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How to keep torpedo grass out of flowerbeds
Posted on 4/17/23 at 10:02 am
Posted on 4/17/23 at 10:02 am
Its hard to keep up with torpedo grass getting into the flowerbeds. As it is now I just pull it up by the runner and then have to repeat in just a matter of weeks. Anybody have any success keeping it out of flowerbeds?
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Posted on 4/17/23 at 10:09 am to TheRange
Sell your house and move.
Jk jk, but seriously…sell your house and move.
Jk jk, but seriously…sell your house and move.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 10:20 am to TheRange
Realistically you aren't going to get it out. Just be diligent in spraying glyphosate to minimize it.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 10:53 am to ronk
If torpedo grass looked better it would be the perfect lawn grass. Its the bamboo of weeds.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 10:53 am to TheRange
I typically use Weedeater to cut a defined borderline between the Grass and flowerbed. Then the trough that I make where the grass meets the flowerbed I hit with round up once a month or so. I’m also diligent about weeding the garden once a week.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 11:07 am to TheRange
I dont know what type of grass you have, but if you have St Aug or Centipede and want to keep it out for longer than a couple of weeks, you have 2 options and you won't like either. Torpedo in Centipede can be supressed by sethoxydim, but not killed.
Option A: Move, seriously. Sell your house and buy one without torpedo. Scan every yard on the street, if one have torpedo, keep driving.
Option B: Nuke your entire yard and flowerbed to bare dirt from the street to the slab. Keep it that way for about a month to ensure all grass is dead, including torpedo. Then replant lawn with Bermuda or zoysia and replant flowerbed with fresh new plants (do not try to save older ones in pots, there will be a torpedo seed). Then stock up on quinclorac and be diligent when you see it creeping from a neighbor.
You can't remove torpedo from your life, you have to remove yourself from torpedos life...
Option A: Move, seriously. Sell your house and buy one without torpedo. Scan every yard on the street, if one have torpedo, keep driving.
Option B: Nuke your entire yard and flowerbed to bare dirt from the street to the slab. Keep it that way for about a month to ensure all grass is dead, including torpedo. Then replant lawn with Bermuda or zoysia and replant flowerbed with fresh new plants (do not try to save older ones in pots, there will be a torpedo seed). Then stock up on quinclorac and be diligent when you see it creeping from a neighbor.
You can't remove torpedo from your life, you have to remove yourself from torpedos life...
Posted on 4/17/23 at 6:44 pm to TheRange
We have trenched and installed a plastic bamboo barrier that’s made to stop running bamboo rhizomes. It’s not cheap so you have to decide how much you like the landscape bed you are trying to protect
Posted on 4/17/23 at 7:44 pm to Daponch
quote:won't stop it...
We have trenched and installed a plastic bamboo barrier that’s made to stop running bamboo rhizomes. It’s not cheap so you have to decide how much you like the landscape bed you are trying to protect
Posted on 4/17/23 at 8:16 pm to Daponch
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trenched and installed a plastic bamboo barrier
Curious, how deep? Never heard of this.
Posted on 4/17/23 at 8:39 pm to TheRange
You just have to embrace the torpedo. It doesn’t look that bad if you keep it cut short. It’s kind of like balding, some guys swoop it over or get a toupee but it’s just awkward, you need to shave it off.
If I ever get torpedo I’ll probably just kill off my other grass and just go straight torpedo lawn. If it’s all uniform it doesn’t look bad.
If I ever get torpedo I’ll probably just kill off my other grass and just go straight torpedo lawn. If it’s all uniform it doesn’t look bad.
Posted on 4/18/23 at 4:49 am to TheRange
If you have a local co-op they can offer you someThing very specific to use. My previous yard had it and it was a battle for the 15 years that we lived there. Don’t pull it, it only gets worse.
Seriously as others have said - move.
Seriously as others have said - move.
Posted on 4/18/23 at 8:31 am to Knuckle Checker
I have zoysia around the flowerbeds, and for the most part you cant tell i have torpedograss mixed in. The only areas you can really tell are around the flower beds because they constantly run into the beds.
Posted on 4/18/23 at 8:32 am to Daponch
How long have you had the barrier down and did it actually make a noticeable difference? This is the kind of response I was hoping for.
Posted on 4/18/23 at 10:35 am to TheRange
I have a massive torpedo grass infestation in my centipede. I tried everything, including a complete roundup of my yard with reseeding... but the stuff never dies. it all came back.
Like others have said, pulling it is useless. Now I just make sure to keep it under control in the flower bed by spraying with glyphosate when I see it. Barriers are useless as well. they always find a way through.
Like others have said, pulling it is useless. Now I just make sure to keep it under control in the flower bed by spraying with glyphosate when I see it. Barriers are useless as well. they always find a way through.
Posted on 4/18/23 at 3:09 pm to Delacroix
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Barriers are useless as well. they always find a way through.
That grass is like a dang torpedo!
Posted on 4/18/23 at 6:29 pm to Antib551
Yes it will if you go deep enough. I’ve done it several times and it’s a lot of work but definitely is effective.
Posted on 4/18/23 at 6:31 pm to meeple
We hand dig out all the rhizomes to determine the effective depth. Usually the rhizomes are within the first 6-8 inches. I have installed barriers 24in deep and it ain’t fun but it’s effective
Posted on 4/18/23 at 6:33 pm to TheRange
You have to remove all the rhizomes that are growing in the landscape bed for it to be effective. All plants with torpedo roots in them are tossed. I have had to remove all the soil from the bed and replace it before but that is usually a worst case scenario
Posted on 4/20/23 at 3:03 pm to TheRange
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