It’s crabgrass. Its a stubborn plant, but if they can’t kill it for you then get a different company
ChikinFritters
Yeah I’ve applied weed b gon 4 times already this year and the crabgrass just wont budge
Intelligent-Agency80
In Ontario, cornmeal gluten is applied in May. Because, chemicals aren’t allowed this is the natural way. It takes a few years of this application to get it out of your lawn. First years it helps get rid of up to about 60%. Next year, more. And it continues. It will depend on your area and time of year. They have an exceptionally strong root system.
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JustaddReddit
Find someone who used to do sod work and get Asulox if it’s still legal to own
swohio
Looks a lot like what I have in my yard. I’m not sure exactly what it is, but it might be Poa Trivialis (not Poa Annua) which doesn’t have an herbicide that targets it and not the rest of your grass. I’m trying to find out exactly what mine is, but it looks just like yours.
EDIT: I’m still trying to learn, but the fact that nobody has replied to multiple ID posts I’ve made and that all the people who have responded to this comment are just being unhelpful isn’t making it any easier for me to learn. Toxic group of people.
WickedDarkLawn
Pretty sure thats [dallisgrass](https://turf.purdue.edu/dallisgrass/), not crabgrass. Only options are to dig it out or to paint it with glyphosate.
Bed_Head_Jizz
What if you sprayed with soap and vinegar?
partagaton
Grandpa’s weeder and done.
hnormizzle
It’s hard to kill. Dig it up or get a sponge brush and “paint” some glysophate on the leaves.
Adluginb
Dallisgrass, nuke it with roundup
WeenisWrinkle
That doesn’t look like Crabgrass, but it’s impossible to ID this just from this picture. Soak the soil around one to loosen the soil and pull it up whole, roots and all. Then wash off the roots so you can examine it.
Check if there are Rhizomes growing out from the roots. If it has them, it definitely isn’t Crabgrass or Goose Grass. Dallisgrass has short, very thick, ribbed rhizomes. Quackgrass has white, long, thin rhizomes.
Check the Auricles (where the leaf meets the stem). If the auricles “wrap around” the stem, it’s Quackgrass.
Does this weed return in the same spot every year?
HaroutT13
That looks like Dallisgrass. Pylex (aka topramezone) is labeled for post emergent control. You could also spot spray Glyphosate to completely kill it off as a more cost effective alternative.
RogerTheAliens
In Texas, we use guns for that 🍀🔫🤠
RAMunch1031
I think it’s dallisgrass or Johnson grass. Either way you hand dig it or round up it.
I personally waited for late summer, hit them with round up, went a few inches bigger since they spread via rhizomes. Then over seeded in the fall. I have like 2 places with a few blades of this. I just pull them when I see them. If they spread ill nuke them again.
My lawn company pushes back because they know where they spray it that it will be brown and people bitch about it. Rather than trying to convince them I would not be mad with large brown patches I did it myself.
Excellent_Wasabi6983
Because you have a yard company, not a lawn company
jordanharris3
Glyphosate directly to weed leaves. Paintbrush can work but is slow and messy. Nilesandstuff had a good post recently and then also [the lawn liberetor](https://www.nicegreenlawn.com) makes it go much faster. Don’t have divots all over your lawn from digging it out too
pickles_in_a_nickle
they aren’t diggin. they just sprayin. and if you want that dead, you’ll have to kill the rest of the grass around it.
gl soldier. get out the ol’ spade!
0wnzorPwnz0r
Pretty sure Pylex herbicide kills it
Far_Alternative_5014
Dallisgrass. The expensive route is tribute total+ mso, cheaper route Celsius + halosulfuron+ mso or the cheapest and MSMA… the last one isn’t legal but it is your lawn so do as you will
ElectronicAd6675
Quinclorac will kill it. It’s just crabgrass.
0OIIIlllIlIlO0
A product called Tenacity is what you want.
DikeMavis1986
He should be able to spot treat that.
avebelle
Because you have to give a shit and actually try. Lawn companies get paid to go through the motions.
