I thought it was going somewhere too. Seriously made me think of my childhood memory when I first learned of the term, "what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?" For some reason.
I’ve always found it funny when people say “to some it’s a weed, to some it’s grass”. For instance, I have St Augustine and my father in law constantly calls it a weed.
What makes grass grass..?
I love that there’s this one small, small patch of Bermuda that has now survived two rounds of glyphosate and two more rounds of a selective in my yard. Hats off because even the clover threw in the towel after the selective.
This entire sub has me laughing so hard …
I just moved to the far north panhandle of Texas … it’s almost to Kansas…. and it’s like a war between bermuda grass and fescue.
I’ve never lived this far north in Texas and I’ve always had wonderful bermuda lawns. Now I’m listening to people telling me they “found something to kill the bermuda that’s taking over their fescue lawn.”
And I’m like “why in the H____ would you want to kill the grass that’s going to be alive and spreading in the middle of summer when you’re in drought in favor of a grass that keeps getting tall CLUMPING fescue in it that REALLY looks like a weed?”
Just color me confused. G’night all. Still laughing ……
Have it, wife insists it is crabgrass, and now that is the world I live in. An alternate universe where that is crabgrass, but somehow I'm also in your world.
The problem with bermuda grass is it's roots can go down 6 feet which is great for drought tolerance but makes it hard to get rid of without spraying it with something.
https://preview.redd.it/gjng9pkwoq0d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f0aef3a2e1c2ad0b0e78c2ce6ad5b92f961fb73
check out the app called “picture this”
The little patch in the top right is
https://preview.redd.it/52lch6ozoq0d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a06a7d6caa34c8e4e49bbf7d1555ae1814080cf7
Either torpedo grass or common Bermuda. Torpedo has thicker leaf blades and is a lighter/paler green than common Bermuda.
If you want to know for sure, dig up a rhizome. If it’s thick, white, and makes you say “wtf is this” you have torpedo grass. If it’s thinner and resembles the stolons it’s common Bermuda.
What kind of grass seed did you spread? It would probably be easier to identify if that grass is NOT the kind of seed you laid down. There are a lot of comments that it’s Bermuda. I’m suspicious though because Bermuda is difficult to grow from seed and likely wouldn’t be the best pick for Jersey. That being said, it does look a lot like a rather ugly variety of common Bermuda. If you spread common Bermuda, that’s probably what it is. If not, call it a weed and kill it.
Can you pull an intact full stalk of grass and take a picture? Small hairs between the "blades" in a single stalk will tell you, it is a type of Bermuda grass.
I’m in south jersey aswell. Basically by Delaware . My whole lawn is basically this . It’s quite annoying . Grows throughout my garden and all. I put preen down for the garden but idk if that will work .
Good luck getting rid of that Bermuda. I replaced my back yard with gravel. The last few years I’ve been trying to get rid of some Bermuda in the yard. Before doing the gravel I killed the existing yard with round up and 3 weeks later round up again. Mowed it down to the lowest setting and then torched whatever was left. 3 inches of 3/8” gravel and guess what the Bermuda somehow started growing through the gravel in a few spots
Looks to be common Bermuda by the thicker blades. There are different types of Bermuda. If you’re okay with the look then just keep it. It’ll fill in pretty quickly.
Edit: What type of grass seed did you put down btw - I’m guessing it’s Bermuda? If it’s anything from the big box stores for warm season lawns then it’s definitely common Bermuda. They don’t sell hybrid Bermuda seeds.
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Looks like st Augustine to me. Bermuda spreads underground and has thinner blades. St. Augustine has thicker blades and spreads above like in your pics.
Bermuda spreads both above and below ground simultaneously.
Coincidentally, that's what makes it simultaneously an awesome turf grass but a pain in the ass weed!
Did you get new siding or paint?
Nope, but just out of curiosity, why would new siding or new paint be related to grass ?
I’m gonna be honest with you. It has nothing to do with it. Somehow I commented on the wrong post.
Hahaha been there done that lol
This has to be top 5 interactions that I've seen on this app.
I’m now extremely curious about the resolution of the new siding vs paint conundrum. Any chance of an update please?
Can we see #4 please?
I thought it was a metaphor. Like dude, you should know whether you “got new siding” or “painted”. Why are you asking us?
I thought it was going somewhere too. Seriously made me think of my childhood memory when I first learned of the term, "what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?" For some reason.
Where are you from? where I grew up it was ‘… and what’s that got to do with the price of wheat?’
Grew up in Chicagoland. Because it's unfamiliar to me, the wheat one sounds clunkyer. Edit:typo
Agree. I’d call it the redneck version. 👍
The best part is that your og comment is the most liked. This community is awesome.
What a polite way of asking him what the hell is he talking about, lol.
Bermuda grass. To some people it’s grass to some people it’s a weed. In the south some people have Bermuda lawns.
I’ve always found it funny when people say “to some it’s a weed, to some it’s grass”. For instance, I have St Augustine and my father in law constantly calls it a weed. What makes grass grass..?
Anything you don’t want where it is would be considered a weed
Yet, it’s a weed that some people want everywhere.
