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Posted: 4/14/2011 8:25:47 AM EDT
This stuff has been taking over lawns in my neighborhood. It turns yellow in the Pennsylvania winter and green in the summer. It sends out long tendralls that can burrow through the asphault driveway.
Can you help me identify it and suggest a way of destroying it?    |
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Posted: 4/14/2011 8:27:39 AM EDT
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Looks like bermuda to me. Does it grow that far north?
Enjoy your new lawn 
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Posted: 4/14/2011 8:45:43 AM EDT
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I'm going to dig the crap up and throw the dirt away. I'll replace it with new soil and seed it again.
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Posted: 4/14/2011 8:50:23 AM EDT
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I'm going to dig the crap up and throw the dirt away. I'll replace it with new soil and seed it again. It burrows deep. GL! 
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Posted: 4/14/2011 8:55:22 AM EDT
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TRIFFIDS!
The only way to get rid of them is call in 'nape! |
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Posted: 4/14/2011 9:15:58 AM EDT
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I can't ID it.
Did you try Roundup? It will kill the grass too, but if you spot spray, eventually it will fill in with regular lawn grass. I would do that before I started digging up the yard. If I get dallis grass in my bermuda, that's what I do. Makes a complete dead spot, but it fills in by itself in a just a couple of months. It's a bitch to get rid of otherwise. My neighbor's yard is full of it, so far, I've been able to hold the line, but I have to use pre-emergents too and keep an eye on it weekly. I got rid of some bamboo with alternating use of Roundup, 2-4D, and MSMA. MSMA has been removed from the market, so if you find some, use it sparingly. |
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Posted: 4/14/2011 5:59:09 PM EDT
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It's Bermuda grass. Digging it up will almost certainly be a waste of time unless you are sure you get every last sprig there is.
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Posted: 4/14/2011 7:28:20 PM EDT
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Don't waste your time and money digging it up. That is Bermuda grass and it isn't hard to kill. Get some Glyphosate(Roundup). Wait til it gets warm and spray it down really good. The Roundup will translocate down the plant and kill the root. Pulling it leaves bits of root, and it just comes back. Kill it and its done. You may miss some bits, but you can hit it again throughout the summer as needed, and it can be used effectively up until two weeks before your first frost.
you will kill the rest of your grass too, but you can always reseed. |
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Posted: 4/15/2011 10:23:51 AM EDT
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It looks like Bermuda grass to me (a southern grass). There is only one chemical that will kill it and leave your fescue alone, and that is called Ornamec. It works, but is expensive, and you have to follow the directions to a "T". We make a hobby out of trying to rid our fescue grass of it here. Once it gets going, it is tough to kill. You have to attack it when it is most vulnerable, early spring when it first wakes up, or late fall just before it goes to sleep. Plus, if your neighbors won't kill theirs, you will eventually be toast, too.
ETA: Your fescue will be injured after the application (yellow some), but with good water it will bounce back, assuming it is not 90 degrees out when you do the app. |
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Posted: 4/15/2011 11:02:26 AM EDT
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Wait til it gets warm This. The "yellow" phase is dormant. Spray it while it is activley growing, in the "green" phase. |
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Posted: 4/15/2011 12:36:45 PM EDT
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There's a saying around here that if you want rid of Bermuda grass, "move away and leave it."
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Posted: 4/15/2011 5:55:55 PM EDT
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Yup, the other posters got it right.
That's Bermuda grass. Worst fucking crap on the planet to try to get rid of. One app of glyphosphate will not kill it in my experience. It will take several. If you dig it, and there is one very small bit of root left anywhere, it will all grow back from that. It has its uses, but I hate it. And if it's anywhere in your neighborhood, you will never be completely rid of it. The runners punch through thick black plastic. I've seen bermudagrass runners from the front of my house, all the way through the crawl space (part of our crawl space is not closed in because we're still working on restorations) 25 feet to the back of the house, where it exited the crawl space and began to root in the foundation plantings back there. It's like Kudzu. If it's around, you just have to plan on a constant fight. I hate that grass. |
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Posted: 4/15/2011 7:59:13 PM EDT
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How yall feel about Bermuda grass, is how we feel about any grass but Bermuda down here...
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Posted: 4/16/2011 7:40:27 AM EDT
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How yall feel about Bermuda grass, is how we feel about any grass but Bermuda down here...
I thought thats what everybody wanted in their yard..... 
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Posted: 4/16/2011 8:09:29 AM EDT
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Bermuda is nice...... They even sell the seeds in 50lb bags...... lol
Kill it with FIRE! |
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Posted: 4/16/2011 9:16:50 AM EDT
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How yall feel about Bermuda grass, is how we feel about any grass but Bermuda down here...
I thought thats what everybody wanted in their yard..... It is what I have in mine, I bought it as sod, and put it in... 
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Posted: 4/16/2011 6:20:21 PM EDT
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What's everybody's beef with Bermuda grass?
The stuff is drought resistant, builds good turf, is easy to maintain. Hell, I put the stuff in on purpose! |
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Posted: 4/17/2011 10:37:38 AM EDT
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1) It's really ugly mixed with cool season grasses because it makes the lawn look like part of it is dying as soon as the temperature drops below 40 degrees.
2) It turns brown in the winter and looks dead. In cooler areas we're used to grass which stays somewhat green. 3) It's so invasive it's very difficult to maintain any kind of landscape plantings because Bermuda overtakes everything. You HAVE To edge regularly with Bermudagrass. Not so with many of the cool season grasses. 4) I think it looks coarse and is ugly. All that said, it IS tough, and is good for certain purposes where it needs to fill in quickly and take a beating. I think it's what you're used to, partly. People who like bluegrass and fescues tend to hate Bermuda. |
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Posted: 4/17/2011 5:47:22 PM EDT
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Just can't beat a thick lush cool lawn of fescue. When you lay down in a lawn of bermuda you want to get up right away. Rough.
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Posted: 4/18/2011 9:26:52 AM EDT
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Yup. I never did have the desire to roll down a bermuda grass hill.
That said, it has its uses, and in some areas, it's the only grass that can take the drought. Fescue also can't take the beating that bermuda can. |
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