Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: mrs bouquet on May 28, 2021, 12:52
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I have some grass in my lawn which the mower has trouble cutting. Why have I got them and how to get rid.
Could they have seeded from grasses in my gravel bed ? Thanks. Mrs Bouquet
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I've got some very rough grasses which just appeared one year in the lawn too >:(
I suspect the seeds may have come in on the wind or birds.
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Hello can you take a photo of the grasses that's the problem, if it's long stems sticking up they could be Bents or Rye grass if they are a broader grass leaf it could be annual meadow grass Poa Annua that is a pain I have trouble cutting that ,a cylinder mower will cut it but it needs cutting in a different direction every cut,if it is annual meadow grass slash the stems with a lawn edger before cutting jezza
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Hi gys managed to get Son to do a photo, what do you think ? Mrs B
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Hello it doesnt look like Annual Meadow grass,it could be a Bent or Rye grass,if,you feed birds it could have come in the seed,take a rake or scarifier and give it a run over to see if that can break the stems,if its mown with a cylinder mower they can leave the coarser stems, rotary mower should remove the long ends jezza
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Thanks Jezza. I'll try it. I have a rotary mower and I always just run it in all directions. I don't feed the birds.
Does a grass weed killer get rid of it ? Mrs B
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UPDATE: with help from my neighbour and various scarifiers and his strimmer the grass is now almost not there. The largest area of my lawn has round grasses which lie flat with the spiky things sticking up. He suggested it maybe some sort of crabgrass. It now looks a very unhealthy light brown, almost white.
I cannot do anymore now, it is too hard, for me. Neighbour suggested putting sprinkler on for a couple hours this evening. But I am unsure and I don't know how to get rid of them and make my lawn lovely again.
Please can you spare me some more advice. Thanks, Mrs Bouquet