How to Kill Bermudagrass in a Tall Fescue Lawn

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[@kevinmorrissey9398]

Love The Grass Factor! Matt deserves way more subs. No one out there is giving this kind of info to homeowners. Keep it up guys.

[@remannhall9457]

The US Air Force have tested their thermo nuclear weapons on Bermuda fields in the Nevada desert. The Bermuda started growing back in 48 hrs.

[@Sundaydinner.withthefamily]

I like the jump cutting with both conversations

[@Frank020]

Does the glyco kill the fescue 100 percent as well?

[@scoobydiving]

Sorry for being late to the game. I live in NE and have some Bermuda patches. At first I didn’t know what it was, but boy is it aggressive! Pylex is cost prohibitive at $500 for an 8 oz bottle; not happening. After calling DMO, they recommend Acclaim Extra. I plan to apply it with some Triclopyr mixed in and see what happens.

[@GrassDaddy]

Keep me updated! I've heard that Acclaim Extra + Triclopyr is a good combo but never got to try it myself.

[@scoobydiving]

So the closer I looked, the more Bermuda I found. Decided to go nuclear instead and killed my lawn. Bought seed and Kinder starter fert from the Seed Superstore. Question... Is it OK to apply Milorganite and Tenacity right after seeding? Pretty much following your videos, except using different starter fert and self-mixing Tenacity.

[@josephpuchel6497]

Hello will this method or is there another method get rid of Zoysia grass out of my lawn.

[@palillo2006]

Pylex is expensive af! Do what I did, ornamec 170 and triclopyr in last part of the summer, second application in the early fall right before it starts to go dormant, and another one in early spring when it wakes up. This will take about 2 to 3 years. This method will cost about 60 dollars compared to 500 for his method. Finally, overseed, but do not aerate!! Aerate will chop up and spread burmuda roots that will later sprout.

[@LawnTips]

palillo2006 I did the same thing! Great advice mate. If you have really dense areas as well of Bermuda. Hit them with glyphosate. I did all this over 2 seasons and I have yet to see any Bermuda come back.

[@lifeisgood070]

Triclopyr is one of the best weed killers I've seen in a while. First time using it a couple weeks ago. Way better than 2-4D and Quinchlorac.

[@MooreMeat_KC_BBQ]

palillo2006 Which Triclopyr did you use? I’m looking online & there’s a few different kinds (brands)

[@jessesharpe5517]

kill Bermuda grass

[@mikeheathercerovski]

Great video of two great channels!

[@bluegrasscrazy7307]

Hey grassdaddy did lawn reno Sept15th seeded with seed super store KBG, when can I spray tenacity for weed issue I'm having. Thx...

[@GrassDaddy]

You want to do it seed down and then 4 weeks after 2nd app

[@bluegrasscrazy7307]

@@GrassDaddy Thanks for your reply. I did spray tenacity the day I seeding, with my regular irragation and some heavy rain storms it must have gotten washed out. ???? How hard can I push the KBG with nitrogen now that I have cooler weather, I put down about 3/4 pound of N last week...???

[@GrassDaddy]

@@bluegrasscrazy7307 so once you have mown it a couple times then do light weekly apps of nitrogen. It's called spoon feeding. It'll help it thicken fast.

[@d.gentry3086]

I will have to check out his channel for sure

[@ricepadi29]

Love the info. You two make a great team.

[@broth_78]

Round up, or dig it out if it’s a small enough area. 3-4 seasons is too long. I have two patches in my front yard, i may dig it up and transplant to my side yard which is mostly Bermuda. Front yard is 90% fescue.

[@bluegrasscrazy7307]

I've sprayed my small patches of bermuda on 4 separate occasions it continues to come back...

[@tjsam6416]

Love both of you guys

[@catbirdfeeder]

Hey fun time I watch you both! Bermuda grass is really growing on me since I just killed the Bahiagrass

[@ColonelK0rn1]

LOL, a collaborative video with you and Matt. Brilliant! I'm surprised as hell that Matt didn't tell you to embrace the Bermuda like he did me. I've learned so much from his channel, and it's helped me a lot with my lawn, even as sad as it currently is. And how dare you call bermuda a "weed"... the other warm season members of TLF will be bringing their pitchforks out.

[@GrassDaddy]

+ColonelK0rn1 haha I dont have bermudaweed in my lawn, I was asking for someone else =P

[@armandolanda5082]

Since we're on this topic here, my question now is, as far as "rolling one's own" what about a roll between ornamec 170 and turflon e and maybe a surfactant, although I think the 170 has surfactant pre mixed if I'm not mistaken I very well could be. Please respond I have yet to get any responses from anyone on the comments section. Thanks.

[@Americanfamily-uq1nh]

Nice change up!

[@robj422]

Thanks for making this video. Pylex is waayyy to expensive the individual home owner. Matt knows his stuff but he also has a lawn care business that allows him to buy all those chemicals and get paid for using them. As Palillo2006 said, i'll stick with Ornamec and Triclopyr. Also with Fescue, we usually have to overseed during the fall, so we have to be careful what chemicals we put down.

