How To Remove Tall Fescue Clumps in Your Lawn

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Tall Fescue clumps can really start to become a problem when it comes to appearance when mixed in with bluegrass and ryegrass in your cool season lawn. In this video I show you how to remove the tall fescue clumps using glyphosate. This becomes a little easier when the grass you want to keep is dormant, but could be done at any time if you are willing to fix the dead spots that are created from the spraying.
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@mikehough5717 7 лет назад

I work at the factory that made that pump sprayer, I always like seeing people use our products

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

Very cool.

@portlandtwowheels1872 5 лет назад

We bought our house with the clumping fescue everywhere. Today I am using a sod cutter to get rid of all our grass in the front yard, tilling it a little for evenness and then re-seeding.

@daveg7896 5 лет назад

This was amazing. Great tips and tricks regarding using a pump sprayer and glyphosate!

@floydmefford7136 3 года назад

Dude... I loved your video... Quick... Direct.. Helpful.. To the point... Exactly what I wanted and needed... Excellent!

@Dubiels 7 лет назад

Thanks for making this video. I have been debating what to do with my clunking fescue. I can't wait to see how yours turn out and get through your reno.

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

So far a couple days in I'm not noticing much but it said on the bottle it could take 1-2 weeks. We'll see.

@chrisfink1 7 лет назад

ryanknorr my experience with glysophate is by day 5 or 6 it should pretty much be nuked and dark brown in color.

@sirboom3115 3 года назад

What a great short to the point video. Thank you.

@LawnTips 7 лет назад

Nice man. I feel that glyphosate should definitely smash it. Perfect opportunity to hit it whilst the grass is dormant. Love it!

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

We will see how it turns out. It was interesting how much those clumps are sticking out right now.

@212ntruesdale 3 года назад

Learning so much from you! Thank you for these really informative videos.

@TheSaxyjaz 7 лет назад

Thank you for posting this, I'll be watching for your results, have the same problem in my new houses lawn and was just considering digging vs spraying. Dug out a bunch at my last house, it was quite a bit of work, I like the looks of this.

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

I have dug up some from time to time as well. It is a little easier right after a rain when the ground is soft. We'll see how this turns out.

@IAmKyleBrown Год назад

I moved 2 years ago and have been trying to go the "organic" route and just pull them out, but could never get all the roots (I think their deep roots may be more tenacious than I realized). this week I decided to hit it with roundup and just get it all. End result is about the same, both leave a giant dead spot that needs reseeding. My goal is to get it all gone and then just stay on top and pull it when I see it.

@ruthie_rosario Год назад

I waited till it rained on some days, or just watered the evening before, and then dug it up. It was much easier that way, but took hours. Then I put Bermuda seeds with fertilizer in the empty holes. I did it little by little so there wouldn’t be so many holes in my yard all at once. It took a LOT of work doing it that way, but it actually worked. The last home owners decided to throw tall fescue seeds because they didn’t know they had Bermuda grass…even though they apparently paid $3000 for Bermuda sod when they bought the house 2 years ago. 🤦🏻‍♀️ The woman said she saw that it was supposed to grow good in the shade, so she bought it. It was one of those Scotts ez seed bags.

@AKIYIAKELLY 4 года назад

Thanks.

@joshgust32 3 года назад

good call on not mixing containers!

@supermariodrums 7 лет назад

Also made the mistake of buying pre-mixed roundup in a pump sprayer. The output was horrendous big droplets in a staggered stream. Wish I had just mixed it myself in a decent pump sprayer. Had to apply several times.

@jakehabhab8242 4 года назад

Besides the clumps of TF my grass looks good from a distance. However half my yard is full of clumps. Do you think it will take more then one season to get rid of this ? I currently have a bag Scott’s Sun/shade seed. I’d like KB if possible. What do you recommend?

@jennyschmidt9474 2 года назад

Thanks for the video. Our yard is probably 60% fescue. What do you recommend? I live in Iowa.

