You want to get rid of the green grass so your yard is uniformly brown?

We had a drought second half of summer....everyones grass is brown here, that isn't an all weed lawn. I want to get rid if this weedy grass now, so when the lawn comes back next year, it doesn't spread more. Although green, it is not a desiresble grass, to me. Thanks for the help.

I think I have narrowed it to either poa trivialis, dallisgrass, or orchard grass. Most likely the poa.

If you are in IL and your lawn is brown, then you likely have a Kentucky bluegrass lawn. Spraying a grass killer to kill one type of grass in a grass lawn is hard to do. What happens is both grasses die. But assuming you have KBG, that grass is the kind that spreads to fill in thin spots. It will come back. If you do decide to spray a grass killer (Grass-B-Gone or RoundUp), try to isolate just the weed with a cardboard mask so you minimize the damage to surrounding turf.

More Pics From Samples I Didnt Nuke In Back Yard....

Some Of The Tall Growing Nuisance Grass As in the Front YArd (Poa Trivialis?):

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Then, A Smaller, But Similar GrasS, That Is Seeding:

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Then, This Tall Stragler With A Distinct Round Stem Up To The Seed:

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Then, This Small Seeding Weed, That I Am Finding All Around The Concrete Pads:

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