[@GrassDaddy]

+Rob J ya personally I'd go the glypho route and nuke it and then seed hehe

[@robj422]

If I did that, i'd be taking out a good portion of my yard. When I aerated and overseeded last year and we got maybe 2 days of rain the entire Fall Neither of these two days were anywhere near the first three weeks after I put seed down. This left me driving my water bill through the roof trying to get new seed to grow. I'd hate to try to get a good portion of my lawn back after using glypho on it.

[@wayneessar7489]

Were you able to get the specially milled corn meal for fungus control? Tis the season up here and I was just wondering.

[@GrassDaddy]

+Wayne Essar no they never got back to me

[@wayneessar7489]

Grass Daddy Hi! I shallow hollow tined and raked up the cores then put "Myke" a beneficial fungus supplement on, it rained a bit and I irrigated Saturday morning and this afternoon I put cornmeal on, a finer grind than you used a year ago then rubbed it in with the back of a rake. If that doesn't feed the fungus, nothing will!

[@armandolanda5082]

Lol that's dope man Matt is a straight G!!

[@ShaneBretey]

I'm dumb in math but when you say oz per acre what is it it oz per gal?

[@jim2325]

1 oz per acre means, 1 oz of Pylex spread evenly over 43560 square feet using a carrier liquid, usually water. Get the math down to how much Pylex you need to put on 1000 square feet. (1/43560)x1000=0.023 oz then you add that amount into 1 gal of water and spray that evenly over 1000 square feet of turf.

[@MsRahoofa]

Can somebody write the applications names mentioned in this video please so we can buy it?? they mentioned three types of applications, I hate chemicals names :-)

[@jrm5hq1]

Pylex by BASF (1 ounce per acre) Triclopyr (8 ounces per acre) Methylated Seed Oil or Crop Oil Concentrate as a surfactant I use COC at 1% by volume Matt also mentioned normal glyphosate for a total kill, which should be applied at 4% by volume. Be careful with the glyphosate though, as some brands include a defoliator (Diquat, etc), which isn’t good in this situation. Defoliated plants don’t uptake chemicals as well. Just glyphosate takes longer to show effects, but just trust it is killing it!! Good luck!! FYI. Matt was the one that got me going on this recipe, and it just flat works. Matt Martin from the Grass Factor is the man!!

[@MsRahoofa]

Thank you so much for your respond, and thanks for Matt.

[@JasonJayJJ1]

I live near Chicago. Is there a professional type of grass seed from Lesco or someone that make a good disease resistant Kentucky Bluegrass or blend of different types of seed that will prevent dollar spot and brown patch? I ask because in the Fall I will aerate and over-seed that disease problem area in my lawn and I want to do the job right the first time, thanks.

[@MacAttack2010]

WWW.SEEDSUPERSTORE.COM enter your zip code in and they give you suggestion. I did it that way and redid my front lawn this spring starting in March in Richmond, VA (23150) and it looks and feels amazing. I got turf type tall fescue blend S1000 or something. I love walking in my grass barefoot now.

[@GrassDaddy]

+MacAttack yes they have great mixes!

[@alvesbruno17]

U have to do a video about that !!

[@armandolanda5082]

How about that ornamec 170 grass herbicide that is labeled able to be applied on fescue?

[@KenyonPayne]

Or do the LCN method and just mow tall! Anywhere from 10-15 inches

[@LawnTips]

Kenyon Payne still doesn't work, which sucks! Bermuda will still take over when its tall, just not as quickly.

[@KenyonPayne]

Lawn Tips yeah that was just a joke comment lol, luckily in Canada I don't think Bermuda would stand a chance

[@LawnTips]

Kenyon Payne dang I should of read that properly. 10-15 inches 😂

[@philthelawnman]

I was like WHAT ARE YOU MOWING WITH?? LMBO.

[@ninjamaster3453]

grass is complicated.

[@armandolanda5082]

LANDA LAWN TECH- SF BAY AREA/CENTRAL VALLEY CA -LAWN TECHIE, SILICON VALLEY

[@lifeisgood070]

4% glyphosate is 5oz per gal or 10 TBSPN per gal. Shit no wonder I don't get results. Why are all the home owner labels so shit? Why does my 41% glyphosate bottle say 2 TBSPN / gal for weeds and 5 TBSPN / gal for really tough weeds?

[@GrassDaddy]

Honestly I don't know lol

[@lifeisgood070]

I mixed 10TBSPN per gal and had results in 36 hours. Absolutely dumb product by Home depot. I obviously bought the smaller size. www.homedepot.com/catalog/pdfImages/2d/2d04ed6a-d590-4a3f-8b7b-d0e26e7f8c58.pdf

[@hollowpoint1057]

Pylex?!? Hope you’re made of $$$

[@GrassDaddy]

Hey he didn't say it was cheap just said that's what it would take =P

[@hollowpoint1057]

@@GrassDaddy I deserved that for commenting on a 4 year old video. Still, I suppose there is some solitude in knowing this has always been a problem. I should probably just renovate my backyard at this point, but it’s a tough pill to swallow. I’m giving the Ornamec OTT a shot. Still pricey, but nothing like Pylex.