@uTubed007 7 лет назад

Good video, at the rate you talk, you really give out a lot of info in a short 3 minute video ;-) TYFS

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

yeah I may need to slow down the speaking a bit...haha

@katherinerand1892 3 года назад

I have these all over my lawn not just few would it be worth doing this before aeration and over seeding? It’s just spring abs I would hate to have no lawn this Summer!

@Chuy00quiles 6 лет назад

Thank you for hitting this topic. I've been dealing with this issue for 2 years now. I've decided to finally do something about it this year. I would say about 40 percent of my front yard is filled with this stuff, should I just dig it out and throw down some new top soil and seed?

@ryanknorrlawncare 6 лет назад

If it's in clumps you can dig out or pull out of the ground then yes you can do that. Mine had some clumps and other areas it's just mixed in with the other grass where I really can't remove it. The spots that you do rip it out can just be reseeded and that should help.

@Chuy00quiles 6 лет назад

ryanknorr as always giving some good feedback. I appreciate your time as well man! I'll be digging it out for sure, I do have some mixed areas but I'll just dig it out and seed it.

@tex_gil117 2 года назад

I like the cardboard idea. Never thought about that one.

@angelsworld1733 4 года назад

Will it come back after its dug up and reseeded?

@maryrosales2474 3 года назад

would you over seed then in the spring?

@Mike49if 3 года назад

I'm in Florida. Have a lot of Tall Fescue in 1 area approx 12 x 20 ft or so. Want it gone. Had Roundup sprayed on it and it appears dead or dying, color is gone. But these things have deep roots and are a real pain to dig up, even when dead I believe. Is that not so and any suggestions besides digging up every one of them? Thanks.

@keokiwilliams5152 5 лет назад

How does fescue grow? Does the mower spread it?

@jitansudas9348 2 года назад

Hi Ryan, Thanks for creating a very informative channel. I have learnt a lot from this channel. I have one question... After you killed the clumpy fescue with Glyphosate, how did you remove the dead fescue before putting seed? Did you just scrape it off or dig it out? Thanks!

@ryanknorrlawncare 2 года назад

You can really do it either. I scalped it to the ground my trimmer in those spots

@benreese5244 7 лет назад

Thanks dude!

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

You're welcome!

@benreese5244 7 лет назад

ryanknorr I added a video to my RU-vid. If you get a chance take a look. Trying to figure out if I should spot treat or go for the whole thing. Tell me what you think. Thanks man.

@rdjess 5 лет назад

Any update on how this worked?

@vchowdry1 3 года назад

How many weeks before you can seed area

@MarkAJ311 7 лет назад

I got a thank you to Ryan for making this video this is exactly what I'm working on now too. What are you going to do with the dead grass that's left once it dies? I can't decide if I want to spray or dig mine out and whether to replace with sod or seed..

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

I'm hoping that throughout my process of mowing low, dethatching, and aerating that it will pretty much pull out a lot of that dead stuff that's leftover. In the past I did this on a smaller scale to just a few spots and I raked those up after they were dead until I got down to ground level and then just seeded those spots as if I was doing a bare spot seeding.

@MarkAJ311 7 лет назад

Thanks, i think I'm going to spray mine tomorrow and follow your vids and compare. Hope you'll follow up!

@davidbartsch255 4 года назад

@@MarkAJ311 What method did you end up using? I have a bunch of patches in my lawn that I am looking at getting removed.

@MarkAJ311 4 года назад

@@davidbartsch255 its definitely easiest to hit them with glyphosate a couple times and then use a string trimmer. I'll be doing more small clumps later this year when I I overseed.

@thewolf61691 6 лет назад

My lawn has been great now all of a sudden in michigan mid august several tall fescue clumps have appeared even while the rest of the grass is thriving, probably a bad idea to use roundup since the surrounding is so good

@ryanknorrlawncare 6 лет назад

Yeah probably a bad idea unless you want to be doing as much fixing as I will be doing here very soon. :)

@macombcougars1112 7 лет назад

Ryan I am up North here in Michigan I have struggling with my yard most of the summer and was wondering would killing off the whole yard right now and overseeding with Kentucky bluegrass be to late, thanks for the help?

