Re: Lawn

Dave said:
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>No pictures available.
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>Have some kind of foliage that is very similar to St. Augustine. 
However, 
>it grows much taller/quicker.  Its seems to be a grass type. Blades of it

>are sectionalized into 3 sections, vice 2 for St. Augustine.  Grows about

>twice the rate for the blades/leaves,  but, does not seem to spread the 
>same  way.  Is localized, not prolific.  Color is virtually idential to
St. 
>Augustine.
>
>What is it?

Blades in triplets makes it sound like some sort of sedge grass.
If it were in my lawn (in Michigan) I'd be thinking nut sedge.


>How do I get rid of it?

Googling nutsedge, St. Augustine, and lawn popped up this
answer early in the results:

	Use imazaquin (Image).

Cannot vouch for it personally, though.  I had a section of the
lawn torn up and reseeded when we has street improvements
put in, and I eliminated the nutsedge in that section by hand pulling.
-- 
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)
   
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