Strange grass in the lawn

Hi all,

We recently turfed large part of our garden but we left a small area of existing grass 25 sqm, which isn't in very good shape. The grass only gets early morning sunshine due a large tree and seems to grow at different rates. The grass feels flat, almost stuck to the ground and moss is a big issue.

Putting that aside, following a few cuts, I've noticed what seems like different types of grass growing within the area and I'm not sure if they are weeds?

Please see below

This is a big bald pach that I seeded but the yellowish grass is very prominent, growing much quicker than the grass around it. 2 pics





Here is a good example of the grass in a seperate patch:



Another area of the lawn



All thoughts welcome ....

Thanks, Nick

 

Oh pants - from what I've read couch grass it a pain in the backside.

It also seems to be spreading onto my newly turfed area

 

Yes, couch grass. It tends to grow quite tall, and doesn't like to be mown short.
So, if you don't want to start from scratch by killing off the existing grass and re-seeding, I would:

Get the proper lawn grass growing strongly in the area where the couch is; rake the grass up with a spring-tined rake before mowing to stand up the couch so that it can be cut short. Eventually the proper lawn grass will out-compete the couch, but it could take a season.

 

Thanks for the advice - I've now almost got rid of it all

 

Glad to hear it's working. Don't relax yet though. It'll probably be a while before the last bits of couch give up.

 

Assuming you don't have a dog that pees on your lawn I would suggest you don't panic Regular mowing and' Feeding & Weeding' thinned out the 'bad' grasses in my lawns within three seasons and they take a heck of a bashing from kiddies pounding them daily too.