Common Bermuda remaining in lawn.
Andrew (Sunset 24, USDA 10a)
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Comments (26)After 7 apps of roundup last summer I have just discovered some bermuda in my back yard. Makes me want to scream. I like things that are easy to grow but I don't like growing plants that I don't have the power to kill either. And TeeDub mentioned the roots can be 20 feet deep. Well on the bermuda sod I tried to take out last summer it was only 2 years old and the roots only went down about a foot which I learned from digging holes for the fence and even still it is immortal. We really shouldn't be planting this stuff if we have no sure fire way to get rid of it. There are two types of bermuda problems. There's encroachment from neighboring lawns which can be a real problem if you don't continually maintain a border of dead grass with roundup and possibly the turflon ester or one of those. Then there's common bermuda spreading by seed similar to how other lawn weeds would come about. The seeds are incredibly small and wouldn't take much to be carried a considerable distance by wind or water. In this case you're dealing with individial little grass plants that may be difficult to spot until it's too late. Or it may just come up everywhere....See MoreReplacing common bermuda with Princess 77
Comments (25)A golf course carpet looking Bermuda lawn is NOT low maintenance.... Bermuda *Can* be low maintenance ... but it will look kinda funny... It has a very clumpy/weedy appearance and an apple green color when you neglect it... It also doesn't spread nearly as well.... but it certainly is tough to kill... The reason for frequent low mowing and high doses of fertilizer is that this kills or suppresses most weeds and other grasses... which are trying to grow up to a certain height that is about 5x the height of Bermuda... Many grasses and weeds will burn and die at Nitrogen levels that just makes Bermuda green up... This culture is especially effective at controlling tall broadleaf weeds and grasses like Fescue and KBG that grow up into tall clumps and don't like being scalped... The fescue clumps in my Bermuda lawn are already starting to die -- they just can't take being scalped to 3/4" every week.. and the 3rd round of 39-0-0 really hammered the nail into the coffin... I found that my own Bermuda (Sodded this fall) is already developing a strong root system -- It is already staying soft and green much longer than the Fescue seeded lawn (Also this past fall).. The key to the drought resistance is watering culture -- Water deeply and infrequently and the Bermuda will be the King of the Droughts.. The only grass that will handle droughts like Bermuda is Buffalo grass... and it doesn't spread nearly as fast. Thanks John...See MoreFertilizer for Common Bermuda
Comments (1)With bermuda you can use fertilizer monthly if you want to have the greenest lawn on the block. If you don't care so much about being the best, you can back off to seasonal fertilizing with a slow release coated synthetic or a high protein organic. Once bermuda goes dormant, you can discontinue using synthetic fertilizers, but the soil still benefits from the use of organic fertilizers. Come spring you will have a flush of weeds before the real grass greens up. Hold off watering and using synthetic fertilizer until the bermuda greens up. Then, after you mow the bermuda for the second time, start your synthetic fertilizer regimen. If you start an organic program, fertilize at the VERY FIRST sign that you have ONE green bermuda blade somewhere in your lawn. Organic fertilizers take a little time to kick in, so get the jump on the grass by watching for the early signs. The Weed Hound is the perfect tool for spring weeds, and now is the time to get a little discount on them at HD or anywhere else....See MoreFescue Lawn After Bermuda Grass Lawn
Comments (22)>How big of an area are you talking about?Rather small, actually. It's a small strip alongside the driveway, measuring something like 5' x 10'. >I'm going to go back to TW's first post and suggest that your friend should learn to love Bermuda.I suppose he could learn to love dandelions, oxalis and crabgrass as well, but that's really not an ideal suggestion for my fescue lawn or garden beds growing alongside it. I can't understand anyone who *chooses* to grow Bermuda grass. It's invasive to every other part of your landscape, ugly (compared to fescue anyway) and turns a lovely shade of brownish gray in the winter. :( Solarization sounds like the most effective choice, but lord, having a dead lawn next door for the next year hardly has me dancing for joy. But I appreciate the suggestions....See Moreakarinz
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