Baby Bermuda in Atlanta? Baby Bermuda is an exclusive product of Easton Sod farms located in OK. It is also a hybrid and there is no seed. How did you get it? Anyway crabgrass is easy to control with post-emergence products. But as stated you have to wait until the lawn is mature and has been mowed a few times. Otherwise you risk injuring the grass. FWIW you could paint it on, but if you are going to that much trouble, why not just pull it out to begin with and cast that demon back to he!! Nut Sedge is another issue and very difficult to control. Most of the post - emergence controls just makes it mad and the nut underneath the ground sends up three replacements for every one you spray. There are a couple of product out there like Manage and Sedge Hammer that are effective but very expensive.

Don't let it get long. If you want it at 1", wait for it to get to 1.5" and then mow it down. Mowing frequently will encourage lateral growth and it will fill in faster. Just make sure you have sharp mower blades so it cuts cleanly and doesn't rip the young plants apart.

1. Make sure your mower blade is razor sharp and balanced. This is critical. If you mow new seedlings the first time with a dull blade, you are likely going to pull most of the seedlings out of the ground. If you don't know how to sharpen a mower blade yourself, have a lawn mower repair shop do it for you. Believe me, it is worth the time and expense. 2. Raise the deck on your mower to the highest setting possible. 3. Collect your clippings. What you would want to do is to turn off the water on the day you are going to mow. Wait until the afternoon and then mow when the lawn has had a chance to dry out a little bit. You may even need to mow a second time, in a different direction, to get all the grass cut evenly and collect all the clippings. After you are finished mowing, you will want to water your lawn. With your existing grass that high, you will be emptying your bag alot. Don't allow the bag to get so full that the clippings are not being collected and are clogging up under the deck. Empty the bag often. If you make a second cut, it wont be nearly as time consuming.

It is unfortunate that misinformation continues to be repeated about glyphosate. Denmark has not banned glyphosate, nor have "many European countries". Denmark at one point thought that some of the monitoring they were doing showed that glyphosate could move into agricultural field drainage water in autumn but once they looked at their data and related it to the methodology they used, they enacted no ban whatsoever. As the Danish Environmental Protection Agency specifically stated: http://www.egeis.org/home/main/Evaluation-GlyphosateDEPA.PDF "Against this background, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency believes that no unacceptable risk of pollution of the groundwater is associated with the currently approved agricultural use of glyphosate. The Agency thus does not consider that the updated state of our knowledge provides any technical grounds for the imposition of restrictions on the autumn application of glyphosate." Used properly, glyphosate will not pollute drinking water nor will it have adverse effects on humans. Once applied, it binds tightly to soil particles and is not herbicidally active. If it is applied to hard surfaces such as sidewalks it can move offsite of course. It can also move if there is active soil erosion carrying soil off site. It is of very low toxicity, and breaks down completely into natural constituents over time. It is of equal or lower toxicity than most household products such as detergent, soaps, shampoos, cleaners etc. and far less toxic than some of the "alternatives" often discussed such as bleach, kerosene, high strength vinegars and so on. There is so much misinformation being repeated on the web that it is difficult to get reliable information. This link provides an published overview of the available literature. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology Volume 31, Issue 2, April 2000, Pages 117-165 Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=1401479