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Grasses (graminoids) are plants with narrow leaves growing from the base.

Grasses are the most well known form of monocot. They are typically grown for and as cereals.

By some definitions, grasses are amongst the successful plants alive today due to their coverage of large natural areas (e.g. prairies); plus their large-scale symbiotic relationships with humans (i.e. requiring human intervention to populate huge fields, plus ).

Use this tag for all questions relating to different plants.

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How can I strengthen a part of lawn that is sometimes driven over by cars?

Our front lawn runs right to the street, with no kerb. The edge of it sometimes gets driven/parked on and (for reasons I'll go into below) we can't simply prevent this. So it tends to get churned up into mud along the edge at this time of year,…
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Repairing a grass verge

It has been a wet winter, and the grass verges have been driven over and got mangled. Looking a bit like this : I don't really want to replace it with hard standing, so it will probably be a dig over and reseed. Although I am thinking a "football…
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Cutting tall grass (2-3ft) to short (2-3in) kill it?

I have some tall grass in my back yard and I would love to cut it but I am worried I could kill it by cutting like more than 80-90% (Hopefully not exaggerating) will kill the plant. Should I try to slowly cut it down to size or would it be fine if I…
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How much depth is needed for grass mats?

Simple question, how much (if any) soil is needed between the grass mat and the fleece barrier? I'm building an enclosure for my tortoise and I want to place grass on trays for it to roam. The trays are 8 cm depth (3 in), I will have a bed of…
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how long is it safe to walk on fresh grass seed

How long can I safely walk on my fresh grass before I start causing damage. I added a layer of top soil to my lawn and overseeded on Tuesday evening. I raked the soil as level as I could by eye and then used a long 2x4 to do a final level. I used a…
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What are the benefits of putting grass in my garden, what precautions should be taken

Reworded (updated) sorry for not being clear, anyway... I have been taking dried up grass clippings from the lawn and have been using it in my garden. I have been putting it around my tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, etc. It helps with keeping the weeds…
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Which type of grass to seed over a septic tank?

I recently moved to a new house in Greece (Mediterranean climate). Unfortunately the septic tank is in the middle of the front yard and on top of it nothing is grown. It is quite large and made by concrete, the layer of soil over the tank is very…
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Will I have problems with grass in my garden if I till it under during preparation?

I am preparing a new garden at home and instead of removing the grass that was present, we only used a rototiller to pierce the soil and rip the grass apart. I have been told that we would have a big problem with grass in our garden after doing…
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I live in the country and have no grass growing. My land looks like a field and I have no experience

My land has no grass growing. Its full of stickers and other weeds. Don't know what they're called. Do I need a Tiller for the area where I want grass seeds to grow? I'm a widow with limited income, and could not afford to have that done by a…
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What is the latest time to split mondo grasses?

We have the black variety lining each side of our front walk. In Ohio, October is fantastic weather for growing, while November starts to get cold. How late can we split these clumps up? Will splitting them up late make then less hardy for the…
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New homeowner with weeds instead of grass

I bought a home recently (southeast US) and the previous owners were neglectful of their back yard. It is pretty much a variety pack of weeds: buffalo weeds, dandelions, wild strawberries, etc. There are a couple of types of ivy taken over several…
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I mulched before grass seed, is that a mistake? + how to fix?

I'm planting some new grass in a ~50 sq ft area, plus in the spaces between a hundred or so newly placed stepping stones. Against all the advice I've seen, I mistakenly laid down my mulch before my grass seed. I had spread some lime and fertilizer…
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Can grass live upside down?

Having seen a video on how to pick up owls I was wondering if it were possible to have real grass live on the rotating cylindrical device (instead of fake grass). Is this possible or will it die or fall apart quickly due to gravitation? What if the…
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How long do chemicals persist in a pile of grass clippings?

I have a field behind me and my neighbor is throwing his grass clippings in the field for years, ( the grass is treated with chemicals) I have 2 Doberman and they tend to go over and scratch the top of the pile and eat this grass ( I'm always…
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Crabgrass or thatch?

Is this crabgrass or thatch-whatever it is how do I get rid of it?
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