crabgrass, dallisgrass, bahiagrass, carpetgrass identification and control

Learn to control crabgrass, dallisgrass, bahiagrass and carpetgrass in the video I teach you how to identify these grasses weeds and discuss how to kill the weeds in your lawn without killing the grass.
Learning to identify the weeds is one of the most important steps to weed control.
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[@spoonfishing]

Buddy, your videos are awesome. You get right to the point. You're plain spoken about the topic. You don't try to be cute or funny. You keep it simple with great visual aids. Your videos are informative, educational, and stay on topic. Thank you so much.

[@hughbo52]

Yes, I have a see of all those in my NW Ga yard. It seems like the more I treat the worse it gets . I do like seeing the comparison of the seed heads, I have to learn by rote. Great post. Thanks for your time.

[@FranksTycoon]

Man, this was very educational and helpful. Since I live so close to you we have similar everything, so I'm able to use all of your knowledge.

[@lawncarelife]

+Roy's Landscaping & Lawncare glad to help

[@sundoesshine8583]

thanks SO much for laying the seed heads out at the end. it takes my brain several times to absorb stuff but that quick lineup really helped. quick summaries at the end really help as people like me will go back to re watch each year which will probably get you multiple views for the algorithm too.

[@donniereidjr]

This is very informative. I totally thought it was all crab grass when I had various others. Thanks a million sir. I have almost all of them in my yard.

[@jeffduckett1199]

Thanks for the excellent video. Showing the seed heads is most helpful!

[@eric-seastrand]

Been binging your channel and I have learned a ton! Really like your presentation style. Examples , repetition. Thank you so much for making all these videos!

[@jabezcreed]

You are a lifesaver! I was misidentifying dallis grass as crab grass, but you got right down in there to show the differences.

[@lawncarelife]

Glad to help

[@lisaelaine4570]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. It is very informative and I finally have a solution to my Bahia Grass nuisance. If it weren't for the Bahia Grass, I would only need to mow my grass every two weeks. Instead, I am lucky to make it one week (if it rains, no such luck). This stuff is EVERYWHERE in my yard. Finally, hopefully, I can subdue it at least! "THANK YOU!"

[@lawncarelife]

No problem. Glad to help

[@cherieking9660]

helpful and quick! Prefer quick help instead of unnecessary info - really like the review of all seed heads!

[@elizabethhopkins2139]

Incredible information. Just what I was looking for and needed. Thank You!!!

[@ggshandsomeboy5103]

Beautiful presentation. I'm like the many other commenters who have searched and Googled weeds for years, but now I know better thanks to you!

[@lawncarelife]

Glad to help. Thanks

[@walterdennis9977]

Very helpful, Thanks. Cleared up a lot of confusion. Please keep doing videos.

[@crazyleggsjr]

Very helpful. Nailed my weeds exactly. I hope to find some good advice on my hard as concrete clay yard. Nothing seems to grow well in it. I've aerated a few times.

[@Omar-td1nu]

Thank you for the comparison helped out alot! Thumbs up. I have either crab or carpet weeds.

[@bccsivxx-xxivvii]

Thanks for the video. I learned a lot and appreciate you keeping it short and to the point. Much thanks again.

[@Toppslawncare]

Excellent video. Thanks for showing the different seed heads. In columbia sc and it's very similar grass/weed types here.

[@isaacfife]

Thank you so much for this. It made it very easy for me to identify the weeds in my yard.

[@donwagner5564]

Really great explanation, thank you. Very helpful

[@Christynmaine]

Thanks so much for the straighforward information on identifying these hard to beat weeds. My house here in Maine came with a long neglected lawn full of what I now know to be crabgrass and carpetgrass. I can now tackle this beast with some confidence! Subscribed. I would like to have heard some down to earth advice about pet and child safety while using the weed killers you've suggested.

