Hi, I'm a newbie. we planted Burmuda grass a few years ago. It is real nice. But It is taking over my flower and herbs. HELP

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um...best bet is to turn your flower gardens into lawn...

Another option is a vinegar application, topped with a thick layer of mulch.

Either one should be effective, the first one is a whole lot easier...

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um...best bet is to turn your flower gardens into lawn...

Another option is a vinegar application, topped with a thick layer of mulch.

Either one should be effective, the first one is a whole lot easier...

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"A righteous person who is wise resembles God: he never disciplines anyone in order to take vengeance upon a wrongdoing, but only so that the person may be set aright, or that others may be deterred."
-St Isaac of Syria

I'm not sure why but I've had bermuda peacefully coexisting with my rose bed for 11 years. We have a brick liner where the bricks are half buried. The bermuda runners are always trying to work their way through the cracks between the bricks but they pull out real easily. I use a string trimmer every 2 weeks and keep a bare spot about 2-3 inches away from the bricks. We also have only about an hour of full sun on that bed, so that probably has a lot to do with the weakness of the bermuda.

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Dchall_San_Antonio prefaced his post by saying he didn't know why, but then proceeded to explain the reasons for his success.

Before you implement his methods, you will have to first kill off (read remove) the offending grass from your bed. That will include those runners which grow below the surface. Following that, follow the helpful advice from DSA.

1) Install a physical barrier between your lawn and bed. That barrier, like DSA's bricks must extend below the grade to deter Bermuda's subsurface attempts at entry.
2) Be aggressive with your string trimmer. Unless you bed is in a low light situation like DSA's you will probably need to attack it at least once per week, or perhaps every 4-5 days if the Bermuda is growing aggressively. Notice he mentioned a 1-2 bare spot between lawn and bed/barrier. I do this same thing (though with St. Augustine) and IMO it really presents a nice visual.

Good luck.

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I had a similar problem a couple of years ago. Here is what I did:

1) As suggested by Mr. Clean, you start by uprooting the offending bermuda. It would be impossible to remove all of it, but you should be ok if you remove at least 75-80% of the bermuda grass from the flower bed.
2) I then installed plastic edging material (you can get it fairly cheap at Home Depot/Wal-mart, etc.), so that it was at least 6 inches deep & acted as a barrier for the bermuda that tried to creep thru underneath it.
3) I put landscape fabric on the flower bed (around the plants), so that every inch of it was covered. I've read in this forum that using newspapers is a better alternative, but I don't've any experience with that.
4) Then I put plenty of cedar mulch (at least 2 inches) deep.

Apart from an occasional grass shoot, I have not had any problems with intruding bermuda since then. I have not even had the need to use a string trimmer to prevent the bermuda from creeping in.

buy a weed WICK and apply your vinegar/salt/soap mixture straight to the offending weeds!

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