"Bob" wrote in message
link.net...

I happen to like Bermuda, even if the folks in Maryland don't - I don't
think they are all that smart to be living in that climate anyway.

So, different strokes etc.

Hear Hear!

"Bob" wrote in message
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I happen to like Bermuda, even if the folks in Maryland don't - I don't
think they are all that smart to be living in that climate anyway.

So, different strokes etc.

Hear Hear!

There are two products that will work well and are relatively inexpensive.
One is called MSMA and the other is CSMA. These products will not harm
bermuda, but will kill St Augustine, and just about any type of cool season
grass like fescue or crabgrass. They work best when the weather just starts
to get really hot like in June or July.

"Chuck" wrote in message
...
I'm working the opposite problem. Trying to get the fescue and St.
Augustine
crabgrasses out of my Bermuda!

"Nixon, D" wrote in message
...


Unwanted Bermuda Grass in a Blue Grass or Fescue lawn.


Anyone know of a reasonable way to rid my lawn of a large patch of
Bermuda Grass without also killing the blue grass and fescue growing
around and within it???

I thought the unusually cold winter we had this year might wipe out the
Bermuda. No such luck.

McDave

There are two products that will work well and are relatively inexpensive.
One is called MSMA and the other is CSMA. These products will not harm
bermuda, but will kill St Augustine, and just about any type of cool season
grass like fescue or crabgrass. They work best when the weather just starts
to get really hot like in June or July.

"Chuck" wrote in message
...
I'm working the opposite problem. Trying to get the fescue and St.
Augustine
crabgrasses out of my Bermuda!

"Nixon, D" wrote in message
...


Unwanted Bermuda Grass in a Blue Grass or Fescue lawn.


Anyone know of a reasonable way to rid my lawn of a large patch of
Bermuda Grass without also killing the blue grass and fescue growing
around and within it???

I thought the unusually cold winter we had this year might wipe out the
Bermuda. No such luck.

McDave

That's easy. Stop watering.


On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 17:23:55 GMT, "Chuck" opined:

I'm working the opposite problem. Trying to get the fescue and St. Augustine
crabgrasses out of my Bermuda!

"Nixon, D" wrote in message
...


Unwanted Bermuda Grass in a Blue Grass or Fescue lawn.


Anyone know of a reasonable way to rid my lawn of a large patch of
Bermuda Grass without also killing the blue grass and fescue growing
around and within it???

I thought the unusually cold winter we had this year might wipe out the
Bermuda. No such luck.

McDave

That's easy. Stop watering.


On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 17:23:55 GMT, "Chuck" opined:

I'm working the opposite problem. Trying to get the fescue and St. Augustine
crabgrasses out of my Bermuda!

"Nixon, D" wrote in message
...


Unwanted Bermuda Grass in a Blue Grass or Fescue lawn.


Anyone know of a reasonable way to rid my lawn of a large patch of
Bermuda Grass without also killing the blue grass and fescue growing
around and within it???

I thought the unusually cold winter we had this year might wipe out the
Bermuda. No such luck.

McDave

"escapee" wrote in message
...
That's easy. Stop watering.


Let me pass that one on to the Almighty.

"escapee" wrote in message
...
That's easy. Stop watering.


Let me pass that one on to the Almighty.

Is it in full sun? Did you use one of the hybrids?

--

Greg C


"Katra" wrote in message
...
It IS a Texas newsgroup, and I have the same problem with Bermuda that
he does! I thought it was supposed to be a grass that did not need a lot
of water. I was wrong. :-P

I'm just not getting good, even coverage with bermuda. The soil is
plenty fertile, I used to let chickens and ducks run loose back there
for a few years, and have since re-fertilized with liquid fertilizers,
but the coverage still sux.

K.

Is it in full sun? Did you use one of the hybrids?

--

Greg C


"Katra" wrote in message
...
It IS a Texas newsgroup, and I have the same problem with Bermuda that
he does! I thought it was supposed to be a grass that did not need a lot
of water. I was wrong. :-P

I'm just not getting good, even coverage with bermuda. The soil is
plenty fertile, I used to let chickens and ducks run loose back there
for a few years, and have since re-fertilized with liquid fertilizers,
but the coverage still sux.

K.

In article ,
"Greg C" wrote:

Is it in full sun? Did you use one of the hybrids?

Yes, it is in full sun and gets plenty of water.... Just does not seem
to like the late summer heat.

My main problem with it is it's invasiveness!
I have raised garden beds and it climbs up into them, so it's a contant
thing to week it out. sigh

K.


--

Greg C


"Katra" wrote in message
...
It IS a Texas newsgroup, and I have the same problem with Bermuda that
he does! I thought it was supposed to be a grass that did not need a lot
of water. I was wrong. :-P

I'm just not getting good, even coverage with bermuda. The soil is
plenty fertile, I used to let chickens and ducks run loose back there
for a few years, and have since re-fertilized with liquid fertilizers,
but the coverage still sux.

K.





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In article ,
"Greg C" wrote:

Is it in full sun? Did you use one of the hybrids?

Yes, it is in full sun and gets plenty of water.... Just does not seem
to like the late summer heat.

My main problem with it is it's invasiveness!
I have raised garden beds and it climbs up into them, so it's a contant
thing to week it out. sigh

K.


--

Greg C


"Katra" wrote in message
...
It IS a Texas newsgroup, and I have the same problem with Bermuda that
he does! I thought it was supposed to be a grass that did not need a lot
of water. I was wrong. :-P

I'm just not getting good, even coverage with bermuda. The soil is
plenty fertile, I used to let chickens and ducks run loose back there
for a few years, and have since re-fertilized with liquid fertilizers,
but the coverage still sux.

K.





--
Sprout the Mung Bean to reply...

,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,,

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra

On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 19:06:25 GMT, "Chuck" opined:

"escapee" wrote in message
.. .
That's easy. Stop watering.


Let me pass that one on to the Almighty.


You never water in the summer?

"escapee" wrote

That's easy. Stop watering.

Not the stuff I've had - it roots to four feet (if there's dirt), and will
survive an eight or ten week drought with weeks of 100+ days.

I hate Bermuda grass.

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 02:02:10 GMT, "God Bless Texas"
opined:

"escapee" wrote

That's easy. Stop watering.

Not the stuff I've had - it roots to four feet (if there's dirt), and will
survive an eight or ten week drought with weeks of 100+ days.

I hate Bermuda grass.


I was responding to the person who said they wanted to get rid of the fescue and
St. Augustine from their bermuda lawn. In that case, stopping water will indeed
kill the fescue and St. Augustine.