CRABGRASS & CRABGRASS CONTROL

What is crabgrass and how to get rid of it for good ?

The most prevalent species of Digitaria in North America are Large Crabgrass (D. sanguinalis), sometimes known as Hairy Crabgrass; and Smooth Crabgrass (D. ischaemum). These species often become problem weeds in lawns and gardens, growing especially well in lawns that are watered lightly, underfertilized, poorly drained, and growing thinly. They are annual plants, and one plant is capable of producing 150,000 seeds per season. The seeds germinate in the late spring and early summer and outcompete the domesticated lawn grasses and expand outward in a circle up to 12 inches in diameter. In the fall when the plants die they leave large voids in the lawn. The voids then become prime areas for the crabgrass seeds to germinate the following season. Crabgrasses also have a different texture and color that often interrupts the uniformity of a lawn. In vegetable gardens, crabgrass can quickly out-compete desirable plants, causing yield reductions. Crabgrasses can be controlled with pre-emergent herbicides that interfere with a key enzyme when a seed germinates. These herbicides must be applied at a critical time. If they are applied to the soil too early, they get washed too deep into the soil by rainwater. If they are applied too late the key enzyme inhibited is no longer active. The rule of thumb is to apply when the local forsythia blooms are wilting.

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 Selected species OF CRABGRASS

Digitaria ammophila Silky Umbrella Grass
Digitaria bicornis Finger Grass
Digitaria brownii Cotton Panic Grass
Digitaria californica Arizona Cottontop
Digitaria ciliaris Summer Grass, Southern Crabgrass
Digitaria ctenantha Comb Finger Grass
Digitaria didactyla Queensland Blue Couch
Digitaria eriantha Pangolagrass / Smut's Finger Grass
Digitaria exilis Fonio
Digitaria filiformis Slender Crabgrass
Digitaria gracillima Longleaf Crabgrass
Digitaria horizontalis Jamaican Crabgrass
Digitaria insularis Sourgrass
Digitaria ischaemum Smooth or Small Crabgrass, Smooth Finger-grass
Digitaria longiflora Indian Crabgrass
Digitaria milanjiana Madagascar Crabgrass
Digitaria nuda Naked Crabgrass
Digitaria pauciflora Twospike Crabgrass
Digitaria radicosa Trailing Crabgrass
Digitaria sanguinalis Hairy Crabgrass, Northern Crabgrass, Hairy Finger-grass, Pigeon Grass, Large Crabgrass
Digitaria setigera
Digitaria serotina Dwarf Crabgrass
Digitaria texana Texas Crabgrass
Digitaria velutina Velvet Crabgrass
Digitaria villosa Shaggy Crabgrass
Digitaria violascens Violet Crabgrass

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