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

It might be pushing it as far as timeframe goes. You would need a couple weeks or so to kill it and then make sure everything was dead and then bluegrass takes 21 days or so just to start minimal growth. So by that time I would be thinking you may get into possible frost in your area and it wouldn't survive a freeze very well when it's in a very delicate stage. Kind of up to you what you feel comfortable with.

@supermariodrums 7 лет назад

I just killed off my parkway because it has been 50% clumping fescue and the rest was mystery grassy weeds. Killed it off a week and a half ago and seeded today. Fingers crossed haha.

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

Good luck!

@OldAndGettingOlder 7 лет назад

I did this once. My yard looked like hell, but the clumpy rescue was killed. I wish I had known about the marking dye. I'm sure this would have minimized my kill zone.

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

The dye is a big help for sure.

@rayland8553 6 лет назад

Is this the same as Poa grass? That’s my problem, it also grows in patches. Thx Ryan

@ryanknorrlawncare 6 лет назад

These are tall fescue clumps.

@markbee5260 4 года назад

Nice videos Ryan. Love the Ryegrass but have a lot of fescue clumps. Once you spray them, how long does it take for them to die? And how long after spraying can you overseed? Do you need to pull the dead stuff out?

@DWJMarshall3 3 года назад

I'd like to know this as well as I'm currently trying to get rid of some tall clumping fescue spots as well.

@demolitionfc 7 лет назад

I tried this last year. Tall fescue always comes back. Digging it up seems to be best course of action. I'll be curious how it works for you. Nice channel.

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

Yes I will be anxious to find out as well. Thanks for watching!

@ScotchAddict35 7 лет назад

Eric Kersten I have 2 clumps in my front yard as well right along the sidewalk. Driving me nuts! My plan is to dig them out and transplant grass from my side yard. I've only lived in my house for 2 years and last fall I had to plant all new grass in half my backyard. There is clearly a dividing line in color between old and new. And because of this, I don't want the spots in the front to stick out more than they already do. Thus, I think that by using existing grass it should blend in perfectly.

@BroShaver 6 лет назад

The roots are deep. I used a wick applicator to and roundup to nuke mine. It seems roundup is a better option than digging up for this reason. Maybe the it seeded. After my application the next year there was less, but still some. It takes a few seasons of roundup IMO.

@TheTdprice51 5 лет назад

Hi Ryan. I live in Felton, Delaware and did a complete lawn reno this last fall. The grass I chose was a tall fescue blend. I notice though that within all of the nice seeded grass that is lower, there are very tall clumps of seemingly (another type maybe?) of tall fescue as well. They look different though. Do you think this fescue came from seed from neighboring areas? I just want it to be all uniform with the nice fescue that I seeded last fall.

@ryanknorrlawncare 5 лет назад

Hmm there's a few different variables there so it's hard to say. I wish I had a better answer for you...

@TheTdprice51 5 лет назад

Ryan Knorr Lawn Care yeah, makes sense. I have a picture but don’t think you can upload them into these comments. I think the fescue that I don’t want is coarse wide blade tall fescue, and with all of those clumps just looks different than the seeded fescue. I guess my plan is to just keep preventing weeds in existing turf, detach, aerate, and overseer in the fall. I suppose doing this should eventually leave more of the nice seeded tall fescue than the clumps probably coming from neighboring weed-infested areas surrounding my house.

@ryanknorrlawncare 5 лет назад

@@TheTdprice51 Yes I had clumping fescue areas in my yard that I had to spray out to get rid of but it was worth it

@wayneessar7489 7 лет назад

Is this a wild grass or turf type tall fescue. The reason I ask is I have seen tall fescue as a part of some blended seed mixtures here.

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

It's turf type. It is sometimes mixed into seed mixtures but I personally don't like the look of it.

@stitch-xx2oo 7 лет назад

Ryan, I have two problems. How can I easily get rid of mushrooms? How can I easily get rid of grubs? Does Weed and feed help these issues?

