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vipermanz
06-09-2002, 06:28 PM
this is a muti bladed grass as in it branches off like a tree not a single blade. see pichttp://photos.groups.aol.com/_img/viperlawn/3gaOdm/dsc00669.jpg
thanks in advance!!
Turf Technologies
06-09-2002, 08:38 PM
Kind of looks like St. Augstine to me.
vipermanz
06-10-2002, 01:16 AM
i do too, but the thin blades confused me
Kent Lawns
06-10-2002, 07:50 AM
Tall Fescue?
CSRA Landscaping
06-10-2002, 10:57 AM
We could probably give you an accurate id if you'd pick a single grass plant and take a good pic of it and then post that. Otherwise, I'd have to say, from the picture, it does look a bit like St. A.
vipermanz
06-10-2002, 04:17 PM
http://photos.groups.aol.com/_img/viperlawn/m8aWlE/close.jpg
KenH
06-10-2002, 04:21 PM
Pull 1 grass plant, take the dirt from the roots, taking care not to break them off. Lay this plant on a piece of white paper, and snap a pic from directly above.
vipermanz
06-10-2002, 04:34 PM
http://photos.groups.aol.com/_img/viperlawn/m8aWlE/whole.jpg http://photos.groups.aol.com/_img/viperlawn/m8aWlE/close2.jpg
CSRA Landscaping
06-10-2002, 05:38 PM
I'm guessing carpet grass.
MOW ED
06-10-2002, 05:41 PM
Looks like tall fescue to me. Grows in clumps, quite invasive. The cure is Glyphosate.
65hoss
06-10-2002, 05:44 PM
Looks like Centipede to me from what I can tell. Unless its the new Emerald Zoysia, but I would doubt that.

Does it have runners?
Nelson
06-10-2002, 08:46 PM
St. Aug............:angel:
vipermanz
06-10-2002, 11:21 PM
runners are present
richlawns
06-10-2002, 11:34 PM
That is Johnson grass use Trimec Plus and It will be dead in a few days and won't kill the turf.
Grass_Slayer
06-10-2002, 11:51 PM
that is dallas grass. dallas grass looks like bahia grass, which is in the same genus as dallas grass. both are closely related to millet. it is a problem in several of my yards. i dont like the stuff at all:mad:
GroundKprs
06-11-2002, 12:48 AM
To accurately identify a grass type, you need to look closely (magnifier helps) at the various parts of the grass plant - ligules, auricles, collars, leaves, stems, etc. See http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/hort2/MF2031.PDF for a start.

If you really want to be able to identify grasses in the field, get the Scotts® Guide to the Identification of Grasses, and the companion Scotts® Guide to the Identification of Dicot Weeds (broadleaf weeds). If they still sell them; I called Scotts direct years ago to get mine.