Re: Bermuda grass
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- Subject: Re: Bermuda grass
- From: M* B*
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 09:38:49 -0600
Kathy,
The Bermuda runner has a pointed tip which can penetrate landscape fabric
(experience speaking). You probably need to at least double the landscape
fabric to be safe. Also make sure it goes under the outside edge of the
bed and up the outside several inches. This prevents it from creeping
between the wooden (or whatever) frame and the landscape fabric. If you
have moles or gophers I would also recommend placing hardware cloth under
the landscape fabric.
For ornamental beds there are herbicides that can be used to control
Bermuda which don't kill selected ornamentals. The only one I can think of
right at the moment is Ortho Grass-B-Gon. Read the label carefully to see
if it is listed for your plants. Do not use on food crops that will bear
fruit within one year.
Some success has been reported with watering well & covering the area with
clear plastic now to encourage the grass to begin to grow. When it is
growing good, lift the plastic and spray with Roundup. Replace plastic
and wait about two weeks watering as needed and spray remaining grass
again. This will reduce the Bermuda considerably. Then the raised beds
with landscape fabric underneath probably will do the trick.
Martha
M Brown
NW Oklahoma, USA
USDA Zone 6b, Sunset Zone 35
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: Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 17:45:00 -0500
: From: "Sue in NC" <suebuggy@wnclink.com>
: Subject: Re: Bermuda Grass
:
: Mine too and I have tried everything under the sun. I used the kill back
: with paper method, sifting the roots out by hand method , laid down
: landscape fabric and then mulched on top. Guess what comes up everywhere
I
: cut a hole in the fabric to place a plant.. You got it Bermuda grass and
the
: it runs and grows on top the mulch..Somewhere this stuff was crossed with
: Kudzu I just know it! Suebuggy
: - -----Original Message-----
: From: sally knauss <sjknauss@webtv.net>
:
: According to my local extension agent, the best way to get rid of
: Bermuda Grass is to move!
: From: Kathy Isler <ldywind@clark.net>
: Subject: Re: Bermuda Grass
: Thanks to all for your posts on bermuda grass. Based on my experience
: with it in Kansas (although not on a large scale like I have here in
: Virginia) and all your posts.......I've just about decided that I will
: put down landscape fabric, and build my raised beds on top.......no
: holes in the fabric. Hopefully, the bermuda will just grow under the
: fabric and not through it. I'll bring in some good topsoil for the
: beds. <sigh> Bermuda! What a pain! Sue.....maybe your
: right.......it's part kudzu!
:
: - --
: Kathy........:o)
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