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Lawn care help - I screwed up
Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:34 am
Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:34 am
So I think I fricked up my yard.
My yard was half St. Augustine, half bermuda and I think I accidentally killed the bermuda
Here is the St. Augustine
and here is where the bermuda was...
I sprayed atrazine and 2,4 D back in early March about 2 weeks apart, could that have killed the bermuda?
weeds are starting to take over since nothing was growing
is there anyway to fix this without re-sodding this year? should I just let the weeds take over and mow it often and re sod next year?
or put out some new topsoil and re-seed?
or keep fertilizing the crap out of the St. Aug so it spreads and eventually takes over the entire yard?
My yard was half St. Augustine, half bermuda and I think I accidentally killed the bermuda
Here is the St. Augustine
and here is where the bermuda was...
I sprayed atrazine and 2,4 D back in early March about 2 weeks apart, could that have killed the bermuda?
weeds are starting to take over since nothing was growing
is there anyway to fix this without re-sodding this year? should I just let the weeds take over and mow it often and re sod next year?
or put out some new topsoil and re-seed?
or keep fertilizing the crap out of the St. Aug so it spreads and eventually takes over the entire yard?
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Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:40 am to Salmon
Per the LSU Ag manual, dormant Bermuda is susceptible to injury from atrazine. I doubt you killed it, I don't think anything will kill Bermuda.
Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:41 am to Salmon
quote:Bonus! Can you come kill mine? Bermuda off of a golf course is a weed.
I think I accidentally killed the bermuda
Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:43 am to AlxTgr
quote:
Bermuda off of a golf course is a weed.
I agree
but it does look better than broadleaf weeds and I didn't really want to re sod at the moment
Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:44 am to White Bear
quote:
I doubt you killed it, I don't think anything will kill Bermuda.
so I might have just stalled it?
hopefully it comes back before that entire area is overtaken with weeds
Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:45 am to Salmon
when you get done killing yours can you come to my house and do mine?
Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:47 am to Salmon
quote:Maybe, but you might be on to something as I've never been able to kill it completely, round up is like fertilizer for the shite - burns it but when it come back it's thicker and greener.
so I might have just stalled it?
Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:48 am to Salmon
If you made the application while the bermuda was actively growing then you will injure. Depending on the formulation you used and the rate applied you can kill the bermuda but I highly doubt you did. It will look like hell for a while but just fertilize it with a 4-1-2 ratio fertilizer and keep it watered. It should come back, bermuda is tough to kill off completely
Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:48 am to Salmon
quote:Just let the St. Aug take over.
but it does look better than broadleaf weeds and I didn't really want to re sod at the moment
Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:50 am to AlxTgr
quote:
Just let the St. Aug take over.
thats the plan
Posted on 4/6/16 at 9:00 am to AlxTgr
quote:
Just let the St. Aug take over.
This.
And I had a professor in an ecology class in college that asked us a question about weeds. "What is a weed?" was the question.
The correct answer "anything that grows where you don't want it."
Posted on 4/6/16 at 9:05 am to Salmon
I've killed large sections of yards over the years for various reasons. St. Aug always comes back. It also always beats Bermuda except on edges. That's where I continue to fight the good fight. I am very close to just killing everything on the border of my patio because I just cannot get rid of the Bermuda that keeps growing there.
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:21 am to AlxTgr
You can spray round up on actively growing bermuda and in 8 weeks it start to come back.
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:26 am to Easternrio
Well...damn
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:30 am to AlxTgr
Thats why I love Bermuda. You can track a bulldozer across it and it DGAF
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:31 am to tenfoe
quote:
This.
And I had a professor in an ecology class in college that asked us a question about weeds. "What is a weed?" was the question.
The correct answer "anything that grows where you don't want it."
That's my wife's definition for sure. She wanted me to hit a few spots with the weedeater. I told her I thought it was small oaks sprouting. She replied with "well, I don't want it there, so it's a weed."
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:55 am to TU Rob
Not sure if it's been said but vantage grass killer will kill Bermuda without harming st aug or centipede. Use it all the time. You can all thank me later.
Posted on 4/6/16 at 11:00 am to Salmon
I don't remember 2-4D ever killing Bermuda. I think it fertilizes it
Posted on 4/6/16 at 12:58 pm to Salmon
Atrazine must be applied when the bermudagrass is 100-percent brown and dormant, or injury may result that will affect spring green-up.
This post was edited on 4/6/16 at 1:20 pm
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