How deep do grass roots go?

prairie grasses do, as do some of the common taprooted weeds, such as dandelion, burdock or dock. That is why a mixed lawn tends to be healthy, those tap roots bring up nutrients, create vertical drainage channels, and generally make deeper topsoil. prairie grasses is something you don't need in a lawn, they are extremely coarse, thick, and no fun to walk on.

You want "Tall Fescue", not red fescue or other ordinary types. It has worked well for me. Reference

Lofts "Rebel II" is 100% Tall Fescue. I believe Scotts has some also. Read the labels carefully.

Bermuda grass, 40 ft.

Saint Augustine grass, 80 ft.

Reference? the back of my mind, something I read somewhere and it stuck.

Wow! Are you sure you didn't mean inches?

Doing a quick Yahoo search,

Also, according to

HTH, Lisa

Nope, feet. If it had been inches I would have thought nothing of it and forgot it. Again it is just something I picked up along the way and would not attest to any accuracy beyond saying that it is the way I remember it.

Thanks for the responses.

vince norris