Why Bermuda Grass is Bad (and also SUPER good)
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2023
- Why does everyone despise Bermuda grass so much? It's complicated. #bermudagrass #botany #grass #lawncare #lawncarenut #lawncaretips #lawncarelife #landscaping #plants #oklahoma #okc
It goes dormant. People on the internet just are so under educated
Dormant meaning? 19th July 2024.
@@YourAashique having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.
Bermuda grass will invade all available surfaces: sidewalks, driveways, flower beds. It's the alpha invasive species. Also, in most of the South it's brown (dormant) October-April.
Exactly, people are so uneducated, it takes one google to realize this Bermuda is terrible, and tbh you can kinda just tell by the way it tendrils accepts the soil, concrete, other plants and continues to root along those tendrils
I have Princess77 Bermuda and you're so wrong. Any grass will get into a flower bed without maintenance.
@@joewil1441 I'm glad Bermuda is working for you. That said, agronomists recognize Bermuda grass as an invasive species in the US that crowds out native species of grass and is extremely difficult to eradicate. Cultivars of fescue commonly used for lawns (e.g., tall fescue or Kentucky 31) do not spread by rhizomes or stolons and will rarely invade flower beds or grow across paved surfaces.
@@thatzwhat can't grow those in South Texas. It can be controlled. Lots of myths in the horticulture world. I've spent decades proving them wrong. Maybe up north you can grow those types all year. But not when it's 110 all summer. Mine only goes dormant 2 months out of the year. Not invasive unless you don't know how to control it. Native grass lawns in Texas are called fields for cows to graze on. All grass can be invasive if you let it. A weed is technically defined as any unwanted plant in the area you're growing in. Sunflowers can be invasive as well or a weed if it's in the lawn and not a bed. Weed is a generic term. Some people have clover lawns. That's a weed in my lawn because I don't want it there. Anyways. I'm just an old man...what do I know.
@@thatzwhat by that definition st Augustine and zoyzia are weeds to huh? Nope. Just a different turf type. All good courses here in Texas are Bermuda. So it can be controlled easily.
For large dog owners it’s the best, they rip it up and two weeks later it self repairs 😂😂😂
I live in Bermuda and I have crab grass, florotan and zoyza, and weeds.
This took over my augustine grass, in texas drought the Augustine went dormant and this bermuda grass sprout into it
Which type would you suggest in a drought zone?
I like st Augustine but bermuda tries to take over. Sometimes I wanna give up and let it. I am the only one on my street with st augustine
I hate this grass. It’s all over my back yard, and I’m in Michigan!!
Bermuda does not die in winter, goes dormant, HUGE difference, If you kill anything it never comes back, you never 100% kill Bermuda almost 100% of the time, cant get to the under ground portion
can it repair itself even from grub root damage?
@ramirlj if you get rid of the grubs, yes. In no time.
I'm new to lawns and Bermuda grass. I've called it "prehistoric grass" for almost two years. The electric power edger I got would not cut it. I thought it was crab grass. It's already 8" or more out on the driveway but I never have to water it here in North Carolina.
8 inches? Bro, Bermuda should be cut at no more than like 1.5 inches you gotta get a hold of that situation 😂
@@mikedickson1070he's talking about how far the runners are reaching into his driveway, not how tall it is getting cut.
@@FuckTheATF. ah that makes far more sense damn 😂
My grass is Zoysia and Bermuda mixed love this grass, works well in pa
Wait a sec! I've been hesitating mixing both and I just stumbled on your comment. How it looks? Is there a noticeable difference?
@h2hern952 not a big difference, my grass looks amazing in the summer. Even with our 90+ days it's doing great with little rain here in the NE.
That's the grass I need👍👍👍❤️
As someone from Bermuda I wanna say he is absolutely right in what he's saying.
I live in Pennsylvania every grass seed sucks that I use. I tried alot of different things. To bad this grass doesn't do well up in my area
I sprayed my old centipede yard, tilled it and removed the clippings, laid down new dirt and planted Bermuda. It did really well for about 3 months until the centipede came back and overtook the Bermuda. I now have a centipede lawn again 😅😅
I think that's my case up in my front lawn , not sure if its centipede or Kukuyu , but u can See exactly where those thicker stolens just stop the Bermuda in its tracks
Man that crazy b/ I always hear the opposite. I have centipede lawn and always worried this common bermuda is going to overtake it!
I live in San Antonio and my Bermuda grass survived the heat and the bad freezes in the last years. My grass is soft and green and thick. Best for south Texas.
As a person who lives in the Northern US with a garbage lawn, I see this as an absolute loss
Love it until winter. I’ve over seeded it with KBG to help give it color cause it’s a cool season grass.
No way would I mix cool season with my Bermuda, I enjoy a break from the lawn until spring
Regret soding TTF ( Southern California) . bermuda is the way to go !
No the worse grass don't use it it's easy for crab grass to take over it in a week. Another thing is it's hard to maintain and takes alot of money to keep it in great condition
You're doing something wrong.
