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| I know that I cannot get rid of bermuda--but is there a wide blade grass that can at least give it a little competition? |
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- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Tue, Mar 20, 12 at 22:11
| Not sure about growing it in a transition zone but St Augustine can be very good at competing with bermuda. If you water when the grass needs it, mow at your mower's highest setting, and fertilize 3x per year, the St Augustine will be all you see. The bermuda will still be there in a weakened state due to the shade provided by the dense St Aug blades. You can undo all that goodness, though, if you stop watering or mow it at the mower's lowest setting. I'm doing an experiment where I do not mow my St Augustine lawn. It has been invaded at the edges of the sprinkler coverage by bermuda and a prairie grass called bluestem. By not mowing the St Aug, it is growing very tall. Hopefully it will grow out beyond the sprinkler coverage area and take over the bermuda. The experiment just started in September, so no results yet. |
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- Posted by texas-weed 7A (My Page) on Tue, Mar 20, 12 at 22:43
| Not really. As David suggest SA can co-exist with Bermuda is your lawn maintenance is tailored to the SA. but the Bermuda will be there waiting for its day to come. For example if the weather gets really hot and dry with no rain, and you do not irrigate, the SA will die, and then the Bermuda come to life and take over with the next rain. |
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| SA isn't going to like zone 6 winters though. So, no. You aren't going to find a grass the will hold its own against bermuda in full sun. Fortunately, you can get rid of bermuda. If it is just a little patch, dig it up. If it is a big area, you can get 90% of it with multiple applications of roundup and then reseed. If little bits survive, dig those up as soon as you see them. You'll likely have little patches popping up for years to come, but you just repeat until you get it all. Of course, if your neighbors have common bermuda that they let go to seed, all bets are off. |
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- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Wed, Mar 21, 12 at 10:27
| Tell us where you live. The USDA zone system leaves a lot to be desired. |
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| We tried Roundup a few years ago and it helped for a little while--but the yard if fairly large and it was impossible to keep ahead of it--so now it's back. I have noticed that under the one tree that is in the yard it's not nearly as vigorous as it is in full sun. Almost as if it refuses to travel into that area. If I plant some shade trees--will it be easier to control. |
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| Bermuda does not like shade, so some big shade trees would eliminate the problem. Of course, it's going to take a few decades for them to grow. :) Bayer has a newish product out called "Bermudagrass control for lawns". I doubt it kills bermuda entirely, but it might knock it back enough to keep it under control while your trees grow? |
Here is a link that might be useful: bayer
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- Posted by texas-weed 7A (My Page) on Wed, Mar 21, 12 at 14:23
| We tried Roundup a few years ago and it helped for a little while One half baked application of RU will just make Bermuda grass mad as he11. |
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