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Some sort of grass I think. Worth keeping?

Cant help with the name but something very similar shoots up in my veg patch now and again and I just dig it out and get rid!

If the leaves are blue-green and round then it is one of the rushes. Can be abit of a seed weed in damp soil.

I have a similar grass in my back garden - cant help with a name but it seeds madly and we have it popping up all over.

It is quite attractive but I would remove the seeding stalks!

Quote from: telboy on November 15, 2010, 12:32:43
Some sort of grass I think. Worth keeping?

Nope.

Thanks all!

It's going.
;)

It's one or other of the rushes from the look of it, and it could indicate a problem with waterlogging.

Soft-rush (Juncus effusus) by the looks of it

Don't know its proper name, but we call it marsh grass.  It is a problem in damp areas.  We apparently have a high water table. ??? ::)  Between moss and that we do have a problem.  Definitely a no no.

valmarg

Whatever it is actually called it is a nightmare to get rid of once it gets established and grows through tarmac easily.

I have also noticed that a similar plant seems to grow in some peat based composts.

Quote from: daveyboi on November 19, 2010, 07:20:26
Whatever it is actually called it is a nightmare to get rid of once it gets established and grows through tarmac easily.

I have also noticed that a similar plant seems to grow in some peat based composts.

Could be any one of a number of rushes in peat based compost, although soft-rush is still common on upland mires and bogs.  Their seeds remain viable for a very long time too.