Not Watergrass, Nutgrass

I was brought up thinking this was water grass. Damned weed grows like crazy when the weather turns wet so always believed it. Until it started growing in MY yard.

Did some research on the Internet on just exactly this annoying little weed is. Come to find out it is Nutgrass or nutsedge, and it's not too easy to kill.

You can do a search on Google to find plenty of info and pictures if you think this is what you have. It grows at a amazingly fast rate and makes your yard look like it hasn't been mowed in a week 2 days after mowing it.




I am currently trying this Bayer Advanced Lawn Weed and

Crabgrass Killer. Never been a fan of putting chemicals on
the yard since I have had dogs, but this stuff is annoying.


Currently at one week since application and I do not see the nut grass brown and dried up. The crabgrass and clover has turned brown and died, but not the intended target. Although I have noticed that the nutgrass has NOT sprouted right back up for days after a mowing. The instructions say to apply a second application 2 weeks after the first, so I'll see what happens.

Chlorine Generator - Update Week 5

Well, all is well with the salt water generator. Have had no problems with it and seems to be holding quite well. One thing of note, I assumed that you could set the level of chlorine that you wanted and it would maintain that level. Not so with this model. You adjust the level of chlorine generated by adjusting the percentage of output. I have learned that this unit pretty much can be adjusted by the water temp. If it's in the 80's, set it on 80%. 90's set on 90%. 20,000 gallons of water does not heat up or cool down very fast so it is very easy to adjust.