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Some more lawn advice...

garrettbuckeye said:
ding! ding! ding!

Poa annua

Sorry to say that it is a very well adapted grass (that we think is a weed) that is a prolific seed producer. This is the pane in the arse that golf course superintendents deal with everyday. When things are good (cool weather, enough water, adaquate sunlight, etc.) it does well. But when things go bad, it craps out quickly. Being that it produces so much seed, and germinates quickly, it is the first to fill in any weak spots in the lawn. You can cut it out, but it will just come back in time. If you kill it (glyphosate), it will be the first to come back unless you fill the spots with sod.

Those seedheads are another characteristic of what annoys people and why they consider it a weed. We tend to cut other grasses lower than the height at which they would prduce seeds.

I hate that crappy green color too brother!
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Well... Thanks bro!!! :thumbs:
Do you think that Trimec would help with my problem?
 
Trimec looks like it is a labeled for broadleaf weeds. Poa is a grass, monocot, annoyance, etc. The problem now becomes killing a grass but not killing the other grasses around it. It is so similar to all other grasses, especially other bluegrasses, that it's not really possible to only target the Poa.

A quick note... I work on a very highly ranked golf course... ranked Golf Digest as one of the top in the world... and our greens, fairways, and rough are filled with Poa.
 
garrettbuckeye said:
Trimec looks like it is a labeled for broadleaf weeds. Poa is a grass, monocot, annoyance, etc. The problem now becomes killing a grass but not killing the other grasses around it. It is so similar to all other grasses, especially other bluegrasses, that it's not really possible to only target the Poa.

A quick note... I work on a very highly ranked golf course... ranked Golf Digest as one of the top in the world... and our greens, fairways, and rough are filled with Poa.
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Well then... Looks like I'll just have to deal with it!!!
Thanks again bro!!!

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if you are EXTREMELY anal... i've heard of people renovating their lawns. if you killed it all and re-seeded at the appropriate time, or cut it up and re-sodded you'd have that perfectly uniform lawn for a little while. problem is, that's expensive, troublesome, and it will come back again.

at least it doesn't look like this...

dog_pee_dead_grass.jpg


that's what us dog owners are forced to deal with... even the turf guys are no match! i think i'm going to ask my dogs to only pee on gravel... think they'll listen?
 
garrettbuckeye said:
if you are EXTREMELY anal... i've heard of people renovating their lawns. if you killed it all and re-seeded at the appropriate time, or cut it up and re-sodded you'd have that perfectly uniform lawn for a little while. problem is, that's expensive, troublesome, and it will come back again.

at least it doesn't look like this...

dog_pee_dead_grass.jpg


that's what us dog owners are forced to deal with... even the turf guys are no match! i think i'm going to ask my dogs to only pee on gravel... think they'll listen?
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Well... I still have one of the best lawn in the neighborhood, so I think I'll just deal!!!
Yeah... your dogs might listen!!! ???

Thanks again bro!!! :thumbs:
 
garrettbuckeye said:
if you are EXTREMELY anal... i've heard of people renovating their lawns. if you killed it all and re-seeded at the appropriate time, or cut it up and re-sodded you'd have that perfectly uniform lawn for a little while. problem is, that's expensive, troublesome, and it will come back again.

at least it doesn't look like this...

dog_pee_dead_grass.jpg


that's what us dog owners are forced to deal with... even the turf guys are no match! i think i'm going to ask my dogs to only pee on gravel... think they'll listen?
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That's what I'm dealing with, I tried spraying the area every time she goes, but that just gets old. Oh well, one corner of my backyard is ruined.
 
yeah, watering after is really the best bet. you're then flushing the excess nitrogen away. be very careful concerning any miracle sprays or patch kits for dogs. i've yet to hear of anything that actually works.
 
I used Scotts Turfbuilder Summerguard 1 time and never again i had the same spots i dug them out and reseeded also from the pictures it looks like you have your lawn mower to low it could be burn spots also i used scotts super products and find them to be much better
 
jam said:
I used Scotts Turfbuilder Summerguard 1 time and never again i had the same spots i dug them out and reseeded also from the pictures it looks like you have your lawn mower to low it could be burn spots also i used scotts super products and find them to be much better
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Early in the season, I have the lawn mower down lower... It's usually about 1/2" - 3/4" higher. Not burn spots though...
 
here's the golden rules when setting your mowing height:

1. never mow off more than 1/3 of the leaf blade. anything more than that is scalping, which pulls energy (carbohydrates) from the roots and sends it to the stressed leaf blades. late fall and early spring we're looking for root development.

2. the lower you set your height, the more frequently you need to mow. if you set it low and mow less frequently, you're scalping everytime. you'll destroy your root system, and the first time the weather gets too hot, too wet, too anything... you're grass will crap out.

i hope this helps somebody with a couple of the basics!
 
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