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Started by ReggieT, June 07, 2019, 03:56:35 PM

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ReggieT

Hey Guys,

I've been toying over either re-seeding or throwing down Bermuda sod in my front yard.
I reside outside of Birmingham, AL...so it gets mighty hot & humid during the summer months.

Before I invest in either of these options, I took note of what is growing thick and hearty in my yard, yet it's a grass I'm unfamilar with.
If I can find the seeds for this I can match my current grass and seed it into bare spots.
Currently this grass covers about 85% of my yard.
If no one can ID by my pics, where could I send some clipping samples to and obtain a positive ID?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Reg

 

 

 

 

btulloh

St. Augustine grass perhaps
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ReggieT

After looking @ tons of pics...it may be crabgrass! :P :embarassed:

btulloh

It does look like that at first but crabgrass tends to grow sideways and looks less organized. I have plenty of that. I really think it's st. Augustine 
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Dan_Shade

I've always kinda liked crab grass and dandelions  :)
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lxskllr

I'm indifferent to crabgrass, but I especially like dandelions. One place I lived was almost pure dandelion in the backyard. It would alternate between white puffs and yellow flowers. Amazing to see really. I'd be surprised if my yard now was 50% "desirable" grasses. There's a little bit of everything in the yard. Some of the flowers I mow around til I get tired of it, or they quit blooming. I don't care what's in the yard as long as it keeps the dirt from washing away.

caveman

Not St. Augustine, Bermuda, Zoyzia, Bahaia, or Centipede.  
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btulloh

Definitely not zoysia or nutsedge.
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caveman

Nutsedge is bright green, has a starlike seed pod and is round at the base.  Not nutsedge.
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firefighter ontheside

I always thought it was nutsedge, because that's what I was told.  Upon looking it up, it's clearly not nutsedge.  We have lots of it around us, but I guess I don't know what it is.
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lxskllr

I've seen the OP's stuff before, and I think I might have some in my yard, but I don't know what to call it. It's nice to walk on. Crabgrass isn't so nice to walk on. It's stemmy, and spreads like cancer. The stalks drop down and sprout roots. I guess that's why it's called crabgrass. Crab=cancer, but I don't know why. I should look that up sometime.

Ljohnsaw

Well, maybe you have a new species!  Get a patent on it and make a fortune :D  I suppose you have a lot of rain through the summer.  It doesn't look drought tolerant so no-go for me ;)
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Quote from: lxskllr on June 07, 2019, 08:33:39 PM
I've seen the OP's stuff before, and I think I might have some in my yard, but I don't know what to call it. It's nice to walk on. Crabgrass isn't so nice to walk on. It's stemmy, and spreads like cancer. The stalks drop down and sprout roots. I guess that's why it's called crabgrass. Crab=cancer, but I don't know why. I should look that up sometime.
Exactly.  It's great to walk on with bare feet.
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btulloh

Crabgrass grows out from the center horizontally and by mid summer a clump of crabgrass looks like a #1 Jimmy.
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Southside

It's called Quack grass, I have it here too. 
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thecfarm

Does it have a white root? Pull one piece and there will be 3-4-5 more growing on the same root? I fight something that kinda looks like that in my garden. I don't really know the name of it,but I call it a few names. :D It will spread fast and take over. Great for a lawn,not so much for a garden.
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ReggieT

Quote from: thecfarm on June 08, 2019, 06:13:34 AM
Does it have a white root? Pull one piece and there will be 3-4-5 more growing on the same root? I fight something that kinda looks like that in my garden. I don't really know the name of it,but I call it a few names. :D It will spread fast and take over. Great for a lawn,not so much for a garden.
Take a look @ the pic with roots intact and tell me what you think it may be.

thecfarm

I did look at the picture but did not really look like a white root with "hair" for another piece of grass. Or I should say pieces.  ;D
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ReggieT

Quote from: Southside on June 08, 2019, 12:19:55 AM
It's called Quack grass, I have it here too.
Hmm...my grass seems to lack the classic "auricles" common to Quack Grass. Did you plant it & is there a way to buy seeds for it?
My wife actually likes it.
Thanks

Southside

Did not plant it, but we don't use any herbicide on our grazing land so I see a wide variety of grasses that have either been in the soil a long time or get deposited by a deer, bird, etc. 

Let it go to seed and collect it yourself. There is a gentleman in Oklahoma who started that way with improved varieties of crab grass and now has a very successful business and several named varieties he produces. His stuff makes for great forage. 
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btulloh

Take a small patch of your grass to someone for id.  You have Southern States there.  Some of them  have good turf people on staff and can very helpful and give you a positive ID.  Some don't have the right people - it just depends.  Somewhere close to you there's a turf store that can help.  It's hard to ID precisely by the pictures.  It looks like some type of lawn grass, but what exactly?
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Raider Bill

We have that in our flower beds. It originated from bird seed.
No Idea what it is. Always thought it was a type of crab grass.
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ReggieT

Thanks for all the feedback.
Contacted the Alabama A&M/Auburn County extension today about sending some clippings for positive ID.

ReggieT

***UPDATE***

Here is the dreaded news! :-\ ::) :P
Never seen crabgrass look so green, fluffy, and pretty...yet I'm not a grass guru either!

Hello Reggie Turner,
 
The weed is crabgrass. The attachment will list some herbicides to control the weed.
  
Thank you,

Nelson D. Wynn, Regional Extension Agent
205-669-6763

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