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Grass coloring?

7 years ago

I have a zone 7, KBG/fescue mix lawn. Past couple of months I’ve noticed the right side of the yard becoming more lime green color than dark green. I exclusively use Milorganite. The areas that are lime green tend to get less shade than not but not too sure what the cause of color variation could be. Any ideas? Thanks!

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mishmosh
7 years ago
Lookup poa trivialis.
User
7 years ago
P. trivialis or P. annua, and it looks like P. trivialis.

That's a tough one, although I have taken it out with repeated Tenacity applications and preserved the existing lawn. The only other option is Round Up and reseed, and those P. trivialis plants have been dropping seed like mad, so you'll end up killing out progressively smaller patches over time. A lot of time.
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tmo84
Original Author
7 years ago
Man, between this and the creeping charlie I wonder if it's worth it to re-seed and start everything over...Thanks for the insight!

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