See references 1 page 1 plant carpet grass from april to july.
Small carpet grass control.
Carpetgrass axonopus is a warm season perennial grass that is common in the southeastern part of the united states especially in poorly drained soils that are moist on a constant basis.
Irrigate the lawn when there is less than 1 5 inches of rain in a week and fertilize regularly.
Carpet grass can crowd out bermuda grass and weeds.
The best defense against carpetweed in lawns is a healthy well maintained turf.
It does best in damp sandy soil and is traditionally found in tropical climates.
Carpet grass works well in wet shady areas where more common turf species prove difficult to grow.
Care of carpet grass.
Control crab grass with a crab grass preventer in the spring.
This is also a good choice for erosion control.
How to get rid of carpetgrass.
Preventers usually come as granules that you put on the lawn with a spreader.
Carpet grass serves as a cover crop and temporary grass.
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.
Put the salt water solution in a yard sprayer and spray your carpet grass with the salt solution.
Carpet grass serves as a cover crop and temporary grass.
Make notes in the fall about where your crab grass seems to thrive and treat those areas in the spring.
Apply a crab grass pre emergence preventer between the first and third mowings in the spring.
For areas that get a good amount of foot traffic and have damp soil with some shade carpet grass does better than a good number of other choices.
Carpet grass rarely functions as a lawn turf because it develops coarse light green leaf blades and seed heads that resemble crabgrass.
Carpet grass does not tolerate salt well.
Stir well and be patient as the salt dissolves.
Carpet grass is a warm season perennial grass that grows well in areas where other types of grass will not grow.
Carpet grass works well in wet shady areas where more common turf species prove difficult to grow.
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.
Of carpet grass seed per 1 000 square feet.
Keep the new grass mowed to 2 1 2 inches.
Toughguy5 posted 02 march 2006 14 10.
Carpetgrass gets its name from the carpet like mats the grass forms on a lawn where established.
Allow the solution to remain on your grass for 24 hours before watering.
Dissolve 1 cup of water softener salt in 50 gallons of warm water.
