Lawns, do you take care of it?
08-14-2018, 05:31 PM
#23
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Join Date: 06-07-2011
Location: SE Mich
Posts: 2,180
We have turf grass; fescue and bluegrass. We call centipede and St.Augustine weeds, mainly because the turn brown in the cold that yi=ou don't get.
I have a few patches of Bahama grass that drives me absolutely nuts. That's like Centipede it spreads by both stolons and creeping. It will cover a concrete slab by creeping and the stolons can be 6 feet deep. It is absolutely impossible to kill, the only way is to dig the entire root system out and burn it.
It's that stuff the State uses on median strips that overflows onto the roadway. It also harbors gnats.
I have a few patches of Bahama grass that drives me absolutely nuts. That's like Centipede it spreads by both stolons and creeping. It will cover a concrete slab by creeping and the stolons can be 6 feet deep. It is absolutely impossible to kill, the only way is to dig the entire root system out and burn it.
It's that stuff the State uses on median strips that overflows onto the roadway. It also harbors gnats.
LOL! Don, you are the best! I have no experience, so dis be da Gospel! More LOL!
But Don, fescue IS a weed.............................................. ............................down here at least.
08-14-2018, 08:46 PM
#27
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Join Date: 01-09-2007
Location: SE USA
Posts: 15,864
Many types of fescue. I'm on the border of deep South & South, I have bermuda in back, but I have tall fescue w/ some Kentucky bluegrass in front, on purpose. Looks so lush, when properly maintained.
The bermuda is tough on blades, neighbor cuts it @ 1-1/2" which makes it look dead. I still cut mine @ 3.5" & now @ 4"......
Everyone likes different things.
The bermuda is tough on blades, neighbor cuts it @ 1-1/2" which makes it look dead. I still cut mine @ 3.5" & now @ 4"......
Everyone likes different things.