#2: Re: bad grass
Posted on 2006-06-05 14:18:58 by mike_lyle_uk
KK wrote:
> No - this has nothing to do with illegal substances - but with patches of
> 'bad' grass in my lawn - coarse ugly stuff, bright green & grows very
> quickly.
>
> Do I have to dig it out ?
>
Most upright-growing British coarse grasses and sedges will die off in
a lawn which is cut a couple of times a week; but if they don't, yes,
they need to be dug out. In my case the pest was Yorkshire fog, which
is a glaucous colour, so that can't be the one you have; but I think I
got rid of it easily enough. If it's any consolation, it probably won't
come back once you've done the job.
If the coarse species take hold, it may be a sign of poor drainage or
low fertility: they're stronger competitors at root level. I think the
smoothness of the lawn is a factor, too: if it's rather bumpy, in the
hollows mowing may leave enough of the green top on to help them
survive.
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Mike.
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#3: Re: bad grass
Posted on 2006-06-05 18:33:14 by Robert Fuchs
"KK" wrote
> No - this has nothing to do with illegal substances - but with patches of
> 'bad' grass in my lawn - coarse ugly stuff, bright green & grows very
> quickly.
>
> Do I have to dig it out ?
Yes.
>
> All advice welcomed - thanks
>
Get yourself a turf or two from a GC and then place a turf over the course
grass and cut round it and slice out the bad grass about a turf thick, the
turf will then fall into the gap nice and tight, you won't notice the join
within a couple of weeks.
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Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK
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