[@sundoesshine8583]

1st of all i Love your icon christy. 2nd, i too never really heard much about the pet/child safety of the weed killers. maybe you could be the first to sort it out for us with of course a big banner saying you're not liable, but i bet it would get lots of views. of course no weed killer is going to be good thing but my husband always says after a day or two or after a rain it's ok for the pets but have always wondered if that's really true.

[@wh8085]

Great video ! Thank you so much ! I thought I had crabgrass but now I don't know what I have ! LOL. What I have , the seed stem looks similar to dallis grass but the seeds are different . The sort of dangle down like a row of thick comma shapes . Best I can explain it.

[@Matty002]

great video to see the differences for identification. now i know we have dallisgrass and crabgrass 😮‍💨

[@davidcoleman6211]

Very informative. Now I know what the majority of my yard is. Lol I have quite a bit of Bermuda, just the old wild stuff but it looks good where it dominates the yard. Trying to figure out how to get the Bermuda to take over the rest of the yard. This helps as the Bahaia is the only one I recognized.

[@MichiganWildcat]

love your channel, it's like a horticulture class for dummies!

[@lawncarelife]

Glad you enjoyed the videos. Thank you

[@crimewatcharcadiapark8155]

And the man who was cutting my yard last year kept telling me that crabgrass heads were Bermuda. Explains why I have so much of it in my yard. Thank you for the education. Look forward to more as my yard is a field, not a lawn.

[@amotionhighlights8771]

I always thought that was bermuda too.

[@typ8723]

What a bountiful lawn. You must be blessed

[@villageid10t53]

Just the video I needed this weekend. Thank you.

[@warrenholt7787]

Good info. I made a test strip to see if liquid nitrogen 28-0-0 would help get rid of Bahiagrass and yesterday I ordered MSM Turf. I feel better about my decision after seeing your video. Thanks 1

[@trentburns1753]

Thanks for the video, very helpful. My yard has a ton of henbit in spring, and lespadeza later in Jackson, MS. I'm thinking about putting down Prodiamine in Sep the. Dithiopyr in Feb/May due to yearly maximums. Also using Celsius on my St Aug because Blindside smoked it to bad. Any help is appreciated on a plan for next year.

[@rhondakennedy7180]

I have a hodgepodge of grass and weeds in my yard. It is a rental that has never been properly taken care of. I bit the bullet and allowed my backyard to grow for 10 days without mowing to see if I could identify what I have and make a plan of attack. Your videos have allowed me to properly identify the culprits. I’m in central texas and I was confusing Dallas and crab, but no more! It’s about 50/50 Dallas and hairy crabgrass with all of the other weeds you have in other videos….plus a few extra. Lucky me. St. Augustine is the grass of choice here (I personally prefer zoysia or Bermuda), so 1/4 of the yard is St. Augustine, 1/8 Bermuda…which I over-seeded with this spring (because it is easy to buy) but is apparently a dwarf variety, and the rest is a hot mess! I’m going to take your suggestions and attack the crab grass now and also use a post emergent in the fall and spring and I’ll do the glyphosate treatment when the Bermuda is dormant. Luckily, the St. Augustine area is so thick, no weeds have invaded it so I’ll make sure I don’t get any overspray on that area. Thank you again for your expertise and just FYI, identifying by seed heads was worth the wait so thank you for sharing! Oh lastly, it does pay to know what you are doing…the Dallas and crab grasses LOVED the weed & Feed I put down this year! They have thrived…ugh!

[@robertdraw813]

Thanks for a very helpful video. I now know I have Bahia and Carpet Grass mostly with some Crab Grass. I've used a Scott's product called Halt for Crab Grass on Centerpede and it worked well. It's a took two growing seasons to rid the backyard. I have another weed I have not been able to identify. Would you like to see a picture. Thanks again for your help.

[@MoparSmith1]

Showing pics of the leaf blade, the crown and stem etc, would be helpful too. Keep up the good work.

