[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[Dick]

In my yard I would get rid of the alien grass but might transplant a bit of 
it just to see where it goes. It is unlikely to be a transmutation but who 
knows.

Dick Gross, MGV
U of A Maricopa County Cooperative Extension

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> Steven Kuntz
> 85339
> mazzyday at yahoo.com
>
> I seeded about 1.5 months ago with Emerald Zoysia, and it appears that 
> there is another grass growing along side it. The leaves are about 3/8" 
> wide and up to 6" long and has kind of a purple zebra stripe running 
> perpendicular to the length of the leaf and it has a purple shade on the 
> underside of some of the leaf, closer to the center of the plant. It also 
> has a yellow-ish seed area on a somewhat thick shaft. Is this part of the 
> Zoysia, or should I yank this out? What type of grass is it? If I need to 
> pull it, I want to do it sooner than later, as I have a patch of it 
> starting. The roots do not seem very deep when I yanked one out. I wish I 
> could attach a picture, but oh well. Thank you.
>
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