POA Weed Grass - 3 Ways To Fight Back WITHOUT Chemicals

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Great advice! I am struggling with weed grass on my 200m2 lawn this summer and this is by far the best information I've seen so far. I'll be breaking out my Hyundai dethatcher this evening to give this a shot! Cheers 😎

Wolfgarten does a rake which is hinged at the end so you can push it back and forward efficiently without lifting off the ground..works well

It’s reassuring to see many others fighting (and losing) the same battle as me 😂 Another great and very applicable video. Keep them coming fella.

Great video matey! For some reason a lot of people have the POA issue bad this year. I for one certainly do. Lawn usually looks lush by now with all the usual stuff we do to them. This time I have loads of POA and a grass that doesn’t want to go up but rather all tangly. I can’t help but think it’s the strange weather we’ve had since March onwards. I must admit, even though it goes against the grain a bit I got the rake attachment on the scarifier and blasted over my lawn with it followed by a close mow and now a load of watering to help it recover. I’ve never seen it this bad before. Weird!

What I do is: 1. Rake the grass manually, so seed heads are standing up. 2. Cut it at the second-highest setting all the time with the bag. 3. I prepare plugs in advance - I use aluminium trays from Lidl's Lasagna or anything similar to 10 cm by 15 cm and an inch deep (2.5cm). 4. I seed indoors into the tray filled with compost, then wait for it to germinate and let it grow up to 5 cm. This way I have 100% control over the germination process. 5. On the day I go to my lawn to locate the thickest patch of POA and cut it out using a knife along with roots. 6. Replace with new grass patch-plug. This works because the grass is already tall enough to thicken and blend in over 2-3 weeks, and it won't let POA come back. Rinse and repeat. but... I have a fescue lawn which I keep on a higher setting, around 2 inches or 5 cm, no less. This way it is always thick and able to outcompete weed grasses gradually. It is a slow process, but I am fighting back with a vengeance. And winning. No weeds, not even dandelions or clover, no weed killers at all in the last two years. Only hollow tine aeration in autumn, scarification and overseeding.

Yep POA is taking over the world 🌍 I use my allett scarifier cassette on my classic every 3 weeks and use it on settings 1 which is enough without touching soil ! It does the job but alas I look a few days later and cry 😭 Great honest video again Matt and I’m sure like all your followers we all can relate

exactly what i was looking for. great timing

Mate, I wish my lawn looked as good as yours did before you even started this vid. 🤣

A great video. I used a syringe with roundup on my lawn to target weed grass as an experiment and it worked quite well. Top channel 👍🏼

Got same problem with my newly seeded lawn 😡. So I bought a einhell battery scarafier and sharped the blabes after some advise on some forums . Using it every second cut the now and its working wonders. 👍🏾

That first lawn mower was very nice.

Sowed my Browntop Bent and Chewings Fescue lawns... dark green pure bristles... until the poa invaded! Your lawn looks grrrreat!

Really good video! I thought it was only me suffering this year with bad POA! I use verticutter and hand pull . Good video keep going mate

Hey Mat, same situation here in Poland for us. In the midst of unusually wet spring/summer of 2020 annua and triv had loads of opportunity to thrive. Personally, I removed bigger triv patches by hand, overseeded with Barenbrug RPR. I had been [email protected] inch with my Allett but went back to Honda hrx 537 this season. I've been gradually working the height up as I read from the University of Nebraska that the most effective long term way to outcompete poa is to mow higher (57% less weed grasses in 3 years on average). I'm@2,5inches already, poa keeps competing for sunlight with my good grass so I cut and bag and dispose of the clippings. As the heatwave's been with us since mid June I can already see how nicely poa's dying out on top. So my next order of business will be to simply stay on higher cuts (going all the way back to 3,5 inches) scarify deeper this Fall, overseed with RPR and hope it will come back weaker next season. No chance for me to use any preemergents, as I have both children and pets sharing my sward with me. That's it for steps I'm taking for now. Looking forward to your new videos. Take care!

After a year of trying various different methods I like you have lost the battle. In the autumn and next spring I am going to use a pre emergent to hopefully get rid of this problem Another great video again mate.

Very helpful v. I have 1 corner of my back lawn that is bad with weed grass. I have the Bosch AVR 1100. I have had for a while and only used it once to scarrify. It sold advertised as a scarifyer/verticutter. The blades are loose and can swing when rotated. I will give it a go.

Useful video Matt. Our (small) lawn is coming along using your seed and fertiliser - plus these weeds! Where I've added quite a bit of top soil, the surface is not firm enough underfoot yet to use these tools without damaging the surface and new growth I suspect. Also, top dressing leaves the lawn very uneven, so I'm guessing levelling using sand should be next? Children's play sand good for this? Keep up the good work!

Fantastic stuff I have an electric scarifier but did not know that I could put on the highest setting and just go over my lawn mine isn't too bad but still needs doing so thank you for that... and also good you can use a standard rake after this is done just put the mower again over the grass...👍🏻👍🏻

Great advice …thx Shaun . Was thinking about roundup and re seed in Autumn …but not sure about it esp iF poa will pop up again from seed already in soil 😔