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Lawn care help - I screwed up

Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:34 am
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
84267 posts
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?
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
14974 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:40 am to
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 by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
82667 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:41 am to
quote:

I think I accidentally killed the bermuda

Bonus! Can you come kill mine? Bermuda off of a golf course is a weed.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
40283 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:45 am to
when you get done killing yours can you come to my house and do mine?
Posted by OneEyedWillie
Member since Mar 2016
182 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 8:48 am to
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 by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66923 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 11:00 am to
I don't remember 2-4D ever killing Bermuda. I think it fertilizes it
Posted by pennypacker3
Charleston
Member since Aug 2014
2821 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 12:58 pm to
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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