We have Nimblewill In Our Lawn - August 2022
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I had a little lawn care breakthrough this past week. Turns out....I don't have Poa in our lawn. We have a bent grass called Nimblewill . Since last Fall, I've talked about how I needed a plan to deal with what I thought was Poa Annua in our backyard . I s ketched out the notion of a full back renovation and even included the idea in my 2022 to-do list. But, as I was thinking about the timing of killing that (presumed Poa), I started to dig a little deeper on the Web. I pulled a blade of my invasive grass and compared it to what I found on the Web. It wasn't looking like Poa. Then...I found this page from Purdue's Turf Science Department that talks about Nimblewill . Purdue describes Nimblewill thusly : Nimblewill (Muhlenbergia schreberi) is a warm-season perennial grass found throughout the northeast, southeast, and Midwestern United States. ...It grows well in moist, shady areas but it is also found in dry...