this popped up in my pasture in a big way around a huge live oak tree. Gets very little sun under there. What is it and how do I kill it without hurting my live oak tree?
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Nut grass?
It's one of the many sedges. Maybe cedar sedge? But the leaves seem a little too long for cedar sedge.
But regardless of what sedge it is, I wouldn't kill it. There isn't much else that will survive and grow under a live oak tree with no sunlight
But regardless of what sedge it is, I wouldn't kill it. There isn't much else that will survive and grow under a live oak tree with no sunlight
Not nut grass.
It's certainly not hurting your live oak. I'd leave it.
OnlyForNow said:
Not nut grass.
nutsedge, often called nutgrass, can usually be ID'ed by the triangular stem, correct?
I'd leave it. Those grasses have nice roots getting water down in the zone helping the Live Oak.
All sedges have triangular stems, but nut sedge has wider leaves/blades, and the seed head is a fair bit different - even though we can't clearly see this seed head it's not a nut sedge head.
I'm guessing it's
Texas sedge or Cherokee sedge
I'm guessing it's
Texas sedge or Cherokee sedge
It's not the typical nut sedge that shows up in my st Augustine
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this popped up in my pasture in a big way around a huge live oak tree. Gets very little sun under there. What is it and how do I kill it without hurting my live oak tree?
Curious why your first instinct was to try and kill it before you knew what it was?
It is a native sedge and there are dozens of species in Texas that hybridize so it's difficult to say which.
They are shade tolerant, get by on little water & evergreen. Birds eat the seeds & it's a food source for beneficial insects.
Apache said:Quote:
this popped up in my pasture in a big way around a huge live oak tree. Gets very little sun under there. What is it and how do I kill it without hurting my live oak tree?
Curious why your first instinct was to try and kill it before you knew what it was?
It is a native sedge and there are dozens of species in Texas that hybridize so it's difficult to say which.
They are shade tolerant, get by on little water & evergreen. Birds eat the seeds & it's a food source for beneficial insects.
Because it gets very thick and difficult to mow
spot treat with sedge-hammer or certainty
make sure to include a good surfactant
make sure to include a good surfactant
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Because it gets very thick and difficult to mow
The easiest solution is don't mow it!
If this pasture is being kept like a giant backyard & not for livestock, then you should just mulch around it as there is nothing better than sedge that will grow there.
Apache said:Quote:
Because it gets very thick and difficult to mow
The easiest solution is don't mow it!
If this pasture is being kept like a giant backyard & not for livestock, then you should just mulch around it as there is nothing better than sedge that will grow there.
yea but the wifey likes to mow and keep things "manicured"
Tell her to stick to making sandwiches and leave the range management to people that know what they're doing. A pasture that is manicured does not look natural at all.
HTownAg98 said:
Tell her to stick to making sandwiches and leave the range management to people that know what they're doing. A pasture that is manicured does not look natural at all.
Funny.....
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=cate7
we've installed that or berkeley sedge for a few customers
we've installed that or berkeley sedge for a few customers
Tell her it's used as nesting material for the endangered brown breasted mattress thrasher & TexAgs advised you to leave it.
"brown breasted mattress thrasher"
The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But, it's still on the list.
Foxtail. Not good.
Texaspainter said:Apache said:Quote:
Because it gets very thick and difficult to mow
The easiest solution is don't mow it!
If this pasture is being kept like a giant backyard & not for livestock, then you should just mulch around it as there is nothing better than sedge that will grow there.
yea but the wifey likes to mow and keep things "manicured"
There's a lot to be said for that.
milner79 said:Texaspainter said:Apache said:Quote:
Because it gets very thick and difficult to mow
The easiest solution is don't mow it!
If this pasture is being kept like a giant backyard & not for livestock, then you should just mulch around it as there is nothing better than sedge that will grow there.
yea but the wifey likes to mow and keep things "manicured"
There's a lot to be said for that.
Except she wants "him" to keep it manicured..... big difference.
the Seek app from my phone scanning the picture on my computer is identifying it as "reflex sedge". The LeafSnap app is identifying it as "remote sedge".
conclusion: it's a sedge
conclusion: it's a sedge
BoerneGator said:
Except she wants "him" to keep it manicured..... big difference.
Who TF said that my wife wants ME to keep it manicured? If you would read the post you are commenting on then you would clearly see that I said SHE likes to mow. My wife could work circles around most of you keyboard tough guy warriors. Sheesh......
Can't even ask a simple question on here anymore without it turning into a bash fest.....
You know nothing about me or my wife, so politely get out of my thread.
Texaspainter said:BoerneGator said:
Except she wants "him" to keep it manicured..... big difference.
Who TF said that my wife wants ME to keep it manicured? If you would read the post you are commenting on then you would clearly see that I said SHE likes to mow. My wife could work circles around most of you keyboard tough guy warriors. Sheesh......
Can't even ask a simple question on here anymore without it turning into a bash fest.....
You know nothing about me or my wife, so politely get out of my thread.
Might need a little more coffee and maybe you will get the joke.
Don't think anyone was bagging on your wife.
96ags said:Texaspainter said:BoerneGator said:
Except she wants "him" to keep it manicured..... big difference.
Who TF said that my wife wants ME to keep it manicured? If you would read the post you are commenting on then you would clearly see that I said SHE likes to mow. My wife could work circles around most of you keyboard tough guy warriors. Sheesh......
Can't even ask a simple question on here anymore without it turning into a bash fest.....
You know nothing about me or my wife, so politely get out of my thread.
Might need a little more coffee and maybe you will get the joke.
Don't think anyone was bagging on your wife.
apparently I didn't find it funny
The solution to getting rid of it without harming the tree(s) is to dig it up, and then dig up the new ones.
Just my opinion but if its thick enough to be causing a problem with mowing, then its thick enough that I wouldnt want to be spraying it under my oak trees. Spot spraying a few individual spots if fine. Carpet bombing it is asking for problems.
Texaspainter said:
Because it gets very thick and difficult to mow
and thats before the fire ants decide to pile up on top
It's the OB for goodness sakes. If an animal or plant inconveniences you the first response is always kill it!! 
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Not picking on the OP. Just making a lighthearted joke.
. Not picking on the OP. Just making a lighthearted joke.
TAMU Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
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OnlyForNow said:
All sedges have triangular stems, but nut sedge has wider leaves/blades, and the seed head is a fair bit different - even though we can't clearly see this seed head it's not a nut sedge head.
I'm guessing it's
Texas sedge or Cherokee sedge
Sedges have edges.
Ruffles have ridges
Taste better than sedges too!
Leggo My Elko said:
I'd leave it. Those grasses have nice roots getting water down in the zone helping the Live Oak.
Huh?
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