TRIVIA?

[Ssouth]

Have a customer complaining that the clippings that are blown from my deck are sprouting in her flower beds. I have a 48&quot; Lazer Z w/ mulching kit. ( six blades) She wants me to either Round-up or bag w/ a 21&quot; around her beds and fish pond. Every week it's something new but I've gotten several referalls from her so I don't want to drop the account. So will Bermuda grow from mulched clippings or does she just want something extra.<br>Thanks in advance for your help<p>Ssouth

 

[Dennis]

As far as I know,NO HYB. bermuda will grow from seed,they are all sterile.<br>Common Bermuda WILL grow from seed,the only way I can tell the diff is the common blades are bigger and stiffer, hyb. is very fine bladed.<br>even Common will not grow from seed if seed head is not present. Is it?<br>Prob. what is happening is the grass is growing under the edging, thats why bermuda is considered a weed in most areas,very aggresive.<br>hope this helps.<br>also good luck getting out of beds,Roundup doesn't work consistently.

 

[HOMER]

Don't feel like the lone stranger, I have a customer that seems to think the same thing and I did my homework to find out if it would grow from clippings, it won't. All it does is rot down and become food for the plants. I agree that it didn't look too good when the nice green grass hit the cypress mulch but sometimes you can't help it.<p>We got past it and try harder to keep it out.<p>Homer

 

[Ssouth]

thanks for the help. These beds have a natural edge that I trim weekly, so I know it's not going under the edging. I think what's happening is it's just creeping under the ground just like it does at some of my other accounts only they pay for me to pull it out. I think this lady just wants something for free. Anyone else feel free to reply.<br>Ssouth

 

[EarthWorks]

Round-up will kill bermuda if you spray it twice at week intervals. Here 75% of lawns are bermuda and it is definatley not considered a weed. The only way you could spread bermuda with a lawn mower is if you shot a whole sprig of grass into the bed which is not likely. I think your customer is just finding something to complain about. Are the beds new? If so existing bermuda amy not have been eradicated well enough. See it all the time

 

[Evan528]

what about the possibility that the customer is well informed about the spreading of bermuda.... her assumtion is reasonable if no one has told her otherwise.

 

[geogunn]

I'd probably just spray it to keep the woman quiet if I wanted to keep the account.<p>GEO

 

[PLS]

We use a edger on the beds and spray Roundup every other week on any bermuda we see popping out in the beds. I much prefer the steel bladed edger over a string trimmer for bermuda because it cuts many of the rhizomes and all stolens. I have noticed a better kill when using the edger because the Roundup is not being transported back to the main turf area by way of the rhizomes and in effect is diluted<br><p><font size="1">Edited by: PLS