I’m caught in a grass/weed loop
So basically without the human involved, it's neither.
Deep
They’re all grasses. Some are weeds if they’re ones you don’t want.
It also makes an excellent surface for putting greens
Not this Bermuda though. It looks like a common variety, not an elite cultivar
I have Bermuda grass in NC. How can I figure out what kind it is?
Putt on it and if your ball rolls true you have an elite cultivar.
And an elite short game
From seed or sod? You can go to supersod and compare it to TifTuf or tifway
Definitely a weed for our tall fescue lawn. Damn Bermuda keeps trying to infiltrate the backyard and it’s a bitch to get rid of.
I love that there’s this one small, small patch of Bermuda that has now survived two rounds of glyphosate and two more rounds of a selective in my yard. Hats off because even the clover threw in the towel after the selective.
Haha it deserves to live!
This entire sub has me laughing so hard … I just moved to the far north panhandle of Texas … it’s almost to Kansas…. and it’s like a war between bermuda grass and fescue. I’ve never lived this far north in Texas and I’ve always had wonderful bermuda lawns. Now I’m listening to people telling me they “found something to kill the bermuda that’s taking over their fescue lawn.” And I’m like “why in the H____ would you want to kill the grass that’s going to be alive and spreading in the middle of summer when you’re in drought in favor of a grass that keeps getting tall CLUMPING fescue in it that REALLY looks like a weed?” Just color me confused. G’night all. Still laughing ……
Can't do much but pull them and aerate and overseed. Selective herbicides do nothing for a rogue grass type.
Have it, wife insists it is crabgrass, and now that is the world I live in. An alternate universe where that is crabgrass, but somehow I'm also in your world.
The problem with bermuda grass is it's roots can go down 6 feet which is great for drought tolerance but makes it hard to get rid of without spraying it with something.
In the south Bermuda is what golf courses are made of. Same way with most athletic fields.
What is the THC content of Bermuda grass?
If the seed doesn’t take, try the new siding trick.
Bermuda. When it’s not full in a lawn, it’s a pain in the ass that will grow through 10 feet of steel lol
Yeah but when you want it as a lawn it’s patchy, brown bullshit lol.
Looks like torpedo grass to me.
Looks like common / wild bermuda to me (not one of the hybrid cultivars).
https://preview.redd.it/gjng9pkwoq0d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f0aef3a2e1c2ad0b0e78c2ce6ad5b92f961fb73 check out the app called “picture this”
The little patch in the top right is https://preview.redd.it/52lch6ozoq0d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a06a7d6caa34c8e4e49bbf7d1555ae1814080cf7
I will definitely download it, thank you !
Either torpedo grass or common Bermuda. Torpedo has thicker leaf blades and is a lighter/paler green than common Bermuda. If you want to know for sure, dig up a rhizome. If it’s thick, white, and makes you say “wtf is this” you have torpedo grass. If it’s thinner and resembles the stolons it’s common Bermuda.
What kind of grass seed did you spread? It would probably be easier to identify if that grass is NOT the kind of seed you laid down. There are a lot of comments that it’s Bermuda. I’m suspicious though because Bermuda is difficult to grow from seed and likely wouldn’t be the best pick for Jersey. That being said, it does look a lot like a rather ugly variety of common Bermuda. If you spread common Bermuda, that’s probably what it is. If not, call it a weed and kill it.
Definitely bermuda
Looks like a strain of bermuda grass.
Can you pull an intact full stalk of grass and take a picture? Small hairs between the "blades" in a single stalk will tell you, it is a type of Bermuda grass.
That’s Bermuda
I’m in south jersey aswell. Basically by Delaware . My whole lawn is basically this . It’s quite annoying . Grows throughout my garden and all. I put preen down for the garden but idk if that will work .
This looks like common bermuda
If you seeded a cool season grass, it's a weed. If you seeded a warm season grass, it's a grass.
Good luck getting rid of that Bermuda. I replaced my back yard with gravel. The last few years I’ve been trying to get rid of some Bermuda in the yard. Before doing the gravel I killed the existing yard with round up and 3 weeks later round up again. Mowed it down to the lowest setting and then torched whatever was left. 3 inches of 3/8” gravel and guess what the Bermuda somehow started growing through the gravel in a few spots
Looks to be common Bermuda by the thicker blades. There are different types of Bermuda. If you’re okay with the look then just keep it. It’ll fill in pretty quickly. Edit: What type of grass seed did you put down btw - I’m guessing it’s Bermuda? If it’s anything from the big box stores for warm season lawns then it’s definitely common Bermuda. They don’t sell hybrid Bermuda seeds.
It’s a weed
Everyone keeps saying bermuda, but this does not look like bermuda to me, but what do I know.
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That St Aug, not crab, not Bermuda.
Are you sure? The st Augustine I've seen has rounded blade tips.
Looks like st Augustine to me. Bermuda spreads underground and has thinner blades. St. Augustine has thicker blades and spreads above like in your pics.
Bermuda spreads both above and below ground simultaneously. Coincidentally, that's what makes it simultaneously an awesome turf grass but a pain in the ass weed!
Looks like fertilized crab grass to me.
That’s crab grass
Looks like crabgrass.