I took this seriously! And probably because I decided when I moved to my new husband and home 2 years ago, that if what's happy in my yard is crabgrass and Bermuda grass, then that's what I like, too. He had told me he and his former wife (deceased) had spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars on hauling in dirt for the rocky lawn, and many more $$ and time seeding and re-seeding lawn grasses; there is a slight slope to this rock-based 1-plus acre of lawn and sometimes heavy rain in the spring and early summer, which seemed to always wash the seeded grass to the far corners. . . the yard is dappled shade in most parts, but in the sunny spots, everything fries. My first summer was last year, and by July, my lawn had filled in and looked beautiful--the crabgrass and Bermuda grass were going crazy. I told him that since my priorities are the vegetable and flower gardens, if we could mow and have it look good, I didn't care WHAT green stuff was in the lawn. I am a big proponent of whatever works well in the yard is what I'll try to go with--and the crabgrass and Bermuda grass love the yard.

Crab grass does not regrow from a few bits of root left in the soil, but it will grow from seeds that are in that soil. If you burned Crab grass with a torch it would not regrow, although if there were seeds in the soil they may well germinate. Crab grass is an annual thaqt produces one plant per seed and that one plant when killed is dead. If you did have new growth from any roots left in the soil or if a plant did regrow after being torched then you do not have Crab grass.

The growth is probably about even, at least how it looks right now. We just lost the last of our snow here in the valley, so I'm confused if it is crabgrass because I thought it was all supposed to die over the winter? Although they are kind of all wilted so maybe that is them dying? But I'd rather it be crabgrass than something I can't kill with a selective herbicide like quack grass. Any other thoughts? I may take one down to the nursery to see if they can help ID it. Thanks for any help!

Not really.. I never let it get tall enough (for fear of spreading. Have not overseeded in more than a year but last time it was in the fall. If there are bare spots I'll toss some out and let it rip. I don't really water either, up here we usually get enough rain. It has been crazy wet this spring so far though. If it helps, our soil here (at least in my yard) is pretty clayish for CT dirt. It also got mashed down quite a bit from excavators rolling over it. Definitely not spongy by any means.