM	#4
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Surf around & throw that same pic up on a lawn & garden forum somewhere & you'll have more answers than you can shake a stick at. As well as six ways to treat the problem, five reasons that those six approaches won't work, four people insisting that you MUST find an organic solution, three people who think you simply need to hire professional help to maintain your lawn, two people who can't get the image to load, and one person who insists that it's a government conspiracy. (not knocking you for asking here, I just know how into the subject some of those forums can get) __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

07-31-2009, 03:38 PM	#5
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	I have close to two acres of dead, dry, brown straw right now. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

08-03-2009, 06:49 PM	#13
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	Just be happy its fucking green =) My lawn looks great everywhere except one area right behind a pine tree, there I get moss, nothing but moss. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

08-03-2009, 07:00 PM	#14
Flasch186 Coordinator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL	Its rained just about every day this year here and the mushrooms are growing like mad where the most water rests. Sucks. __________________ Jacksonville-florida-homes-for-sale Putting a New Spin on Real Estate! ----------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of the USFL USFL

07-31-2009, 03:18 PM	#3
Drake assmaster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bloomington, IN	Plant some kudzu and all of your problems will be solved.

07-31-2009, 03:55 PM	#6
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	Looks like water grass to me. I have clumps in my yard. Nope no idea how to get rid of it.

07-31-2009, 04:00 PM	#7
lynchjm24 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hartford	I spent a weekend in the yard pulling it and other nasty things that blown in out of the woods out by hand. Seemed like after reading the lawn forums it was the only thing that really works.

07-31-2009, 04:04 PM	#8
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Only one solution. Cover your entire yard in obsidian.

07-31-2009, 04:08 PM	#9
SteveMax58 College Starter Join Date: Dec 2006	Kinda looks like Floritam or St Augustine grass to me. Not sure how rare that would be for NJ though.

08-03-2009, 09:52 AM	#10
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	Yeah, it just looks like another type of grass. Jon's suggestion of posting the pic on a garden forum (i.e. gardenweb.com) would get you (probably) the exact name of the grass in question. Other than pulling it out and hoping it doesn't come back, your more involved treatment would probably be: 1. Decide what kind of grass you want. 2. Figure out what ph that grass (that you want) wants 3. Test your soil ph 4. Amend your soil to the ph that the grass you want, wants 5. Cut the current grass REALLY low and then overseed with the grass seed you want 6. Hope for the best But that's a fair amount of work. I tend to take the view that I'll go with whatever grass seems to flourish on its own.

08-03-2009, 09:59 AM	#11
Autumn Head Coach Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bath, ME	I thought this thread was going to be looking for someone to mow your lawn.

08-03-2009, 01:21 PM	#12
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	Looks like Johnson grass to me.

08-03-2009, 07:28 PM	#15
Ironhead College Prospect Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Barnegat, NJ	Thanks for the replies. After doing a lot of research and a lot of weeding I have come to the conclusion it is nothing more than newly growing crabgrass. Luckily crabgrass is an annual so I will just be sure to bomb the yard in corn gluten to keep the seeds from taking root next year. Last edited by Ironhead : 08-03-2009 at 07:50 PM.

08-03-2009, 07:31 PM	#16
Tasan College Starter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houston, or there about	I call anything green and covering my lawn grass. Sorry. __________________ 2011 Golden Scribes winner for best Interactive Dynasty

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