Round-Up will knock back bermuda grass, but it doesn't kill it. What do you all use to kill bermuda?
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Depends on the turf type, Fusilade II and turflon ester does a number on it. Bermuda doesnt like pylex + triclopyr either. A lot of other things damage but not necessarily kill by themselves, like atrazine.
Everything including gly needs about 2 apps, leave one blade untreated and it finds a way.
Everything including gly needs about 2 apps, leave one blade untreated and it finds a way.
If you truly want to get rid of your Bermuda nightmare...Move. JK. IMO, you will NEVER get rid of Bermuda grass. You will only control it to a certain extent.
I have been using the combo of Pylex and Ornamec on my lawn this summer knowing I was going to top dress and seed my front lawn which I did last week.
Prior to the aggressive treatments, I was only using Pylex over the years and it did reduce it but did not get rid of it. It will be interesting next year to really see how well it worked or didn’t.
I have been using the combo of Pylex and Ornamec on my lawn this summer knowing I was going to top dress and seed my front lawn which I did last week.
Prior to the aggressive treatments, I was only using Pylex over the years and it did reduce it but did not get rid of it. It will be interesting next year to really see how well it worked or didn’t.
I recently tried clethodim to spray out some fescue where it wasn’t wanted without damaging anything else and also happened to hit a patch of common bermuda that overtook a neglected out of the way area. It took a couple weeks but the bermuda does look pretty dead. Don’t know if it’s a permanent goner but the bermuda definitely dd not like it. One anecdote.
If the task at hand was to get rid of bermuda for sure, what I’d try is a tank mix of gly, triclopyr and clethodim. Three things bermuda seems to really, really not like. I haven’t tried any of the ”f” chems (ornamec being one) but they are often recommended so must work well.
Have tried pylex and wasn’t impressed unless it is mixed with triclopyr. Works well in that combo but pylex is a little pricey if you don’t need a selective.
To absolutely, positively kill bermuda, shade is its only certain weakness. Anything else is an experiment based on field conditions.
If the task at hand was to get rid of bermuda for sure, what I’d try is a tank mix of gly, triclopyr and clethodim. Three things bermuda seems to really, really not like. I haven’t tried any of the ”f” chems (ornamec being one) but they are often recommended so must work well.
Have tried pylex and wasn’t impressed unless it is mixed with triclopyr. Works well in that combo but pylex is a little pricey if you don’t need a selective.
To absolutely, positively kill bermuda, shade is its only certain weakness. Anything else is an experiment based on field conditions.
the U of Fla, recomends 4 treatment of Roundup two weeks apart with irrigation for active growth. that is 6 weeks from first to last treatment
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