Well the stolon on the far right is centipede, and the orientation of the first 3 stolons in the photo is such that the alternate leaf arrangement is not crystal clear to me but they look so much like the fourth I think they are all centipede. Let see what the other grass gurus think.

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Posted by ronk

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Posted on 5/18/20 at 6:40 pm to MaxDraft

Your guess is as good as mine. I agree with centipede on the far right but I think carpet on the left. I’d only bet a beer on it though.

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Posted by CrawDude

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Posted on 5/18/20 at 6:55 pm to ronk

ronk I think you’re right - some of the leaves blades on the first three stolons that have not been mowed have rounded, blunted tips that is characteristic of carpetgrass, and not centipede.

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Posted by MaxDraft

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Posted on 5/18/20 at 6:56 pm to ronk

Thanks for all the help. I think I may not mow a portion of the yard for a week or so and see if I get the carpet grass seed heads popping up. I guess that will tell me for sure.

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Posted by jimbeam

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Posted on 5/18/20 at 7:26 pm to ronk

Agreed

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Posted by CrawDude

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Posted on 5/19/20 at 9:42 am to MaxDraft

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I think I may not mow a portion of the yard for a week or so and see if I get the carpet grass seed heads popping up. I guess that will tell me for sure.

Indeed it will and if you want or need to eliminate the carpetgrass Celsius will kill. I seem to recall it took 2 applications about 3 weeks apart to rid myself of a couple small areas of carpetgrass I had.

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