What is Quackgrass?
Also known as couch grass or dog grass, quackgrass is a type of grass that is characterized by long stems, with blades or leaves found on the upper portion of the stems. The grass also often sprouts a small spike that can contain multiple blooms. Quackgrass is native to Asia, Africa and much of Europe. Unlike some other forms of grass, quackgrass is often classified as a weed. Along with crabgrass, the appearance of couch or dog grass is seen as detrimental to lawns and gardens in many places around the world, especially countries where the grass has been naturalized over the years. Lawn weeds of this type create a number of lawn care problems, as they are very invasive and can strangle out more desirable forms of grass with relative ease. The intricate root system makes quackgrass very difficult to kill. If any portion of the root remains, there is a good chance the grass will re-grow in a short period of time. For this reason, it is important to dig deep when removing this kind of la
A. Quackgrass is a type of fieldgrass that is present in varying quantities on almost every lawn. This hardy, cool-season grass is one of the most difficult to eradicate and is commonly confused with crabgrass. Since it is very closely related to the desirable grasses found in lawns, there is no non-selective chemical control that will eliminate the quackgrass and leave the others untouched. If quackgrass presence is minimal, we recommend that the customers best recourse is to remove it by hand. Make sure to get all the roots, and replace the bare spots with seed. If quackgrass has taken over the entire lawn, then a non-selective control can be applied, killing everything on the lawn. After the waiting period has passed, then lawn renovation can begin. Q. What’s the difference between spot-seeding and over-seeding? A. Spotseeding is included in the Complete and Natural programs and can also be ordered as a separate service. Seed will be applied to the property, up to and including a ma
Quackgrass is a nasty grass weed that, if left untreated, can take over your lawn or garden quickly. Quackgrass is its most common name, but it may also be called couch, quitch, devils, wheat, scotch, twitch, witch, dog or durfa grass. Quackgrass has thin, flat, bright ashy green leaf blades. It is a perennial grass weed with auricles that clasp the stem, rhizomes, and a long, narrow spiked seed head. This seed head grows from 3 to 8 inches long and appears in July. Quackgrass grows from underground rhizomes (or stems) that lie dormant in the winter and pop back up in the spring. If left uncut, these stems can grow from 1 to 4 feet high.
