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Help ID'ing my grass
Posted on 8/21/22 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 8/21/22 at 8:22 pm
Just moved in. I feel like a complete idiot asking this, but what do I have here?
Ill grab my purse, hang up and listen
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Posted on 8/21/22 at 8:35 pm to Polar Pop
I think I know, but in fear of looking like a dumb arse, I'll let a more experienced grass man chime in. I think it's St Augustine though.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 8:42 pm to Arkapigdiesel
Its weird because the back yard is CLEARLY St Aug.
Dark, super thick blades. This has me thrown though.
In NWLA if that matters.
Dark, super thick blades. This has me thrown though.
In NWLA if that matters.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 9:03 pm to Polar Pop
I think it’s St. Augustine too. Pull up a runner and post a picture. That would make it easier to i.d. If the leaves look significantly different from the backyard grass, it could just be a different St. Aug cultivar. The other options intentionally planted generally in NWLA are Centipede, Zoysia and Bermuda. Maybe it’s a seeded type of zoysia. I have an infestation of Carpetgrass that looks similar, but it’s full of ugly seed heads about a half a week after mowing.
This post was edited on 8/21/22 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 8/21/22 at 9:58 pm to Polar Pop
Looks like my zoysia but I have no experience with st augustine
Posted on 8/22/22 at 10:33 am to Polar Pop
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I think it’s St. Augustine too. Pull up a runner and post a picture.
This. I'd say St. Aug but a pic of a runner will tell you for sure.
Posted on 8/22/22 at 11:53 am to Polar Pop
hard to tell from the pics since the grass was newly cut but I'm pretty sure I see some sharp blade tips which suggests this isn't St. Aug. The zoomed out pic looks like zoysia or centipede but as mentioned a runner will get you a definitive ID.
Posted on 8/22/22 at 12:03 pm to Sir Saint
Thank you for the replies. I will post a runner pic when I get home.
Posted on 8/22/22 at 12:53 pm to Polar Pop
If all three pictures are from the same spot then you have St Aug. Zoomed in on the bottom middle of the first picture there is a runner and the leaves are coming off in a V pattern. The third picture looks more like centipede but it is probably just the angle from far away.
You do need to sharpen your mower blades though.
You do need to sharpen your mower blades though.
Posted on 8/22/22 at 12:55 pm to Polar Pop
St Aug at top, but that bottom picture looks centipedish,
Posted on 8/22/22 at 1:31 pm to Polar Pop
Do you have a neighbor with different grass? At my last house, Centipede began invading from my back yard neighbor, and it made parts of the yard look really odd.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 12:02 am to ronk
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You do need to sharpen your mower blades though.
This.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 7:39 am to Polar Pop
Every parish in the state of Louisiana has a county agent. Bring them a sample and they can set you straight.
"County agents, home economists and 4-H agents have offices in each of the state's 64 parishes and are eager to help you with information on agriculture, home economics, and 4-H clubs as well as services that assist people with horticulture problems in their lawns, trees, shrubs, and vegetable gardens and helping people "
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Posted on 8/24/22 at 12:30 pm to Polar Pop
I think I see both St. Aug and centipede, which I’m currently fighting. As others have said, need to see a runner to confirm. At. Aug needs to be cut longer, centipede needy to be kept short or it will get super thick and woven underneath.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 2:52 pm to BadTiger
It was raining like a bitch, I hope this is sufficient. Mower blades will get sharpened this weekend. I had to pull it out of retirement, got a big boy 1/2ac yard again.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 2:59 pm to Polar Pop
What you are holding in the top picture is bermuda. You have a little bit of that in your lawn but that is not your main grass.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 3:12 pm to Polar Pop
That top close up photo is not St Augustine - as the leaves are not opposite but rather alternate in orientation, so centipede. Can’t tell anything from the bottom closeup. But your original top 2 photos sure look like St Augustine, though that bottom photo from original post does not. Sure you don’t have a mixture of two grasses?
Here’s a photo of centipede on top (leaves alternate, and tip of leaf blades pointed) and St Augustine on bottom (leaves opposite, blade tips rounded).
Here’s a photo of centipede on top (leaves alternate, and tip of leaf blades pointed) and St Augustine on bottom (leaves opposite, blade tips rounded).
Posted on 8/24/22 at 3:15 pm to ronk
That top photo does appear to be bermuda - he may have 3 grasses in that lawn but it does look good from the photos.
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