Grasses (*graminoids*) are plants with narrow leaves growing from the base.
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Tips on lawn maintenance and weed control
I have a lawn that is growing more and more weeds as the days go by. What is the best method of tackling this problem and returning my lawn to its former lush and green self?
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Making a yard that's settled more level?
My yard was installed when the prior owners built our house a dozen years ago. They did a decent job with the landscaping and yard. The problem is that some areas of the yard have settled and I'd like ...
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Can my lawn be saved or is it time to dig it up and re-sod?
The majority of the grass in my backyard has turned brown and/or died after what we believe was a chinch bug onslaught that went untreated for way too long. It is St. Augustine grass in South ...
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How often should I fertilize my lawn?
How often should I fertilize my lawn? Should I follow a certain schedule? I have heard of people fertilizing on around holidays [US: Easter (sometime in April), Memorial day (last week of May), fourth ...
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why does my grass have bright green patches?
My yard is about 6 years old (new house). When we put the yard in, the seed was equal parts Fescue, Rye, and Kentucky Bluegrass. We live in NE Ohio.
About 2-3 years ago, we started getting these ...
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How can we grow grass in our heavy clay yard?
My wife and I have been living in a new subdivision for the past two years and have been struggling with getting grass to fully take in our backyard. Our front yard is sod and has been doing fine, but ...
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How can I control/remove unwanted grass in flower beds?
I have a flower bed with some ground cover, daffodils, tulips and a few shrubs. Lately grass has been growing pretty much everywhere, including through the ground cover.
I tried an herbicide called ...
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How do I quickly remove crabgrass without too much manual labour?
My backyard is being overtaken with crabgrass again. It started later this year than last. In the early spring, I rented a de-thatcher/powerrake and cleaned up the year of alot of dead material (to ...
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How long do you water after planting grass?
I have just planted some grass seed to replace some grass lost after the dry summer. I have been watering it daily for 3-4 days. How long should I keep this up?
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How do I compost lots of grass clippings?
I find that grass clippings tend not to compost well on their own, however we have lots of grass clippings to compost – so what do we do?
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How to keep fescue grass from taking over my rye grass?
I live in Connecticut, hardiness zone 6a. Last Summer, fescue grass took over a large swath of the sunniest part of my rye grass lawn when it was very dry. Most of it died over the Winter and we ...
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How can I harvest my own grass seed?
I have a kind of perennial evergreen grass that I would like to spread around the yard. How can I save seeds from the plants efficiently ?
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What kind of lawn grass doesn't spread and is exceptionally shade tolerant?
This grass is a very good lawn grass, showed mowed and unmowed, and I would like to buy seeds for it. Of course, I can't do that unless I know what it is. It does not spread, it doesn't turn brown ...
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How can I fix a lawn which has become patchy?
My backyard lawn has always been slightly "patchy." My yard keeper attributes this to my two female dogs. I've been willing to believe him as the front yard grass has not had this problem and the ...
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Identifying grass that supports all weather types, doesn't invade and prevents bad plants from sprouting
It apparently doesn't grow longer than on the photos, can support all types of weather, doesn't invade other parts of the garden and it seems to prevent "bad" plants from setting up there (bramble, ...
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Lawn problem - seasonal grass, thatch, or something else?
I've owned my home for about 3 years now and every winter large patches of my lawn appears to die, but in the summer it comes back to life.... which makes me believe its some sort of seasonal grass. ...
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What is the right time to water my lawn?
I finally own my home and this is my first spring. I have a decent front lawn that I want to keep as green as possible. I've always been told not to water in the day as it can burn the grass (as a ...
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What type of miniature clover is growing with yellow flowers in my short Australian lawn?
I have a weed in my lawn which is prolific where the grass is of low height. It is a very small clover with yellow flowers.
I live in the Sydney, Australia region.
Here's a photo with a ruler to ...
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Is early November too late in the season to overseed, repair a cool-season lawn?
I'm wondering if it would be too late in the season to overseed, repair a cool-season lawn in preparation for the coming Spring.
I live in Atlantic Canada.
I've been fighting with our lawn since we ...
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How do I flatten out the four inch high bumps in my lawn? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How is a lumpy lawn flattened out?
My lawn is full of bumps, there's no stretch of flat ground anywhere. They're little mounds about 4 inches high or so, and this is not ...
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Dandelions taking over the lawn
My lawn was overrun with dandelions so I've used some Ortho Weed-B-Gon Max and that seems to be killing the dandelions very well. The problem is now my lawn is very sparse with grass. There just ...
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How to stop grass growing through landscape pebbles?
I have an area in my front yard where I have a row of dwarf Buxus surround by a strip of decorative pebbles.
I layed down a sheet of lining to prevent the grass from growing through the pebbles, but ...
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What is pulling up tufts of grass all over my lawn?
I went to mow the yard today and found 1-2 inch plugs of grass pulled out of the ground all over the place. It looks more like the result of digging than a deliberate pulling out.
What could be doing ...
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What to look for in a robotic lawnmower?
The idea of a robotic lawn mower is appealing, but it seems that most of the robotic lawn mowers currently on sale are overpromising their delivery somewhat. Amazon reviews are in many cases a mixed ...
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Ground cover for large sloped area
I have a fairly large area, ~1000 square feet, that I would like to plant with ground cover that looks good, is low to the ground, and is zero maintenance. The area gets full sun the first half of the ...
