| Is Your Lawn Care Company Helping You
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| | large patches of dead looking turf in
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| With QuackGrass?
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| | your lawn.
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| If you have any thin areas of your lawn,
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| | It grows well everywhere in the United
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| this light green grass may try to take
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| | States except the extreme South, and is
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| over your lawn.
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| | known by various names: twitch, dog
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| So, its grass right? What is the problem
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| | grass, quitch grass, quick grass, couch
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| then?
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| | grass. Its scientific name is Elymus
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| The problem is that it is rough, coarse,
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| | repens. Quackgrass is well known as an
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| and grows more than 5 feet in a single
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| | invasive weed because it is so difficult
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| season. That means it not only looks
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| | to remove.
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| ugly, but it is very uncomfortable for
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| | Here is a quick overview of how to remove
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| anyone walking without shoes, attempting
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| | it:
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| to have a picnic, or just rough-housing
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| | -Dig deep into the ground, removing as
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| on the lawn.
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| | much of the grass as possible (including
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| I would encourage you to ask your lawn
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| | all roots).
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| care company what they are doing about
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| | -Lay down cardboard on any area where the
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| the possibility of "Quackgrass" taking
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| | grass was removed.
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| over the thinner areas of your lawn.
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| | -Lay down woodchips on top of the
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| Here is some useful information about
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| | cardboard (make sure the layer of
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| quackgrass:
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| | woodchips is 2 or 3 inches thick).
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| It is characterized by very coarse, green
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| | If you are still having difficulty with
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| blue-green blades. Often it shoots up
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| | quackgrass coming back, contact your
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| flower spikes that look a bit like wheat.
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| | local lawn care company. Here at Natural
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| In the spring and fall it grows quickly,
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| | Way Lawn Care in Michigan we have special
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| and may not even be noticed at first.
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| | methods for ridding your lawn of quack
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| However, it becomes very unsightly when
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| | grass once and for all.
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| it turns brown in the summer, leaving
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