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Lawn Weeds ...Help required !!!

AlCrinzAlCrinz Posts: 6
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Hi All 
 I re turfed my weed ridden  garden  last September , and it took really well , I have just started cutting again in the past 6 weeks or so , due to the wet winter 
 I thought it looked great until yesterday when I decided to give it a light rake over , to my disgust , I found what you see in the pics all over my lawn , I thought it was just different grass where I have over sowed in places . 
 Now I think it's weed from the old lawn  ? 
Firstly , what is it ? 
Secondly , what's the best method to get rid of it as quick as possible 
Thanks in advance 👍
Al .
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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I think the top one is Yorkshire fog and the second annual meadow grass. The quickest way to get rid would be to dig the clumps out then reseed the gaps with seed that matches your lawn. Otherwise, you can slash the Yorkshire fog with a knife (I use a hook-shaped weeding knife) which will gradually weaken it. The meadow grass is an annual so the trick is to keep it mowed so it doesn't flower and set seed (easier said than done though).
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • AlCrinzAlCrinz Posts: 6
    Thanks Jenny , spent all of yesterday trying to get some kind of ID on this weed , bearing in mind I'm a total gardening novice , I thought I had nailed it as ...." Annual Bluegrass" , and rather difficult to iradicate ?  Possible ?
    I'm gonna get myself a spray gun , some form of fungicide ( not sure what to use yet ) 
    And give it a blast ,  then  repeat later on in the year ,  I may have a go at ripping it out ? Though it will be rather unsightly 
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    You're probably just confusing terms but as grass isn't a fungus then fungicide isn't going to be much help ;)  Any chemical that kills the unwanted grass will kill your other grass too so will be almost as unsightly as manual removal and both will need reseeding.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • AlCrinzAlCrinz Posts: 6
    Ahh thanks for that .
     So  it looks like I'm ripping it all up then ? 
     Should I still treat the lawn at the end of the year though , in an attempt to stop a re emergence next spring ?
    Regards  Al
     
  • AlCrinzAlCrinz Posts: 6
    Hello again experts !!
     After a full spring/summer of digging lumps of "Pro ana" or similar.. out of my lawn and gradually reseeding ,im almost there ,though there are still a good few areas annoying me (pics to follow) Grass is growing well though.
     Now i need some Autumn/ winter help ?
     
    I used some 4 in 1 weed and feed last month which did kill 1 or 2 small patches of new grass all re planted though .

    whats next please ? my idea is to use some pre emergent ?  (October time ) to stop spring weeds returning and give the lawn a light over sow early spring with a :/ covering of some form of compost for a strong summer lawn next year 

    Am i even close ? 

    All tips and advice very welcome 
    im attempting to prove everyone wrong by refusing to get artificial grass .

    Kind Regards 

    Al
     
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Just wait until spring now. Cut regularly. The 4 in 1 applied a month ago means you can't really use anything else now until then, although there's a product for over autumn/winter for grass which is less nutritious, as you don't want lots of soft growth going into winter. I've never used any of these, so I don't know what the timing is for them, and it depends on what weather you have in your area too.
    Anything which has a 'killing' element in it, needs time before anything else is applied, or seed is sown. 

    I'm not aware of any pre emergent product. Anything appearing in spring can be tackled then. Constantly feeding grass can be counter productive.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AlCrinzAlCrinz Posts: 6
    Here we are ,  after 6 months of gradually  digging lumps out And re seeding .
    Don't want any more weeds coming through if it can be avoided .
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I doubt it can be entirely avoided as some weeds blow in with the wind or get dropped by birds.
    Most weeds get killed by mowing and those that don't, you can pull out.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited August 2020
    If you have grass - you will get weeds of some kind. It's just how it is. You just deal with them as they appear each year, either by digging out, or using a bit of spot weedkiller. That's often the easiest way. There are ones which are specific for using on lawns  :)

    When you sow new seed into patches, it pays to broadcast some of it over the whole area, so that it blends in.
    Otherwise, just cut little and often and, as Eric Clapton said # let it grow.... ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AlCrinzAlCrinz Posts: 6
    Thanks for the advice guys and girls , I'm more worried that all the " bluegrass " weed that came through this spring will do the same next year ? as it has grown , seeded and gone back to ground ?? . 
    If it all shoots up again next spring I'm  gonna be in double trouble 😂
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