How to Get Rid of Bermudagrass Without Moving

There's an old joke in the lawn business regarding Bermudagrass (sometimes spelled Bermuda grass). There's only one sure way to get rid of it...move. Once Bermuda grass, a warm season perennial grass, gets into your lawn, it is nearly impossible to get it out. The only realistic option we had was to apply a broad spectrum herbicide to kill everything and start over.

That is, until 3 years ago when BASF came out with Pylex. My company, Bio Green, first tested it August of 2013. We selected 12 cool season lawns  with a variety of perennial grassy weed problems (6 with Bermuda , 3 with bent grass, 2 with nimblewill and one with dallisgrass). All of which we were told by the good folks from BASF that Pylex would selectively control without hurting our bluegrass/tall fescue turf.

The results were fantastic. We saw nearly 100% control on all but the dallisgrass (more like 75%). With no additional treatment (except on the dallisgrass which we retreated year 2), we have yet to see any recurrence. We now offer this treatment as a regular service.

Photo credit:"Cynodon dactylon 2" by Bidgee - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Author: Dave Schrader, the NOVA Lawn Guru