how do you tell the difference? newbie here.

 

seadheads?

 

how do you tell the difference? newbie here.

 

KBG won't be seeding for a while yet.

Poa Annua is putting out seed heads right now. I've been pulling the last few days.

 

KBG won't be seeding for a while yet.

Poa Annua is putting out seed heads right now. I've been pulling the last few days.

Poa-a has been putting out seed heads for me for at least 3 weeks.
I pulled some of this cause it had seed heads even though it didn't look the same as the poa-a, and then found rhizomes... from what I've read poa-a is not supposed to have rhizomes?





Here's one of the same looking grass I think where it grew in the mulch where I could have spilled seed last fall and had never been mowed in its life.

 

I love this forum, I added kbg to my TTTF, I'm in middle TN started seeing those seed heads didn't look like nutsedge. I guess my kbg did take which is great looking for it to increase the lawns healing capability.

 

Yea they're starting in indy too. I was afraid it was all poa a but I'm the next town over from gman and his journal says he's seeing kbg seedheads which was a huge relief

 

I looked out today and thought I saw some in the front....

 

Parts of my front fescue sodded yard recently started producing seed heads. I noticed them yesterday while mowing. There is some poa annua scattered throughout my reno from last year and the seed heads look different. The poa annua seeds have been out for 3+ weeks where I live in Missouri.

 

When the seed heads are very young and haven't opened up yet it can be really hard to distinguish. If you pull the head open with your fingers I find you can look at how branches come off the main seed head stem. If multiple branches come off from a common point it's KBG, whereas poa a has only one branch at a given point along the stem.

Usually though it's just easier just to check for a membranous ligule, or you just know it's poa a because of the lime green colour / bleaching if you sprayed tenacity.

 

This is a very timely thread as I have discovered quite a bit of "new" seeding in my Black Beauty (TTTF/PRG/KBG) year-old sod. The Poa Ana was out earlier (for my climate) and was easy to identify by color and appearance. The new seed heads are different.

Whew! Thanks for the good news.