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