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

Mushrooms would usually be caused by too much moisture so if things dry out, they normally go away. Grubs you would need to get a grub killer. I have used this in the past: amzn.to/2v47SE2 Neither of those things would really have anything to do with weed and feed so that would be more for weed issues.

@jeremiaha4002 5 лет назад

Can this only be done in the fall? What do I do right now when spring just started? What can I do now to get rid of the fescue and help my Bermuda grass grow?

@ryanknorrlawncare 5 лет назад

For warm season grass (bermuda) you would be better to spray spots now and then let bermuda fill in those areas over the summer. It spreads the most in summer with proper fertilizing.

@jeremiaha4002 5 лет назад

@@ryanknorrlawncare cool. Thank you.

@rays9719 3 года назад

Ryan, How do I get rid of Tall Fescue that is not in Clumps but rather all over. I do not want to do a complete kill but I literally have about 500,000 small Tall Fescue plants all over my half acre lawn. What can I use to overseed and choke out the Tall Fescue that will get rid of it?

@ryanknorrlawncare 3 года назад

There really isn't a way to get rid of them. You can thicken the lawn with other types of grass but they will still be there.

@rays9719 3 года назад

@@ryanknorrlawncare OK, what about a grass that has been genetically modified to be Round Up Ready? I'll plant it and when it is well established I will Round Up the whole yard and then only the Tall Fescue will be killed.

@rolandjacques649 6 лет назад

So still no feedback as to if this worked or not??? My zoysia is still dormant for another mouth or so, im wondering if this works to get ride of some of my fescue spots without killing the zoysia ?

@ryanknorrlawncare 6 лет назад

Update video was done here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IWUGRs1bz0A.html I would say it worked ok but not perfectly. I was doing a renovation so I didn't care too much anyway if it got a little heavy handed but if you are not looking to do overseeding or larger spots that might die off from spraying, I would be careful.

@rolandjacques649 6 лет назад

Thx, your video looks like you also killed the Zoysia. im thinking spaying the fescue after the zoysia is truly dormant for winter, say late December then the spray may be less likely to effect the zoysia with dead spots come spring may be to late now Feb 21

@streetstylz 7 лет назад

Is it ok to walk on dormant grass ?!

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

You definitely don't want to be trampling all over it consistently if possible, but sometimes you have to walk on it and I'll be overseeding all of these areas in the fall.

@GrassDaddy 7 лет назад

If the fescue is close to dieing the glyphosate might be enough to kick it. Kinda funny but the drought is helping you perfect the lawn!

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

That is a weird thing to happen, right? We will see if this will kill it or not. If not, I can live with it until I do a full renovation in the future but wanted to try this out while I had a chance.

@Mike-hc5in 7 лет назад

Where are you located that your grass is now dormant? And what other types of grass do you have? I have tall fescue all over my lawn but my lawn isn't dormant I too hate tall fescue but if i kill the fescue I will kill my whole lawn I'm located in Staten Island NY I guess I have to live with it

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

I'm in Iowa. We have a drought going on right now so that's why it's so dry and dormant. Yeah if you have it all over it would be tough to kill without doing a lot of damage. I'm going to see how this works out for me but eventually I might kill off my lawn and put in one type of grass. Now it's a mixture of bluegrass, fescue, and perennial rye.

@Mike-hc5in 7 лет назад

Good luck I'll be watching your success I hope

@chrisfink1 7 лет назад

Hey Ryan, I went monoculture using midnight KBG. It's an amazing grass but I've only had it for 1 season...but it is thriving this season. Very happy so far.

@emilionunez4566 7 лет назад

Blue Grass King how does it do in the shaded area?

@chrisfink8092 7 лет назад

I only have a small area of shade and I've noticed some fungus issues with the KBG Midnight in those areas this season; but this summer is abnormally wet. This fall I'm mixing in some KBG Bewitched in the shaded areas to see if it helps with the disease issues. Bewitched is great for the shade and should mix in well with the midnight....but the plan is to stay monoculture everywhere else. - Blue Grass King

@83jbbentley 7 лет назад

Tall Fescue 31

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

Sometimes I see a bag of 31 in a store and I cringe. I just personally hate the look of it.

