What types of grasses are these?

[cyflier]

What types of grasses are these? I am assuming the only way to kill them is to spot treat them, correct? Please tell me I'm wrong.

 

[bos]

I want to punch all three of them. We have so much of that stuff growing all over our back yard. I have had to basically spot treat them. Sucks in large areas. Takes forever for the real stuff to grow in.

 

[Freebird]

Looks like fescue of some sort. And yeah, you're pretty much ****ed if you have a big patch of it. Broadleaf herbicides will do nothing to it. A scorched earth herbicide such as Round-Up is pretty much the only way to get rid of it.

 

[Wesley]

That one on the left. Too bad for you. You might need to pull some of that crap.

 

[DeereClone]

Your best bet will be 2-4D, dicamba, and Mecropop-p but I can't make any promises.

 

[The_Architect]

Looks like fescue of some sort. And yeah, you're pretty much ****ed if you have a big patch of it. Broadleaf herbicides will do nothing to it. A scorched earth herbicide such as Round-Up is pretty much the only way to get rid of it.

Use vinegar instead. Much much cheaper, will kill about everything and doesn't poison the ground like roundup.

 

[Rhoadhoused]

Use vinegar instead. Much much cheaper, will kill about everything and doesn't poison the ground like roundup.

In what way does roundup poison the ground?

 

[Stewo]

Use vinegar instead. Much much cheaper, will kill about everything and doesn't poison the ground like roundup.

As much of that crap that lives in my lawn, I'm this close to using napalm on it.

 

[IAmNotTheMayor]

Tall fescue. It's actually more hardy and lower maintenance than bluegrass and rye, but most people don't like it for aesthetic reasons. If it's in a few spots, you can dig it out and replant (or transplant some good sod if you have it). If it's everywhere, then rejuvenation is the best approach. Also, if you want to be more selective with Roundup, try using a sponge paintbrush thing and brush it on.

 

[DeereClone]

Use vinegar instead. Much much cheaper, will kill about everything and doesn't poison the ground like roundup.

How does RUP poison the ground? Just FYI, 32 oz per acre on a corn or soybean field is a full rate of RUP. That is a fountain drink at the gas station spread out on a football field.

 

[Bret44]

Fence off yard, purchase goat, problem solved.

 

[chuckd4735]

Yeah, I have this **** all over my backyard. Its grows about twice as fast as everything else, and looks hideous, mainly because it is spotty in my yard. The last few years, when we have had zero rain, that stuff will continue to grow like crazy while the rest the lawn is dormant. I've dug it up in a few areas, and it has a pretty impressive root system. The roots go down deep, so I'm assuming that's why it is able to continue growing in droughts.

That being said, I'm not an expert what so ever, so I look forward to any responses on how to murder this type of grass.

 

[cyfan964]

Round-up is a contact herbicide and in no way effects soil at all.

 

[CyCrazy]

In what way does roundup poison the ground?

It doesn't.

 

[The_Architect]

Yeah, I have this **** all over my backyard. Its grows about twice as fast as everything else, and looks hideous, mainly because it is spotty in my yard. The last few years, when we have had zero rain, that stuff will continue to grow like crazy while the rest the lawn is dormant. I've dug it up in a few areas, and it has a pretty impressive root system. The roots go down deep, so I'm assuming that's why it is able to continue growing in droughts.

That being said, I'm not an expert what so ever, so I look forward to any responses on how to murder this type of grass.

It's fescue I believe. The best way I've gotten rid of it is to just choke it out with overseeding year after year with more desirable grass (Kentucky Blue Grass, Rye, etc.).

 

[Angie]

The good news about Round-up is that it's a low-risk leachate. It breaks down pretty quickly and has a low toxicity:

http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/killing_weeds_in_the_garden_with_glyphosate

 

[The_Architect]

Whoah, didn't mean to rile anyone up. Poisoning the ground was not what I meant. Try using white vinegar as a substitute. The less chemicals the better IMO.

 

[Rhoadhoused]

Whoah, didn't mean to rile anyone up. Poisoning the ground was not what I meant. Try using white vinegar as a substitute. The less chemicals the better IMO.

Just to be clear the whole reason Roundup is so incredibly popular is because it is pretty much the safest "chemical" herbicide you could create while still being very effective.

IIRC it breaks down into completely harmless compounds very quickly as well.

 

[DeereClone]

Whoah, didn't mean to rile anyone up. Poisoning the ground was not what I meant. Try using white vinegar as a substitute. The less chemicals the better IMO.

I'm not riled up, and I don't think anyone else is either.

There is a lot of mis-information out there regarding chemical use on farms, and this mis-information leads to people that don't understand farming at all dictating the way we go about our business. I take any chance I get to inform and educate people about modern production agriculture.

 

[Acylum]

Yeah, I have this **** all over my backyard. Its grows about twice as fast as everything else, and looks hideous, mainly because it is spotty in my yard. The last few years, when we have had zero rain, that stuff will continue to grow like crazy while the rest the lawn is dormant. I've dug it up in a few areas, and it has a pretty impressive root system. The roots go down deep, so I'm assuming that's why it is able to continue growing in droughts.

It sounds like what you're talking about may be yellow nutsedge. Have fun with that.

That being said, I'm not an expert what so ever, so I look forward to any responses on how to murder this type of grass.

It sounds like what you're talking about may be yellow nutsedge. Have fun with that.