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Bermuda to dominate common Bermuda ?

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#1 ·
Like the title says I'm asking if there's a Bermuda cultivar/varieties capable of dominating common Bermuda ? I'm done trying to kill my common Bermuda so I'v decided to follow the "if you can't beat them join them" strategy . Is there such a grass ? Common Bermuda been running over my fescue/rye lawn for years so I thought maybe I could nuke the whole yard and see if KBG with its similar root system would have a chance . Lol silly me . It's been a couple months since I killed off everything with multiple cocktails of chemicals and wouldn't you know it the Bermuda is back .

My plan now is to just embrace the curse and maybe seed with some type of Bermuda that looks good and can survive without being dominated by common Bermuda . Any suggestions ?
 
#3 ·
Greendoc said:
None unless you change how the lawn is mowed. I know there are various hybrids that become dominant when mowed at less than 1/2".
I would have to do some major leveling to mow that low . I guess I'm stuck with the common Bermuda until my next house . It's not bad looking I just hate how aggressive it is . Completely suffocated a shaded side yard with soft dense FF that my daughter loved playing in .
 
#7 ·
I have a similar problem with CB in my Tifway 419 sod. The Common Bermuda is was a contaminate in a few of the sod pieces.


Look closely at the pic. The CB is still inside the rectangle sod piece, so the Tifway is containing it. I experimented and left half of it at 2 inches and the other half of the sod piece at 0.75 inches. In the 0.75 inch grass the CB is much less noticeable
 
#11 ·
FlaDave said:
I'm not very sure about the climate there but I'd think in Delaware you would struggle to grow Bermuda. I thought that was cool season territory?
It's in the transition zone both cool and warm grow . They use Bermuda in common areas and highways and such . That's how it invaded my yard . I was actually wondering the other day if it's possible for Bermuda to completely die from the cold ? Last 5+ years our winters been warmer than usual so maybe there's hope it'll die from winter kill if we get a really cold winter .
 
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