[@iraarmstead6626]

Great video, I learned a lot. Thanks for the education on weeds idenity

[@lawncarelife]

No problem. Glad you learned some of the weeds

[@vovkam]

Very valuable video, thank you sir.

[@bobbycooke8974]

Thank for the great video!

[@BYDonBermudaGrassCentral]

awesome video, i learned a lot

[@catbirdfeeder]

Awesome thank you so muchI wasn't sure about the carpet grass thank you!

[@leizahartman2172]

Great video! Very helpful! How can I kill centipede grass without hurting the Bermuda grass?

[@melindamcgee471]

Terrific Video - very great explanation. We have some of everything; but how much of each was easier to tell with your explanation of the seed heads. Thanks!!

[@lawncarelife]

Glad to help. Identification is often one of the first and most important steps to control of the weeds

[@beltranroberto50]

Thank you I've been trying to find out what type of grass I have in my front yard I just bought a bag of Scott's triple action weed and feed but I read in the back that says do not use on st Augustine that I think I have maybe I can take a picture of my lawn and send it to you to maybe help me identify

[@antoniomanconi1572]

thanks for the educational video, can bahiagrass be treated with msm turf in winter while its dormant? or does it needs to be done in summer?

[@fisher9915]

Great video. Your videos are the only ones that I have seen that actually get down and show close ups of the different grasses and weeds. Thanks for the identification. Could you possible do a video on nimbelwell grass.. I think I have some in my yard. It looks like my Bermuda but has wider blades. It appears to grow in clumps. It is growing everywhere. In the sun, shade,compacted soil, I wouldn't mind it but it a darker green than my Bermuda and stands out. Any help would be appreciated. From olive branch MS.

[@lawncarelife]

Good to hear from you. Unfortunately, I don't think I have seen nimbelwell grass in my area so I may not be able to provide much help. I had to look that up a picture of that one on google

[@jonmernick780]

thanks for the help

[@lrnewton1]

Good job, thanks on i.d.’ing my weeds! I mistook crabgrass for Bermuda grass seeds! Is it best to bag it when the weed seeds start up?

[@jhlawnservice2243]

Great video! thanks for showing each seed head

[@lawncarelife]

Seed heads are sometimes the easiest way to identify. THanks for the comment

[@durangodave]

Thanks for the video, i am trying to figure out what to grow in my lawn in east texas. I have tried texas bermuda before but i hate the runners. I want a nice soft blade grass. Also i was wondering in your video i see alot of the same weed we have here but i dont know what it is. It is that spiney leaved weed that grows in thick patches and covers up and kills the grass. When you pull it up you get huge sections all connected together, what is the name of that weed, some kind of clover or what?

[@jimbailey8265]

Outstanding, thanks!

[@RakeshKumar-sq7vc]

Identification through Seed heads become easier. Kindly advise about how to removPaspalum and kikku in Bermuda lawns

[@AlejandroGarcia-lq8wc]

Good video, Thank You

[@jefflinduff8962]

Thanks this helped alot

[@WilliamZoller]

I took over my lawn care August 2017. The business I was using was not doing it right. I took a soil sample and found out all the lime they put down was wrong because my pH was already higher than recommended for bermuda. I missed the fall pre-emergent app and as a result ended up with insane amounts of poa in early spring 2018. But I got the spring pre-emerg app down to prevent crab (I used prodiamine). I also bought me some Celsius for post-emerg control. I've used that a couple times on random weeds that I cannot identify 100%. Overall, I've had great success. I read the "Bermuda Bible" and I've been religiously maintaining my lawn. I cut minimum twice a week (usually every 3rd or 4th day). I water once a week heavily to get a good deep soaking into the ground. My lawn now looks insanely good. Best lawn in the neighborhood I think. Even better than all the folks using lawn care businesses.

