So, we've laid down patches of Philippine lawn grass - it grows quite fast, is hardy, and looks quite OK.
It's done all right, spreading slowly. And now it is seeding
At least I hope it is! I've been wringing my brain trying to work out whether these things are weeds or the good stuff. Initially I was pulling up this whenever it was growing to seed, but I recently remembered this diagram a reader had pointed out to me (picture from Aggie Horticulture)
and it seems like it I should be letting it grow. This is the full plant with seeds - the leaves look similar, but it seems to grow straight out of the ground without being part of the stolons.
Can anyone confirm for me? Should I be weeding or nurturing? Laying on a little vermicompost or something? :)
8 comments:
never new this is a phillipines lawn grass. Its seemed to be quite a weed-looking in my place.
Hope you like them.
James - well I hope it is Philippines grass... otherwise some other weed will start spreading :(
It's considered a weed in some places, as it is pretty invasive. But that quality suits me fine as the Malaysian climate is a bit hot for most lawn grass, unless you devote loads of time and water to keeping it maintained.
Do you mow your grass with gas/oil lawn mowers, or a push mower, or goats, sheep?
Because if you used the first,
there is no point of being organic
at ALL, since the CO2, for an hour
with one of those, is similar to the amount of driving for twenty hours on
one hand.
On the other hand the weeds feed
birds and other creatures. In brief
a garden should be planned/thought
as in relation for flora/fauna
in my certified humble opinion..expressed in my blog.
Good luck in your projects....
Well, I think that every little bit helps to be honest. We pay a guy who has one of those strimmer things. Tho I suppose I should consider a hand mower.
The paradox of gardens is that they are always 'unnatural', but I agree with trying to consider local fauna etc. But at the end of the day, I do want my garden to look nice (although in fact it's a real mess :/), and so I don't mind pulling up weeds and such, especially invasive ones.
i'm not sure but i have pearl grass & these little fluffy weed looking things pop up as well. so, i'm really not sure. make sure to update witha post when you find out.
Hiii....
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