Gly is just a mild hiccup for this stuff. It'll look dead but will come back. May I suggest an excavator and dump truck for proper removal?

 

Oh great. Any chance tttf or kbg could crowd it out in the long run?

 

It'll work great till July and August then the Bermuda will take off.

 

Thx. What I thot, since it doesn't show til 4th of July most years.

 

Are you sure it's not crabgrass?

 

Yes, pretty much have to use Gly plus a sticker, and plan to hit again in 10 days.

 

Are you sure it's not crabgrass?

Yeah, I know crabgrass when I see it. Also played enough golf in the south - this isn't golf course quality, I'd call it poor man's bermuda.

Yes, pretty much have to use Gly plus a sticker, and plan to hit again in 10 days.

Will try that, thx.

 

Yeah, I know crabgrass when I see it. Also played enough golf in the south - this isn't golf course quality, I'd call it poor man's bermuda.

Will try that, thx.

Have you considered spraying with turflon ester or similar product? Fyi, all of the bigger commercial outfits locally use glyphosate only and will spray multiple times prior to over seeding. Unfortunately, the Bermuda almost always comes back the next year.

A couple of my clients have gone the other route and so long as they consistently spray the Bermuda it wasn't visible on their properties.

Very rarely I have I seen where the Bermuda was totally eradicated.

 

Pylex to kill bermuda grass without killing the fescue.

 

Usually takes 3 seasons to knock it out.

 

Might be a grassy weed mixed in but if you look close you can see the Bermudagrass stolons.

 

Or maybe dig it out and put in a five-gallon bucket. Then drop it off somewhere in Minnesota outdoors where it can freeze solid. For a few weeks.
Don't bother to pick it up--replace the soil in the affected spot, and reseed with good grass suited to your climate.

 

I can tell you this after 9 apps stretching from October 2024 (just prior to dormancy) to Yesterday. Consisting of 41% gly @ 5oz per 1000, glufosinate @ 2oz per 1000, fluazifop @ 2oz per 1000, triclopyr @ 1oz per 1000, and an AMS surfactant combo. There still Bermuda that re-sprouts.

 

I've read that controlling Bermuda is best done in the spring when it is coming out of dormancy. Is that accurate?

 

3 applications of Roundup ProMax and some mechanical cultivation prior to seeding works for us every time.

 

Control is best done in the fall shortly before it goes dormant. This ensures the best chance of root damage which is your only chance of control.

 

Not in Northern VA

 

In my experience you have to accept a couple things to achieve eradication successfully.

For starters you gotta not care what it looks like to get rid of it. You either have to dig it out and replace the soil. Or you have to go through spraying and cultivation and more spraying. Or you have to cycle spray several times over

For finishing you have to consider HOW you contracted this plague as well. Carry it in on your equipment? Did someone else do that? Or do your neighbors have it? Etc.

Then you also have to accept you will have to change your turf management practices. The best prevention is a TALL thick lush stand of cool season grass. I say this because if there is a single seed, root or sprig anywhere it will be back if it’s not shaded and crowded out.

As late as you are seeing it, cutting high prior to that time of year will go a really long way in keeping the soil temp down and keeping it choked out with shade from thick fescue.