[@WilliamZoller]

My point was not to knock your lawn care business. Rather the opposite. It seems you really know what you're doing. And your tips are very useful to me. I just meant to say thanks for the useful videos and that I've taken on my lawn myself thanks to you and several other helpful folks on the interwebs.

[@spaluxormassage5753]

Great video with wonderful info! Much appreciated !!

[@sharonsmith1336]

Thanks! Don’t see the grass I am trying to identify but very helpful video!

[@alexandrewoods3763]

Thanks for this video. I have crabgrass

[@palmsofdestin1]

Good video. Might be a little difficult to ID these weeds with typical residentially mowed lawns. Just smoke the whole thing with Roundup, LOL

[@jonesey1981]

Thx Jason.

[@adriennesamartino3241]

Thanks for the info!!

[@almyers8074]

Keep up the good work.

[@agustingarcia9236]

Hi,I just subscribed to your channel, very good all the information,I would like to know what would you use on broomsedge,thank you

[@CarolynKalchthaler]

wow i thought i had the evil Dallisgrass this was a great analysis is seed heads... I have Bahir ( Texas) still pain to dig out and get the roots! I will re-listen for proper herbicide to do this month THANK YOU!

[@trevmint5615]

Very helpful. Ty

[@beckyharppritchett7912]

close ups on weeds helped so much

[@chrisallen9777]

My lawn care guy is about to use Celsius on my centipede to treat nasty bahiagrass. Should he be using MSM turf instead? Thank you so much for making this video. I had tried Tenacity a few times last year when I thought my Bahiagrass was crabgrass. It turned it white but it always came back with a vengeance. I’m hoping that the Celsius will work!

[@jennahbsamsung]

I literally drew these on a piece of paper so I can go hunting in my yard. I live in Mobile County with fields across from me and my yard is a mixture of these , including what I recently found out was Cogongrass. : ( Any tips for Cogongrass? Thanks for the videos!

[@skymaster547]

I think I have Johnson grass invading my bermuda lawn. Do you know what I can do? Love your videos.

[@littlefinkle7757]

Just got done using MSMA on my yard in northeast MS. Sprayed at 1 oz. Per 1,000 sq ft. 3 days ago. It is performing great. What type of fertilizer and what strength and how long should I wait to apply to my Bermuda yard? I have 1.5 acres and 0 trees. Thank you for all the informational videos and your effort you put into them.

[@lawncarelife]

I would fertilize as soon as possible

[@steveday5038]

I was wondering if you can mix several different chemicals for several weeds and spray all at once?

[@zzd7020]

Thanks homie

[@robertstrong614]

It's mid FEB in SOCAL and notice batches of crabgrass and dallisgrass.in a 3X5 area in my front yard. In the process of using Prodiamine, but everything I've researched about dallisgrass is to did them up. If thats the case, I'll still spray down prodiamine and and in April place top soil in the patchy spots, overseed, fertilize and try to get it under control by next year and prevent any future growing. I have a mix of Bermuda and St. Augustine grass.

[@Bikersupport]

Im starting over with sod my lawn is 25 years old.

[@lawncarelife]

Unfortunately, Dallas grass is very difficult to get rid of. You can use tribute total in Bermuda grass but it is not labeled for Saint Augustine. It takes multiple applications and it's quite expensive

[@harryl7946]

Bahia Grass has gotten into my Centipedegrass bad this year. Thought I knew the grass on sight but when I viewed one of your other vids I saw different from the grass in my yard. The seed heads are no doubt about it! But what is this other grass? Has run out the Centipedegrass almost completely on one section. Thanks Jason!!

[@lawncarelife]

+Harry Pouncey a picture would be helpful. If you want to join the Facebook group in the link and then post a picture maybe we can give you some help

[@tomjones4318]

Been trying to type my weeds for years with go0gle images. Never look the same. Here they look right finally.

[@lawncarelife]

+Tom Jones glad to provide some help. identification is the first key to weed control

[@quickstepz9250]

I feel the pain in google images, I've watched 50 videos trying to find simple vids showing the grass. Thank you for this video.

