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Posted on 8/29/24 at 10:49 am
Posted on 8/29/24 at 10:49 am
Is this St. Aug? During times of no rain and high heat it turns a silver ish color and wilts a bit. Hopefully it comes through on the pictures.
I don't see any St. Aug seed heads like I do in other parts of my lawn. It also doesn't seem to grow as high as the St. Aug around it but when it has a few days of rain it will green up and look very similar.
I lost a pretty good amount of my lawn last summer to drought and desease but have been on top of it this year with fert and watering. Plugged some spots as well. But just curious if this is a different variety of St. Aug, a different grass entirely, or a weed.
I can take more pictures if needed.
I don't see any St. Aug seed heads like I do in other parts of my lawn. It also doesn't seem to grow as high as the St. Aug around it but when it has a few days of rain it will green up and look very similar.
I lost a pretty good amount of my lawn last summer to drought and desease but have been on top of it this year with fert and watering. Plugged some spots as well. But just curious if this is a different variety of St. Aug, a different grass entirely, or a weed.
I can take more pictures if needed.
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Posted on 8/29/24 at 11:33 am to WITNESS23
Centipede.
Photo: Centipede on top, St Aug on bottom. Centipede narrower blade, pointed tip of leaf blade, leaves alternate on stolon (stem) as opposed to being opposite each other as on St Aug. Pull up a stolon (“runner”) to double check.
Photo: Centipede on top, St Aug on bottom. Centipede narrower blade, pointed tip of leaf blade, leaves alternate on stolon (stem) as opposed to being opposite each other as on St Aug. Pull up a stolon (“runner”) to double check.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 12:30 pm to CrawDude
I’ll tell ya Craw, I’ve got a patch of centipede in my st Aug somehow, and it performs better than the SA.
Certainly withstands herbicide better.
Certainly withstands herbicide better.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 12:12 am to WITNESS23
As craw says, that is centipede. Much slower growing than st Augustine.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 7:39 am to WITNESS23
Thin blade grass looks like centipede. You will know for sure at the first hint of a frost because it will be DEAD. Also, if you take a picture with your phone Google will tell you all about your grass or other flowers/plants.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 8:29 am to CrawDude
Nice simple, well-illustrated and correct answer. Me and most of my neighbors have a shifting mix of St Aug and cent. The coarser and faster growing St Aug parts becomes quite conspicuous about a week after cutting.
As to which takes over seems to be shade and moisture determined in my yard. St Aug handles shade and ground that dries fast better. I used to try and pull up St Aug runners invading the cent but finally gave up.
As to which takes over seems to be shade and moisture determined in my yard. St Aug handles shade and ground that dries fast better. I used to try and pull up St Aug runners invading the cent but finally gave up.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 9:07 am to Daygo85
quote:
You will know for sure at the first hint of a frost because it will be DEAD.
CAPS for an inaccurate statement.
This post was edited on 8/30/24 at 9:10 am
Posted on 8/30/24 at 8:37 pm to WITNESS23
I think that is actually Bahia. Been all over the internet recently, I think it is often mistaken for centipede….but the seed head will tell the story
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