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invasive lawn grass #779076

Asked December 14, 2021, 12:57 AM EST

Our Salem residential lawn was installed by a professional landscaper using JB Instant Lawn turf 4 years ago. It was a beautifully consistent dark green until I hired a lawn maintenance company to do my mowing. I think they may have brought in some kind of invasive grass on their equipment. Or it could have blown in from a neighbor's weedy yard. Small patches of very bright green grass appeared. The patches keep getting larger and larger and they are showing up all over. I read about poa grass and it doesn't look like photos of poa. However, it does go to seed fairly quickly and certainly before the JB turf shows signs of going to seed. Any ideas how to identify it and get rid of it?

Marion County Oregon

Expert Response

Thanks for reaching out. Can you take a few photos of the affected areas so I can see what you're dealing with? You can attach up to three photos at a time as a response to this message.

Thanks! 

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On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 4:28 PM Ask Extension <<personal data hidden>> wrote:
The Question Asker Replied December 18, 2021, 3:28 PM EST
So do you think this is poa?  And if so, how do we get rid of it?  Thank you.
On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 4:28 PM Ask Extension <<personal data hidden>> wrote:
The Question Asker Replied December 18, 2021, 7:52 PM EST

This is classic annual bluegrass.  Unfortunately once this grass is established it is really hard to remove.  I would spot spray these areas with a non-selective herbicide like round up (glyphosate) every spring and fall.  These spots will need new sod or seed after the annual bluegrass is removed with the herbicide.   

An Ask Extension Expert Replied December 21, 2021, 6:24 PM EST
Thank you for your help! 

On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 3:24 PM Ask Extension <<personal data hidden>> wrote:
The Question Asker Replied December 30, 2021, 12:55 PM EST

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