St Augustine Grass

leafylux

Is it Just Me, or is St. Augustine Grass Trying to Invade My Home Like a Green, Leafy Army?

Okay, indoor plant people. Can someone explain to me why St. Augustine grass seems harder to kill than all my actual houseplants? I can’t keep a pothos alive to save my life, but one tiny chunk of St. Augustine turf I tracked in on my shoes is now plotting world domination from a crack in my laundry room floor. Should I be nurturing its ambition, or just accept my fate as the proud parent to a robust indoor lawn? How do you all deal with “accidental” plant parentship of stubborn, non-cute stuff? Asking for a friend (and my vacuum cleaner).

rootranger

Honestly, wild how the toughest grass survives anywhere, right? I just keep yanking it out whenever I spot it, because if you let it be, it WILL take over. I sometimes wish my calatheas had half that tenacity! Anyone ever tried just snipping off runners as they pop up, instead of digging the whole thing out?

FernyFriend

It’s wild how nature picks favorites-St. Augustine grass could survive the apocalypse, but a healthy maidenhair fern is basically a unicorn. If you just keep plucking the grass runners, it usually gets the message, but sometimes it can resprout from tiny root bits left behind. For true eviction, a dab of vinegar on the spot after you pull it out might help (as long as you keep it away from anything you do want to grow nearby). Anyone else ever find Bermuda grass trying the same takeover indoors?