Grass Going To Seed: Why Your Lawn May Be Looking Brown

If you notice your lawn isn't looking at green, take a closer look because your grass may be going to seed. Every year around this time it happens. In this video, I talk about why it happens, and what you can do to help. Even though it may not look as nice, you'll find it is actually a good sign.

[@turbo_cuts]

Good info.

[@OutoftheWeeds]

I really appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

[@davidgonzales-ec8bo]

You're cool af😊

[@OutoftheWeeds]

Haha Thank you, I really appreciate that!

[@justinbailey2806]

Annua is a big problem in an area that I reseeded and was unaware of what is was at the time, many other older turf areas as well. Days spent faithfully (but naively) with a screwdriver getting the biggest clumps of it dug out and any of it I can pinpoint, only to see more and more of it appearing with it's seed head week after week has me exhausted with the hand pulling method of trying to remove the seeds to control it. My next option is a late summer or early fell pre emergent I guess. I read somewhere that the annual seeds can stay viable for 6 years, so I guess I have to do pre-emergents for that long to really eradicate it altogether, but a 100% control goal seems virtually impossible with squirrel digging activity and worm casts breaking the vapor barrier of the pre-emergent. I guess I should be bagging the clippings with all those seed heads, but all I have is a big side discharge riding mower, I tried making a bagging bag using a mesh 50 lb peanut bag, but it's tiresome to empty it fills up so fast. Idk if I'm making any progress controlling it or just a fool trying to be a lawn perfectionist in the first place. Then there's trivialis. Oh boy. It seems like there are so many variations of triv and annua appearance wise. Some seem so clumpy and lanky bladed light green, easy to dig out then others are thin bladed faint or creeping among good dark green nice grass but nearly impossible to pinpoint and mechanically remove by hand. I'm so tired of it all sometimes.

[@OutoftheWeeds]

I couldn't agree more with all you have said. I have so many areas in my lawn of undesirable grasses (mostly fescue clumps.) that it drives me nuts sometimes. I've come to the realization that perfection isn't what I should focus on, but instead, I should try to maximize what I have and make small gains towards where I want my yard to be. Plus most of the issues can't really be seen from viewing by the sidewalk. That being said, I think you have a great plan with pre-emergent later in the year. Yeah some might continue to sneak through, but I bet you'd make really good progress in just a couple years. Hang in there though! Thank you for watching! It's always nice to hear other people are going through similar things in their lawn.

[@justinbailey2806]

@@OutoftheWeeds Thanks for your wisdom. On a plus side, where I live we've never had a milder winter, last winter, and perhaps the winterizer I used last fall combined with that, allowed for the greenest color and health throughout the winter. There was hardly any color fade due to winter dormancy, just the growth stopped. I believe it would be cheaper to buy a liquid or soluble pre-emergent and spray apply especially for large areas than many bags of granular product, but I haven't compared or researched them that closely yet.

[@OutoftheWeeds]

@Justin Bailey That makes it nice when the lawn looks good right from the start of the season! I have used both types of pre-emergent but have never done a cost comparison. I agree that the liquid would probably be significantly cheaper over a bigger area.