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Grasses (graminoids) are plants with narrow leaves growing from the base.

Grasses are the most well known form of monocot. They are typically grown for and as cereals.

By some definitions, grasses are amongst the successful plants alive today due to their coverage of large natural areas (e.g. prairies); plus their large-scale symbiotic relationships with humans (i.e. requiring human intervention to populate huge fields, plus ).

Use this tag for all questions relating to different plants.

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Identify this plant that's taking over my yard

What is this plant? This is slowly taking over my yard. You can see from one of the pictures that it's a vining plant of some sort. It will lay roots and then spread out. It came in to my yard a couple years ago from a bad batch of top soil and…
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Please help me Identify this weed and what herbicide can I use to get rid of it in St. Augustine Grass

I would like to identify and kill the weed shown in the image below and pointed out by the red arrows. It has very thing leaves compared to the St. Augustine grass and has these puffy type seed sprouts. What is this weed? What is the best way to…
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How long until I can over-plant grass seed after spraying Weed b Gon

I have 5 acres of backyard that used to be farmland. I planted grass, but I think I used the wrong kind, as it doesn't seem to be spreading. Now ~5 years later, the yard looks decent, but the grass is fairly thin and the weeds (dandelions mostly)…
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Is this an undesirable grass or a weed?

I have some patchy weird grass or weeds growing on my lawn. You can see in a few places in the images below: Picture 1: you can see the longer wider grass blades scattered here. What is this? A broadleaf weed or a grass that I just don't want? How…
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How to prepare lawn for overseeding

I've recently been renovating a small section of my lawn, which is going relatively well. I now would like to overseed the remainder of my lawn, which has many bare spots and is quite bumpy. My question is: how should I prepare my existing lawn? …
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How to get rid of dirt that is lying on grass?

After doing some work in my garden there are areas of the grass with dirt on it. What can I do to remove it effectively? Picture source.
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How to get rid of grass between ground cover?

We just bought a new house, with a somewhat overgrown front garden. Mostly I need to do some pruning and shaping. They planted some ground cover, including ivy. Strangely, while the ground cover seems well established, there's still a lot of tall…
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Pull Crabgrass before overseeding?

I'm planning ahead for over seeding this fall. There's a section of my yard that is virtually all Crabgrass. Does it make sense to pull it all up by hand or use a herbacide before putting down the new seed? I want to ensure the seed makes good…
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When doing no till gardening, is it a bad idea to leave grass to act as a cover crop?

In my sunchoke patch, I'm using grass as a cover crop for no till purposes. Is this a bad idea?
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Should I be concerned about this weedy grass popping up in my lawn?

I live in Middle Tennessee and have a fescue lawn that is largely dormant right now, since we've been having 90+ degree F days for the better part of two months straight now. Crab grass is thriving, though (I have a question about that here,…
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Fairly new sod dry spots?

I had new sod installed about 2 months ago, and am getting these weird dry spots. I'm not sure which type of grass it is (Colorado), and they seemed to appear after a few really hot days in the high 90's. I water about every other day for 15…
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How to replace lawn with rock garden

I am not a big fan of mowing the lawn, and am planning to cover the current lawn with washed rock completely (also to prevent weed growth). Do I need to prep anything beforehand? Or can I simply have to cut the grass, and leave the cut grass in the…
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What is the best time of the year to plant St. Augustine grass plugs?

I live in Dallas, Texas. When would you say the best time of year would be to plant St. Augustine grass plugs?
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Organic or Traditional lawn fertilizer: which is safer for areas with young children?

I have a new lawn that was started in late August in the Boston (MA) area. The installer says it's time to apply fall fertilizer. My new lawn looks pretty good: there was broad germination; there are some bald spots; and in the shade there's some…
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How often should I water my lawn in Georgetown, Massachusetts

Looking to hear from any others in New England, or even more specifically Massachusetts. We just bought our dream home in Georgetown, MA and the one thing that needs a lot of work is the lawn and landscaping. We just had an irrigation system…
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