Bit of a long shot here but...
There was a thread that I thought I saved but I can't seem to find it by searching where someone claimed pretty good success killing (or at least controlling) bermuda grass. I believe he used a combination of two chemicals. I thought I might, MIGHT, try my luck at it in my yard as my corner lot looks bad in winter because of the big brown area splotches.
The dominate grass is fescue. Nuking it all and starting over isn't a good idea as irrigation is not possible. Much of the lot is too shady for the bermuda. The afflicted area is roughly the size of a football field with by far the worst of it in the front half of that.

I see a few herbicides listed for control. All seem to require multiple applications for multiple years.

Anyone remember that thread, or who it was that was claiming the good results?

Thanks!

Absolutely no help here, I try to grow it for forage and hay for my cattle...
Best luck I’ve had at killing it is by building a seed bed, sewing it, fertilizing it, and acting like I want it to grow.

round up will kill it

The original product is called Turflon Ester. It is off patent now and other sellers offer the same chemistry. It will not kill desired grass but does kill Bermuda. Four applications a year.

Send it to me. I'll put it in my yard, it will be dead in a few weeks...

signed;

-agentorangemonkey

If it wasn't for Bermuda grass, I would probably have no grass at all.

Me too. Bermuda grass is my friend.

http://www.upi-usa.com/agricultural-products/asulox

55 gallon minimum though, ag use only...

Your local extension agent can advise you. We had good luck killing bahia grass in bermuda grass hay fields with Cimarron but not vice versa because anything that killed bermuda would kill all the other grasses. 2 quarts per acre of roundup will kill the field dead bermuda included so you can re-plant. If you have a hay farmer nearby who you can talk to he can advise you what works in your area.

You're gonna need three posts, a ton of salt and approximately 5650 gallons of water.

First drive the posts in a triangular fashion encompassing the perimeter of the yard. One needs to be named Miami, the others named Puerto Rico and Bermuda. After that, just combine the salt and water. That pesky grass issue should just disappear.

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WARNING: this post is intended as a joke. Creating or attempting to create the Bermuda triangle in your yard could have unforseen negative impacts.

Bermuda is a desirable grass here. We don't try to kill it. We need a heat resistant grass.

Most lawns here are St. Augustine grass which is even more weed-like than Bermuda.

Some funny stuff there guys.

Bermuda won't grow in the shade here, and I have lots of shade in part of the yard, almost too much for fescue even. Bermuda stays brown 5 or 6 months out of the year here and looks bad scattered amongst the fescue. Tall fescue is the go to here for most lawns.

On further research it will require more time and work then I have right now due to other to-do items that are more pressing. I guess this endeavor gets shuffled down the list.

The object was to kill the Bermuda without killing the fescue... I see that is possible, but not quick cheap or easy!


Thanks!

you could always open a small driving range for lousy golfers

golfers love Bermuda grass...or put in a giant putting green...

When I lived in Virginia and NC, I prided my fescue yard. I hated wiregrass. I used a product called Ornamec. It had to be sprayed when not too hot and mixed with a surfactant like a dish soap. If done correctly it won't harm fescue. That and pulling it helped. It was a constant battle. Wiregrass in Fescue was like terrorist cells popping up!

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Originally posted by arfmel:
Me too. Bermuda grass is my friend.

Not mine--I'm allergic to it.

flashguy

Maybe on a windless day you could carefully spray the center mass of the bermuda patches with Roundup and trim their perimeters to the ground with a weedeater so that hopefully the desired grass will overtake the Bermuda areas?

The only way to get rid of the Bermuda is to crowd it out by having the desired grass to overtake it.
Or remove all grass and resod or replant.
You cannot apply a herbicide on two "grass types" and kill only one.
You can however apply a herbicide and kill a broadleaf grass/weed and not kill a narrow blade-type grass.
Good Luck.

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Originally posted by smschulz:
You cannot apply a herbicide on two "grass types" and kill only one.
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Apparently you can now do exactly that.

Bermuda is a warm season grass and fescue is a cool season grass, maybe that is exploited to accomplish it. The spraying has to be done spring and fall, when the fescue is at it's strongest and the bermuda is at it's weakest.

A member here claims to have done it, and he posted how and with what chemicals he used. I can’t find the post, I was hoping he would respond. That was the purpose of this thread. I believe he used two different chemicals and claimed good results.

I also learned that mowing 3.5 to 4 inches high actually goes a long way toward stopping bumuda here because it is getting almost too cool a climate for it to thrive. It won’t grow in shade here. I was mowing at 3” I’ve raised that up to 3.75”.

Since researching this I have found three herbicides so far that are used for over the top control of bermuda in fescue, with out harming the fescue. All require multiple applications per year for multiple years for the best results.

The newest one…
Pylex… Pylex is ~$450 per quart! That would probably be enough to treat my area for one seasons worth of applications.

Two other ones…
Turflon Ester.
Fluazifop-P-butyl 1.70%

Build your kids a dozer and let them clear the property for you...




Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK3wJvasYFw