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Poa Annua Round Up

Posted by JHazzardB none (My Page) on
Sun, Mar 11, 12 at 17:33

Big dilemma. Exactly two weeks ago today (Saturday), I did a spring slice-seeding of some more TTTF to help any bare spots in the yard. 1 week ago (7 days after watering began), I noticed a small hoard of pod annua (30sqft) in the front yard. I've dug some out, but there's a lot that has become very entangled with the mix of bermuda of fescue. I expect the TTTF to start emerging in 7 to 10 more days (Some already starting to come up).
Question: Should I round up the Poa Annua now? And then lay more fescue?

Concercn: If I do it now, I can still put down more fescue seed over it to help out compete the poa. But, also as I like to mulch mow and not bag, Mulching poa annua seeds into the soil makes me ill to my stomach. But come fall, I can start a poa annua preventative program.

Let me know what you all would do. Thanks in advance!


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RE: Poa Annua Round Up

Okay, we'll I suck at waiting. I took action and I'm letting people know what I did so they can either learn from my triumph or failure.

1. Hand dug out all of the intermixed Poa that was not in the main group. This entailed grabbing a seed head with the left hand, and then following it down with an eating fork until I found the base of the plant. Upon finding the middle, I pried up the little plant while at the same time saying "I kill you". If I happened to accidentally pull up some fescue, I separated it from the Poa, washed it in a bucket of water, and shoved it back in the hole in hopes it would grow.
2. When I forked up the Poa outliers, I was left with maybe a 4x8 square foot area. I decided to dig it out and remove 3 inches from the surface which I would reseed and be done with.
3. 3 square feet in, i felt like I was pushing a car uphill.
4. I grabbed the lawnmower and set it to the lowest setting, which turned out around 1/2 inch. I proceeded to mow all of the Poa infested area to collect the valuable seeds.
5. After visually check anywhere for Poa seeds, I roundup'd the entire area.
6. I washed the mower and bag down as well as my flip flops incase those darn seeds tried to hop a ride somewhere else.

I appreciate the time you take to read this. I'm off now to find out how long I'll have to wait before I apply more fescue in hopes it'll be tough enough to fight pre-m in the fall for the Battle of the Poa.


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