I know how I get rid of Bermuda. I cut that part of the sod out and replace it. The longer you let it go. The further it will travel. I have a 10x10 spot I also removed this year. I would rather have the bare spots untill I get a chance to replace it. The bermuda vine travels way to fast!!!

Hi busy b, I have a whole lawn of common bermudagrass (no choice, long story) and can give you all the horror stories. :) I'm finally resigning myself to the fact that a lawn in my part of North Carolina will never be like the Kentucky bluegrass that I grew up with or the tall fescue lawn we had in Pennsylvania. But I LOVE gardening in North Carolina. You're right in that simply pulling it will make a dent. You have to get every little piece with a node on it. The roots and stolons can be VERY deep in the soil. I've had to clear out beds and start over again killing bermudagrass when I've been too impatient to wait and see that it was all killed before I planted. It's impossible to disentangle it from perennial, shrub or tree roots. I created many of my beds by layering newspaper/cardboard over the grass for a few weeks to kill the grass, but bermudagrass will grow right up through it. I think you're on the right track by keeping it away from the borders. I try to leave a foot or so around each bed border without plantings so I have some leeway and a chance to get all the stolons out before it creeps into herbaceous plant roots. I have sandy soil, but in sturdier soil, you can dig a little trench around the bed border to separate lawn from the bed and it helps you to see what's happening with the invasive grass. If you're not adverse to using Roundup, it works well. I've had to resort to that in some places. Hope this helps! Pam

Looks like seedlings. In other words, not spreading but instead seeds are sprouting. If a reasonable amount, suggest you hand weed now.

Where do you live (city/state)? How old is your lawn? What is your watering routine? What is your normal height of cut? How often do you mow? It has been my experience this past summer that common bermuda as hardy as it is, is no match for hybrid cultivars. Withholding water and mowing low was enough to kill back most of the common bermuda in my yard. During the heat of the summer I watered 0.25" every 8-10 days and mowed at 0.25" every two days. The common stuff really died back and let the Yukon take it over. Since your tifway is touted as leap and bounds above my seeded Yukon, I would say that the same could work for you. You just need to watch very closely for drought stress then water before your tif suffers. The common stuff should show stress a day or so before the tif. The low mowing and lack of water turned stolons golden brown. It was too much for it and I never gave it a chance to recover. I just kept pushing it until it was gone.