wkilc – posted 12 May 2004 17:36
Hi folks,
I had a crabgrass infestation at my home here in Rhode Island last year. I tore a lot of it out… repaired lawn with both sod and seeding.
I had the lawn de-thatched and fertilized in late March. Couldn’t (didn’t) apply any crabgrass pre-emergent at first because I wanted to overseed. Finally found Scott’s Starter Fertilizer with crabgrass control… applied it in late April.. about 3 weeks ago. I am starting to see what I am afraid is new crabgrass sprigs coming up. This little buggers are packed with what appear to be seeds. Maybe its another type of grass? I am going to apply some more pre-emergent, to halt any further germination, as the directions say I should in areas that were badly infested last year. I am going to try to control it by watering deeper and less frequently.
Here are a couple of pics of the “mystery” grass:http://kevinsilvia.com/crabgrass1.jpg and http://kevinsilvia.com/crabgrass2.jpg
JUST UPDATED THIS POST: I’ve been doing research… could this be “poa annua” (a.k.a. – annual bluegrass)?
If so… doesn’t seem as bad as crabgrass (I hate that stuff)… any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
~Wayne
[This message has been edited by wkilc (edited 12 May 2004).]
josepht – posted 12 May 2004 18:40
The links wont open for me my server is acting up but if it is crabgrass which it probally is go to this web site if it isnt crabgrass just look around till you find what you have sorry I couldnt help more but like I said my server wont open that link
http://weedalert.com/weed_pages/wa_crabgrass.htm
seed – posted 12 May 2004 20:54
wkilc, it’s definitely not crabgrass. The first image is almost certainly a species of Poa, but it doesn’t look like the Poa annua that I am familiar with. For all I know, it could even be Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis.
Phil
ted – posted 12 May 2004 21:37
yeah, it’s poa- the product is Kerb.
ckoppe – posted 19 May 2004 07:40
1st pic is “po” i hate that stuff it really likes to hang out with bermuda and almost impossible to get rid off..
the second looks to me like kentucky 31 tall fescue
Don – posted 23 June 2004 13:43
I have the same problem in my Bermuda grass. I going to use MSMA to kill the weed. My Bermuda around the weed will die but come back stronger..