That’s what pre emergent is for. Crab grass will take over any turf variety, and no clue what’s difficult about it to maintain. Keep it cut at an inch or so and you’re fine. Gets too tall you just scalp it and it’ll be right back green. Probably the easiest turf to maintain
ehh, Bermuda dies very easily in my yard even after laying sod and helping it establish. The 100 degrees days with no rain for weeks and poor soil quality means nothing survives.
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What the hell does that have to do with grass.
How do l keep my Bermuda runners from overtaking my yard? We have a new lawn on top of rocky clay soil in NC and struggling with nutsedge, crabgrass and poor soil quality
Triclopyr ester will kill it
You don't. Only thing you can really do is cover your entire lawn with a tarp during the summer for a month or two, then during the fall immediately plant a grass or ground cover to establish before your neighbor's bermuda ultimately comes back. I recommend looking at native species from North Carolina, for example something like frogfruit which can compete with bermuda and additionally has flowers during the summer that are beloved by butterflies. Frog fruit tolerates a wide variety of conditions and can be mowed.
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My Zoysia is whooping my Bermuda grass right now
It Never dies 😂😂😂 have to cut it even in December 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Yuck Bermuda is a weed in California
It's a weed anywhere outside of Africa
Yeah I’m in the north east. I’m 20 minutes outside Boston. This crap had invaded my turf type tall fescue.
LOL, it dies during winter. But by some grass magic comes back to life in the spring.
It goes dormant to avoid being killed out like St Augustine gets killed in harsh drought summers.
Basically minecraft grass.
I mow year round in Southern California. Love my Bermuda.
Since when did lawn grass become “invasive?” Did concrete disappear? Will the Bermuda on my front lawn for the last 84 years my house has been here suddenly go rogue? Is that why it’s so bad?
Because bermuda grass outcompetes native species of plants. That is why it is invasive. Plenty of different "lawn grasses" imported from around the world are invasive species which destroy ecosystems and create food deserts for wildlife.
When is the best time to scalp in South Carolina
Very early spring.
Zoysia baby.
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Uummm no. Tall fescue bud
Yea like if you had common bermuda before and you go tearing it all up and put down hybrid bermuda, that common bermuda will pop up in certain areas lol stuff is crazy
Buffalo for the ultimate win
Indeed. Anywhere in the great plains and the rest of it's native range, it can't be beat.
introducing highly invasive grass that people spend multiple years to get rid off so you have a good lawn. Bermuda, Bahia, Centipede are all invasive. Maybe if you cannot grow a native grass in a certain place it doesn't meant to grow there? this fuck yours, got mine attitude.
Dude fr, I can't get this stuff to grow in my yard. I can't get much of anything except weeds and sand spurs.
Amend your soil.
Look into native species where you live. There are plenty of options whether they are grasses or ground covers that are adapted to your climate and growing conditions.
@@MachPotato I have, but they are stupid expensive here (go figure!) and I'm not too worried about it.
@@TheDiosdebaca Where do you live? Also, one of my biggest peeves is how expensive businesses make them
@@MachPotato southwest Florida. Our options are Floritam, centipede and Bermuda. The city also freaks out if your lawn isn't good (Cape Coral is basically a giant deed restricted community) so no wildflower yards.
Try getting it out of your garden…… I hate it with a passion
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You know what's good yard cover? Anything native
You'd have to not mind a yard that's like 12" tall. Most of the native grasses are like that.
@@jeffklaubo3168 Buffalo grass can be mowed just fine, not to mention it lays over and creates a beautiful matted look when it reaches a few inches tall.
Bermuda grass is awful and looks awful. Nothing like a fescue/and or bluegrass lawn. It’s horribly ugly looking and invades our beautiful cool season turf up north
Bermuda is hot as a country as well 😰
Despise Bermuda
Yes, Bermuda grass was originally introduced to various regions as a forage grass because of its ability to withstand grazing and its high productivity. However, its aggressive growth and ability to spread rapidly have led to it becoming invasive in many areas.
So we can thank the people who felt this was necessary to do for cattle and other grazers that unknowingly they screwed up the environment possibly beyond repair.
We as a society need to be focused on healing and fix our environment.
It's trying to overtake my St Augistine and Centipede. I can't stand Bermuda Grass., where every I see it I scalp with the mower
And it loves it. Bermuda LOVES being cut super short.
That's not enough. It spreads by rhizomes under the soil which will simply regrow when it gets water. Best thing to do is to cover the area with a tarp during the summer and use the concentrated power of the sun to fry it. Then, in the spring or fall, reseed with a native grass or ground cover
Spaghetti grasss....the ultimate weed
They need this over in Arizona, Nevada, Texas
No the hell we don't. There's already enough of this invasive shit.
Won’t grow under a tree
Tall fescue or K Blue are the best in my opinion 👌
Those are not warm season grasses.
I think he meant as far as warm season grasses
You can kill it iv seen me do it
I like centipede grass better
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I hate this stuff. It invaded my lawns in Montana 2 yrs ago. Thanks, climate change.
yeah, everything is either climate change or Putin's fault
Well regardless of climate change it's still an invasive species. I believe that was the more deciding factor.