Damn Bermuda Grass
Warning: Overly long story about grass.
A couple of years ago I noticed that I had a good amount of Bermuda grass in a 10' x 15' or so area of my back yard. I'm not sure where it came from, it seemed to just sort of pop up, and I haven't noticed it in any of my neighbors yards. So in the fall of 2011 I sprayed Roundup on the whole area, let it sit for a couple weeks and then reseeded with fescue. The lawn looked great until early summer when the Bermuda popped back up. Last fall I was determined to get rid of it once and for all. I sprayed Roundup again. Waited about a week, raked a bit and then sprayed another healthy dose of Roundup. Then I tilled the entire area under, brought in a bit of extra topsoil, reseeded and laid a straw mat. The seed went down a little later than I would have liked, so it looked a little rough over the winter. But with the wet spring, the grass really took off. By mid-May, it looked as good as the rest of my yard. I went out yesterday to fire up the grill and about pissed myself. Bermuda grass all over the place again. There wasn't a trace of it a week ago. I'm pretty much at a loss. I never would have imagined it could come back after I tilled everything under. I suppose I could have stripped the surface before I tilled, but I probably would have had to bring in a bunch more soil. Any suggestions from the CP grounds crew? |
mix it with some northern California sensamilia and resead the entire yard
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Are you positive that it is bermuda?
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Are you sure it's BermudaGrass?
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I've had some success with Bayer Advanced Bermuda Grass Control for Lawns.
I'm in Hutchinson, BTW. Fescue lawn. |
tl;dr
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Just paint a large red Arrowhead on it.
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you need to know what the rest of your lawn is to find a product that will kill the Bermuda but not the rest. Tilling only makes it worse.
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It's a bitch to get rid of, that's for sure. Unfortunately, your tilling likely is the culprit - when you till, you're cutting the roots into smaller pieces, but not eliminating them. Which is why it came back.
You're going to need something stronger than Roundup - a selective herbicide that won't damage the other type of grass in your lawn - maybe something like Atrazine or Ornamec. |
Rest of the lawn is fescue.
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Ornamec is supposed to be good, but you have to know what the rest of your lawn is.
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Just give in and have a bermuda lawn? It's drought resistant as hell.
My main gripe with our bermuda back yard is its tendency to run into our beds. |
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