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From: davidson@sdcsvax.UUCP (Greg Davidson)
Newsgroups: net.garden,net.consumers
Subject: Re: Grass
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Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 14:03:02 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 24 14:03:02 1985
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Keywords: Grass, Lawn, Dichondra
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Summary: Dichondra makes a nice lawn

Our back lawn used to be dichondra, and it was lovely stuff; much
more pleasant than grass to walk or lay on.  It is more delicate than
grass, but not so much as commonly believed; it can take a fair amount
of foot traffic.  It needs far less weeding (since you can use chemicals
that suppress all monocots, incl. grasses) and needs mowing only once a
month.  However, you have to keep up with it, treating it for fungus,
flea beatles, etc., without fail.  We got busy and neglected it for a
month and it died over the next three, despite heavy care.

Dichondra does require much more water than grass.  Because we anticipate
future water shortages in San Diego, we decided to switch to grass.  I now
regret this decision and may switch back anyway.

_Greg Davidson			Virtual Infinity Systems, San Diego