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Different grasses in lawn

Discussion in 'Lawns' started by tim091, Aug 2, 2019.

  1. tim091

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    I have grass that grows at different rates to other parts, some that has little flowers on stalks and some that has dark, hard leaves.

    Any advice on what to do much appreciated!

    1. Patches that grow taller:

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    2. Patches with little flowers on:

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    3). Dark green leaves (not even sure this is grass!):

    IMG_20190802_154256935.jpg
     
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    Looks a lot like my lawn did 4 months ago. Apparently, it's coarse grass, which is basically any undesirable grass that wasn't there when the lawn was laid but has managed to get there either by birds dropping seeds or seeds being blown on the wind.

    The advice I was given was to mow often as coarse grass hates being cut and eventually will be weakened by the mowing and will eventually die and be replaced by more desirable turf grass, which thrives off being mowed. Or, the drastic option is kill the entire lawn and re-seed.

    I went down the mowing often road and it's slow progress but it seems to be working.
     
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    Thanks @hoofy. At least mowing doesn't involve shelling out any more ££!
     
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    Have a peep at this and see if it’s this.
     
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        For picture 2? I am thinking now it is Poa Annua and, like most of my lawn problems, it looks like good regular maintenance is the only way of keeping it in check. Eradication seems unlikely.
         
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        Sorry long day yesterday, it may help with photo 3. You will have to look carefully to see if it matches.
         
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        Thanks @Liz the pot. I don't think it is. The grass in pic 3 doesn't have flowers, it is almost more like a cactus in it's dark green leaves.

        If it helps it is only growing in a few patches where I am pretty sure there used to be a tree and the stump/roots are just below the surface.

        In the same locations in the winter I got enormous Honey Fungus growing (I mean enormous: foot high, two feet across sort of enormous!).

        As it is only in a few patches I think I might just dig it out in autumn and reseed etc. It will give me a chance to hack away the tree roots underneath as well.
         
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          If you pick a leaf, run your finger up the leaf and you should feel the hairy texture. There’s quite a few like this but fog is a common one but Creeping soft grass is another for example.
          There’s no seed heads as its not able to develop them as you cut often where as AMG produces seed heads at a very quick rate.
          Where as AMG is fairly easy to name, other grasses need to be carefully looked at.
           
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          @Liz the pot. Once again I bow to your wisdom :). If I run my finger down from the tip of a blade on the sides only I feel the rough.

          Best to dig it out do you think?
           
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            Yep, just remove it if it’s just the odd plant, should be fairly easy.
             
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            I think picture 1 might be Fescue.
             
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            I would say it's more likely to be ryegrass, whereas the rest of the lawn is fescues. It's really difficult to identify grasses unless they are flowering
             
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