[@AC-ps3jw]

I’ve only got about 1-2000 sq ft of Bahia to spray. The amounts you mentioned were for an acre(over 43000 sq ft)Any suggestions for a treatment that small?

[@YourAflacGal]

I have a couple of these in my horse pastures... What can I use that will be safe for them? They graze on all of these, by the way!

[@georgestill2473]

I was fearing dallas grass....now I know I have carpet grass instead. I just wonder if you can mix Celsius with some metsulfuron or msm turf in the same tank?

[@MrRobBlac]

Learned alot. I have a lot of dallisgrass in my Bermuda lawn. I live in Georgia Atlanta area. I take turns pulling out my dallisgrass whenever it ratings and the soil softens up. They are my arch enemy. Tip/suggestion...wouldve nice to have the weed stalks places against a black background, the concrete made it very very hard to see. Thanks.

[@lawncarelife]

Msma works great on dallisgrass but is not legal on Residential Properties. The other options are spray it with weed killer after the Bermuda grass goes dormant. Maybe around December

[@dougsteinhauser9680]

What do you suggest for control of Virginia button weed?

[@rudolph22navy2013]

I have all three plus Goosegrass in my Zoysia lawn. I have Drive XLR8, Image All in One and Acclaim to use. Which order do I use these?

[@tracymetzger5987]

How do I control grassy weeds when you have both a winter (rye) lawn and a summer (Bermuda, Zoizia, St. Augustine) lawn. Is there a premergent that I can use that won't kill the rye grass once it is up?Do I have too many lawn grasses?

[@michaelbacile8439]

Is Dallas grass the one that produces sand spurs? I just purchased a house 2 years ago and thought I beat it, I missed a mow last week and they where everywhere man. The leaves looked most similar to Dallas or carpet grass but I can’t be sure

[@KNOWELLSCHANNEL]

How do I kill barnyard grass that grows in St. Augustine grass, here in Pflugerville, Tx.?

[@martywood1500]

Based on this video, I have Dallisgrass - and a bunch of it. My lawn is centipede - anything I can use to get rid dallisgrass in centipede lawn????

[@type_one]

omg my lawn looks like this - whats the best single product to controll it and give the grass a chance? i'm in australia btw - so the active ingredient is good... selective branded products might not be avialble here

[@BluepitJess]

what do you recommend using for sand burrs... ive been getting that thorny type grass on my lawn lately. some people call them stickers.

[@lawncarelife]

What type of grass do you have?

[@bennyscarbrough]

Bahaia is a problem in my lawn. Can I get printed info on how to get rid of & control bahaia grass in centipede lawn?

[@TheRockerxx69]

Love your Alabama accent dude. !

[@lawncarelife]

+TheRockerxx69 born and raised in Alabama. It's hard to hide that accent

[@TheRockerxx69]

Lawn Care Life l like it! I m a southern rock n roller lawn freak. Calling from central ltaly. Had some crabgrass this summer. 111 F . It seems disappeared. Gonna areate next month

[@oakland-as-diehard6717]

Any chance I could send you a pic of my issue and you could identify it ? I believe I have a weed infestation in my newly purchased house. If the lawn gets overgrown it looks green and luscious with a lot a grayish grass tints over 60% of it. So 2 weeks ago I cut it shorter then normal and now the majority of my yard looks dead and thick with patchy areas. So tonight I used a cultivator on it just to loosen an area up to look at roots etc, to me ( a newbie ) it does not resemble grass whatsoever. Don't want to keep wasting time on it, if not necessary. Even thinking of killing it all off and starting over.. ONE MORE THING - whoever did the initial sod work when my house was built 15 yrs ago did a horrible job and the soil level is probably an inch above the concrete. So I have to mow really high too. Thanks for any insight in advance.