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Because then they’ll be out of a job.
It’s crabgrass. Its a stubborn plant, but if they can’t kill it for you then get a different company
Yeah I’ve applied weed b gon 4 times already this year and the crabgrass just wont budge
In Ontario, cornmeal gluten is applied in May. Because, chemicals aren’t allowed this is the natural way. It takes a few years of this application to get it out of your lawn. First years it helps get rid of up to about 60%. Next year, more. And it continues. It will depend on your area and time of year. They have an exceptionally strong root system.
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Find someone who used to do sod work and get Asulox if it’s still legal to own
Looks a lot like what I have in my yard. I’m not sure exactly what it is, but it might be Poa Trivialis (not Poa Annua) which doesn’t have an herbicide that targets it and not the rest of your grass. I’m trying to find out exactly what mine is, but it looks just like yours.
EDIT: I’m still trying to learn, but the fact that nobody has replied to multiple ID posts I’ve made and that all the people who have responded to this comment are just being unhelpful isn’t making it any easier for me to learn. Toxic group of people.
Pretty sure thats [dallisgrass](https://turf.purdue.edu/dallisgrass/), not crabgrass. Only options are to dig it out or to paint it with glyphosate.
What if you sprayed with soap and vinegar?
Grandpa’s weeder and done.
It’s hard to kill. Dig it up or get a sponge brush and “paint” some glysophate on the leaves.
Dallisgrass, nuke it with roundup
That doesn’t look like Crabgrass, but it’s impossible to ID this just from this picture. Soak the soil around one to loosen the soil and pull it up whole, roots and all. Then wash off the roots so you can examine it.
Check if there are Rhizomes growing out from the roots. If it has them, it definitely isn’t Crabgrass or Goose Grass. Dallisgrass has short, very thick, ribbed rhizomes. Quackgrass has white, long, thin rhizomes.
Check the Auricles (where the leaf meets the stem). If the auricles “wrap around” the stem, it’s Quackgrass.
Does this weed return in the same spot every year?
That looks like Dallisgrass. Pylex (aka topramezone) is labeled for post emergent control. You could also spot spray Glyphosate to completely kill it off as a more cost effective alternative.
In Texas, we use guns for that 🍀🔫🤠
I think it’s dallisgrass or Johnson grass. Either way you hand dig it or round up it.
I personally waited for late summer, hit them with round up, went a few inches bigger since they spread via rhizomes. Then over seeded in the fall. I have like 2 places with a few blades of this. I just pull them when I see them. If they spread ill nuke them again.
My lawn company pushes back because they know where they spray it that it will be brown and people bitch about it. Rather than trying to convince them I would not be mad with large brown patches I did it myself.
Because you have a yard company, not a lawn company
Glyphosate directly to weed leaves. Paintbrush can work but is slow and messy. Nilesandstuff had a good post recently and then also [the lawn liberetor](https://www.nicegreenlawn.com) makes it go much faster. Don’t have divots all over your lawn from digging it out too
they aren’t diggin. they just sprayin. and if you want that dead, you’ll have to kill the rest of the grass around it.
gl soldier. get out the ol’ spade!
Pretty sure Pylex herbicide kills it
Dallisgrass. The expensive route is tribute total+ mso, cheaper route Celsius + halosulfuron+ mso or the cheapest and MSMA… the last one isn’t legal but it is your lawn so do as you will
Quinclorac will kill it. It’s just crabgrass.
A product called Tenacity is what you want.
He should be able to spot treat that.
Because you have to give a shit and actually try. Lawn companies get paid to go through the motions.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Fiskars-Long-handle-Tool-Weeder/5015328835
Or
https://grampasweeder.com
I use the Fiskars one. It does work. Take a few weeks and rip them out one by one. They don’t come back all that fast.
I use t-zone to kill the roots or the plant itself. Then pulled it out.
My whole yard is this looks so good fresh cut but the dog days of summer it’s cooked!
Just pull it out lol
I think by applying nut grass, it will kill that.
I think by applying nut grass, it will kill that.