@Vedder10VS 3 месяца назад

Can u just pull the fescue out without hitting it with the weed killer?

@ryanknorrlawncare 3 месяца назад

No. The roots are often more than a foot deep

@genemanning2236 6 лет назад

Ryan, what causes the fescue clumps? is it from overseeding with a fescue mix? any way to prevent this in the future?

@ryanknorrlawncare 6 лет назад

There's a couple things that happened in my case. 1. My backyard used to be essentially pasture grass before our house was put there so there's some native stuff that was in the soil which included tall fescue. 2. When I knew nothing about lawn care I had a company aerate and overseed my yard but the problem was they used tall fescue when I had a bluegrass/ryegrass lawn. So I've been trying to get rid of it ever since but it's kind of a losing battle to completely get rid of it unless I kill off the whole area and start over with what I want. Long story but hope that explained it...haha

@genemanning2236 6 лет назад

thanks for the reply. my yard is mostly fescue but just some clumps here and there. i planned on ordering that fescue mix from GCI for my overseeding in the fall so i'm wondering if i'm getting the fescue clumps from the Vigoro fescue mix i used last year. anyways, keep up the great work!

@ryanknorrlawncare 6 лет назад

It could be the mix you used. There are different types and they are continuing to try to improve the turf type fescue with some varieties having a thinner blade to match more of a ryegrass and bluegrass look.

@femaledeer 5 лет назад

Don’t know what killing it will do. You still will need to dig it out.

@02DCorona 7 лет назад

what happen to ur grass?

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

It's just dormant right now because of drought.

@walter1611 3 года назад

Killing all of my lawn, except tall fescue! think you have got this the wrong way round as I did when I saw it 1st growing in my lawn, but really it is the best grass to have. Drought tolerant, insect resistant and dark thick green leaves. Ok, its not a traditional English lawn, but hey it's green, thick and Don't need much water 💦👍 I use the variety Tomahawk.

@jak9506 7 лет назад

You'll regret that

@mcnell311 7 лет назад

I cant really think of any reason to spend the money to spray more chemicals on the lawn. just dig em out. Those clumps are pesky as hell.

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

On my yard that would be a lot a lot of digging as I have them mixed in all over the place and some not in clumps necessarily but large sections against my sidewalks that is all fescue. So in that case it's hard to dig out.

@mcnell311 7 лет назад

got ya...yeah, you do have quite a few. Do we know why those pesky little buggers occur?

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

Well mine was from a few years ago when I didn't know much about lawn care. I had a company aerate and overseed and I found out they used fescue to overseed when I don't have a fescue lawn! It's been driving me nuts ever since.

@observer.b_e_l_l_i_s 5 лет назад

Digging doesnt always work. Actually most the time it wont, itll just spread. You have to kill the roots which get very deep.

@sbond1963 Год назад

But.. I thought you loved tall fescue. A lot of us grow up because of you.

@derrickp 11 месяцев назад

Clumping fescue is a different that turf type tall fescue

@typ8723 7 лет назад

Only 2oz per gallon?! Goes to show how much margin those 400Gal lawn trucks make --- Spraying 98% water on my lawn...

@ryanknorrlawncare 7 лет назад

yeah when you think about it that way, they are making a killing.

@bradcrooks3891 7 лет назад

Probably cost them 5 bucks to spray your lawn and they charge you 80.

@paulbunyun-xi9by 3 года назад

@@bradcrooks3891 cost to pay the help, truck, equipment and insurances probably not making much, your better off doing it for your stated 5.00

@michellezunnurain 8 месяцев назад

Easy to identify during drought conditions. Save money and just dig.

@annec4019 2 года назад

Am anti glysophate :'(

@roshandsouza581 7 лет назад

First

@patsmith2361 6 лет назад

Lord, help us! Don't even think of Roundup. It's the worst thing humans ever made. I'd let fescue clumps grown on my clothes before I'd use that stuff! And I'm from St. Louis, in the same zip as Monsanto, the Dr. Frankenstein of this terrible, destructive product. Your lawn vs. the earth. What to do?