[@nicolesmith8049]

My yard has gone to hell. I been away from my home since dec last year helping take care of my grandpa, anyways, what's the best way to getting rid of all the grass in my yard. Its done gotten so high. Its just about 4 to 5 ft tall. I have no way to cut it. I've tried to get others to help me but it doesn't do any good. So if you would, please tell me what I can do to get my home back from this jungle. Thanks

[@OneX-cg1qq]

What do I use for centipede or st. Augustine grass

[@jacobcallsen1219]

the entire left side of my yard is carpetgrass. It's like the previous homeowner planted carpet grass sod! I want St. Augustine! looks like i'll be doing some major manual labor soon

[@lawncarelife]

Celsius will kill it

[@BuckMcAntlerson]

Great video!!! Subscribing

[@lawncarelife]

Thank you

[@quickstepz9250]

Anybody know what type of grass or weed I have that is a runner across the top of the ground, and it's a reddish purple runner. Also looks like a reddish clover. Ty.

[@tomtownusa]

Mid August in NE Ohio, not much rain, 3 very bad different weed types taking over my lawn.. I have detail photos and need to email photos to Lawn Care Life to ID AND SUGGEST PRODUCT TO KILL THEM.. Lawn is 40 yrs old and have no idea of brand of grass seed used.. PLEASE HELP WITH PROCEDURE TO COMMUNICATE PHOTOS AND RECEIVE REMEDY... THANKS MUCH..

[@mattshadix6300]

Will msma work for Dallas grass on centipede

[@easygolawncare9702]

I have a clump of something that looks like crabgrass but doesn't produce seed heads and quinclorac doesn't touch it. Also appears to be perenial

[@cts2922]

I need to kill both carpet grass and bahia in a centipede that I’ve over seeded with zoysia... any advice ?

[@PlemonsLawnCare]

Good video brother. What would be a good chem to kill Bermuda in zoysia lawn?

[@lawncarelife]

+Plemons Lawn and Landscape I have no idea. Not sure there is one for that. Typically most products that are labeled for Bermuda are also labeled for Zoysia

[@PlemonsLawnCare]

Lawn Care Life yea I kinda thought that might be the dreaded answer. I'll hit you up on Facebook with pics of what is happening.

[@landscapetechniques6872]

Plemons Lawn and Landscape fusillade 2 will kill Bermuda out of zoysia it's expensive and it may damage the zoysia normally will need multiple applications

[@toly11041982]

I have poa pratensis 100% and crabgrass and i am Having real issues getting rid of it. Can i apply your solutions in my lawn ? It won’t Affect the lawn? Thank!

[@rbljackson]

is clumping rye grass the same as dallisgrass? The grass in question clumps up, and is spreading each year. I have started digging out the clumps in areas where they aren't too bad....but I have one commercial property that has a good lawn except for one area...its loaded with this clumping grass which I assumed is dallisgrass. I haven't looked closely at the seed heads, so this video may help me identify. If it is dallisgrass...I will be trying your glyphosate as you recommended. I have LOTS of questions because I now have my commercial app lilcense and will be trying to expand my lawn care business next year to include some fert and weed control! Thank you.

[@lawncarelife]

+rbljackson progress is not the same as Dallisgrass. I use a product called Katana to control ryegrass. Not sure where you are located but you might want to attend my conference coming up in November. We hope to provide a lot of good information especially if you are looking to expand into weed control

[@PS_PS_PS_]

I am in northern Colorado with a lawn made up of mainly various types of fescue grass. I have one area that is infested with what I believe is centipede grass. I want to kill it off before it spreads to the rest of my lawn. What can I use to do this? I've heard that it's nearly impossible to kill this stuff off! I would be more than happy to send you pictures, but I don't know how to upload them to your KZbin comment space. Please help!

[@rickyperezjr2234]

I have Bahia grass and my grass are full of weeds I was told t I can not treat Bahia grass is there anything I can do besides of piling the weeds I’ll be pulling weeds for days