Sad experience there with the horse manure. You might want to compost the
manure, or use manure that's been in a pile a long time; it's pretty strong
stuff anyway, so it will help from that perspective too.

And as you saw or will soon see, it grows from the roots, which tilling
serves to spread around even more.

Many of the herbicides that will control bermuda grass are not intended for
use around vegetables. You should, though, be able to find a herbicide that
lists bermuda grass and IS approved for vegetables, look over the labels
carefully. Make sure you wait the required length of time before you put
any vegetables out, otherwise they'll be affected.

A DEEP mulch over the whole garden (4-6"), or plastic, will provide some
much-needed relief.






"Randy Price" wrote in message
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I used composted horse manure in my vegetable garden last year. By the
end of the season bermuda grass had pretty much taken over. I
rototilled the whole thing but am seeing patches of grass comming up
again. I am planning on planting tomato plants in the next couple weeks
(AZ), is there anything I can do to control the grass?