Carpet grass is a creeping warm season grass native to the west indies.
Carpet grass herbicide.
Toughguy5 posted 02 march 2006 14 10.
It does best in damp sandy soil and is traditionally found in tropical climates.
Augustine stenotaphrum secundatum is a warm season grass that grows in tropical subtropical and mediterranean type climates primarily u s.
The grass forms a thick mat and gives carpet like coverage wherever established.
Carpet grass is a warm season perennial grass that grows well in areas where other types of grass will not grow.
Avoid using weed and feed if you plan to reseed your lawn in the same season.
Carpet grass technically known as axonopus affinis is easy to get started and looks relatively good in most lawns.
However this form of grass is very invasive and many people do not like the way it looks or behaves once it is established in a lawn.
Tenacity is a selective systemic herbicide that features a new mode of action for pre and post emergence grass and broadleaf weed control in several cool and warm season turf species like keeping bentgrass out of your rough.
Hello all the problem i am having here in south florida is carpetgrass when we moved in to this house we spent 800 on sod laid it down and the lawn looked freakin great.
Carpet grass self propagates from seed and the running stolons.
The plant will not tolerate heavy fertilization especially fertilizers high in nitrogen.
Irrigate the lawn when there is less than 1 5 inches of rain in a week and fertilize regularly.
Carpetgrass axonopus is a slow growing medium green and sometimes greenish yellow coarsely textured turfgrass that is adapted to low maintenance general purpose turf it prefers full sun to moderate shade and performs well in wet shady acidic soils where other grasses may not.
Then the carpet grass came out of know where it killed all of the sod we put down i got really mad and got down on my knees and ripped up all the carpetgrass out of what was left.
If you want to get rid of this pesky grass you have several.
Use quick release pre emergent weed control or weed and feed fertilizer to eliminate unsightly weeds without harming your grass.
Carpetgrass looks very similar to centipedegrass except that it produces a crabgrass like.
Tenacity can also be applied on established or newly seeded turf.
Use the description and the image above to confirm whether you are dealing with carpetgrass.
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Choose a type of lawn grass that grows well in your area and maintain it according to the needs of the specific type of grass.
As a general rule you can safely apply weed and feed in the spring and overseed in the fall.
The best defense against carpetweed in lawns is a healthy well maintained turf.