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How can I remove the moss growing on my lawn?
I have a lot of fairly thick, short moss growing on my lawn. The grass seems to be growing through it and looks healthy, but I still have a carpet of moss. I try raking it, but it's relentless and ...
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How high should I cut fescue grass?
The fescue grass in my yard is not doing well. I suspect that I may be cutting it too short--especially in the summer heat. I have cut it to a length of three inches for several years now. How tall ...
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Keeping lawn out of garden beds
I have buffalo grass for lawn and garden beds around the house. The grass wants to spread into my garden bed. I have a border of concrete curves that looks like this:
But the border is fairly ...
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How do I stop dog urine from killing grass?
Everywhere I've lived, the dog urine just kills the grass. I've found nothing on the internet and the garden person at the local hardware said it's impossible. Any suggestions?
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How do I remove Bermuda grass without destroying my cool-season lawn?
I am having trouble controlling Bermuda grass through my cool-season lawn (grass type Fescue).
I live in Lancaster, PA USDA Zone 6.
Is there an effective method of removing it without effecting the ...
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Perennial Shade Grass
My Fescue Grass does fine here in my shady South Carolina yard. However, it needs to be re-seeded every year or it gets bare patches. Are there any alternatives that do not involve buying more seed ...
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Will cutting grass help it spread?
I've planted some kikuyu grass by seed in my Arizona back yard. It's growing well in clumps and I want to encourage its horizontal growth of stolons. Would trimming the parts that are growing up speed ...
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What is the best species of grass to grow around a black walnut tree
I love my black walnut tree. I almost love it as much as I hate it, but it's beautiful.
However, grass refuses to grow around it even though my wife and I are adament about cleaning up leaves and ...
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Do I need to/should I till up lawn before putting raised beds on top?
I have a lawn that I am considering turning into more garden space. (roughly 25' x 25')
I've done raised beds on top of an existing garden in the past, but never on top of lawn/grass without ripping ...
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What is this weed/grass and what to do with it?
I have a weed that looks like grass with a flower/seed/wheat looking thing at the top. What is it and how do I get rid of it in my yard?
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Lawn-mowing: when to mulch and when to bag?
I know mulching when mowing is typically a good thing for the health of the yard. If this is the case, under what circumstances should I bag the clippings?
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Identify Common Lawn Varieties
I've run into this problem and I'm sure others will too:
I want to know what variety of lawn I've got.
Knowing your lawn type is important for: watering, PH levels, fertiliser, etc. And if you ...
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What would be a good “cat grass” for the central Texas heat?
So I can buy the little pots of "cat grass" or even the grow kits at my local pet store, but I thought it would be more fun to have a little patch of it growing in the yard that (hypothetically) would ...
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Is painting grass green for the sake of making it green for real?
There's a joke that in the army when the grass has any color but green it is painted so that it has "the right" color.
Now I open Google and search for "painting grass" and there're numerous results ...
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When is the best time of year to plant grass seed?
So as a new homeowner I'm new to the whole lawn thing. I want to spiffy up my yard a bit planting grass seed (not sure what type yet), but I'm unsure as to when to start looking.
In general, what is ...
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Is it OK to use a trimmer when my reel mower does not work?
I recently bought a house and have this 250 sqft backyard with really tall grass (about 7 inches). I found an 18" push reel mower and an electric trimmer (weedeater) thing in the garage. The reel ...
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My lawn got no water for a week. Is there hope?
We turned our sprinkler system off last weekend so that we could mow the lawn in the morning without the grass being wet. Unfortunately, I forgot to turn the sprinkler system back on and the grass has ...
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How do I start a new lawn?
I had an infestation of grubs, as well as some severe compaction issues, resulting in a very patchy front lawn (1000 sq ft, Toronto).
Over the weekend I roto-tilled the lawn to a depth of 6 inches. ...
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Help! broadleaf weeds are taking over my lawn - what do I do?
I have a lawn that was neglected for a long time - I've done a fair share of weed-n-feed for a few months, but the weeds continue to prosper in the lawn. I know the soil is great (rich, moist, black ...
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Will I have problems with grass in my garden if I till it under during preparation?
I am preparing a new garden at home and instead of removing the grass that was present, we only used a rototiller to pierce the soil and rip the grass apart. I have been told that we would have a big ...
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How to replace zoysia when it's also in my neighbor's yard?
The previous owner of my house planted a zoysia lawn, which is awful as I live in a cool climate. It's brown for most of the year. After digging up the entire yard for foundation repairs I tried to ...
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Building a concrete divider for a lawn/garden bed
I have a garden bed in between my fence and my lawn, seperated by a row of two bricks in an "L" arrangement.
I'd like to replace the bricks with a concrete divider similar the picture in this post - ...
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Why are holes and divots typically filled with a sand mix?
I was taking a lunch time walk at work and noticed some council workers filling in a sizable patch (about 1m square) with soil. I've noticed this done on golf courses and also on sports grounds and I ...
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How do I pick the right type of grass for my lawn?
I'm trying to pick a type of grass for my backyard lawn. I've researched some on wikipedia such as:
Kikuyu grass:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennisetum_clandestinum
Kentucky Bluegrass:
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How to replace the grass in a yard? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can my lawn be saved or is it time to dig it up and re-sod?
I have two problems that I am trying to knock out with the least amount of work possible.
The first problem ...
