Yorkshire fog

Anybody have a good solution to get rid of this from my lawn?

 

The only way to be sure is to kill it with Glyphosate, wait a couple of weeks, prep the area by raking over with some topsoil and re-seeding. Best done in the Autumn or Spring really. That is rather drastic though.

It isn't a very tough plant, so cutting it regularly with a half-moon and mowing often will weaken it considerably (letting it grow long allows it to take hold), allowing your finer grasses to creep back in.

 

I had to look this one up. I'd heard of it and knew it was grass but didn't know what it looked like.

I have it in my garden, but it's welcome. I mow the lawn regularly during its growing season, and it stays ok for me (not a bowling green, but a good lawn considering how much use it gets). The wild, self seeded grasses are around the edges of the lawn. I've left one small patch to more or less do its own thing (for the benefit of the moths and grass hoppers etc). I think it looks lovely from spring right til early winter when the fluffy flower heads are still in. Looks a bit scraggly at the moment mind, there's no seeds left on them. I presume a bird or something has had them away or they've just fallen off.

 

Please enlighten us - what is Yorkshire Fog

 

One of our prettier native grasses

 

It's a field grass, a bit like couch grass.

If you find an odd clump of different coloured broad-leaved grass in the middle of your lawn, it's probably Yorkshire Fog.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=y...ftKvSZ0QXV0oCABA&ved=0CDMQsAQ&biw=930&bih=466

 

Thanks Kris , yes I do recognise this grass .
Typical Yorkie trick to call grass , fog , to confuse us all

 

Just had a look at it. I loved this grass as a kid. If you pulled a young fresh flowering stem out and bit the soft end off - it tasted luvvly. Had for gotten that nice memory ...

 

Another use is to do the actions to the following rhyme, resulting in the person of your choice getting loads of grass seed in their hair:

Here's a tree in summer
Here's a tree in winter
Here's a bunch of flowers
And here's the april showers.

 

Thanks for replies.

Think ill try half moon method to weaken it, don't want to use glyphosate on the lawn. As you say probably a bit drastic as once closely cut its very difficult to notice it.

 

If memory serves right they used to knit Yorkshire fog into mats.

 

Landimad this may give rise to the saying , not often heard these days , " He/she can platt fog " . Meaning they can complete difficult tasks .