bermuda grass has crept into my flower and ornamental grass beds-pulling it creates MORE!! What can I do?

Answer 1

Nothing really because any chemical you use will kill your ornamentals as well. Pulling is the only way to get the grass out and I should know because I'm constantly pulling that crap out of my flower beds. Bermuda grass is the bane of my existence. I wish there was an easy solution.

Answer 2

pull the grass back furthur than the flower beds and pull them out especially after the ground is soft from rain,and put down some garden fabric and put a border peice from home depot, or garden center, and remove the mulch adn put some fabric there too after you pull up a bunch of the grass by the roots. the fabric keeps them from getting sun. cover the whole fabric area with a thick mulch.

so what you are doing is creating a large buffer zone around the plants. you can even plant noninvasive ground cover plants on the edges between the plants and the grass giving the grass competition and holding it back. or put rocks as decoration. so it doesn't look like you made a flower bed to big.

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Answer 3

I have the same problem and found a grass killer at Lowes that kills only the bermuda grass and not my flowers. I think you will have to read the container to see what it will do to your ornamental grasses though.

Answer 4

Just pull what you can and ignore the rest if you can live with it. Otherwise you must add a weed killer to your soil and poison it. "Poison"--doesn't sound good does it? It's not! Just try to keep a balance, nature is not a scrubbed clean vacuumed space! People wonder where the Bee's went, why the plants all die in their beds???? Because all the beneficial gentle insects are being wiped out and only the strong predator beetles and such are surviving to eat the plants and the plants can't coexist with the lethal poison being sucked up by their roots. BALANCE.

Answer 5

Sometimes, if not out of control, a mixture of bleach and water will kill the weeds or grass but not the plant. As with any killer, use when there is no rain in the forcast and best in the day with the sun shinning.

Answer 6

The product Eskie Lover is refering to is "Image" only kills grass, safe for ornamentals. Another grass only killer is "Poast" be sure to get 'indicator' (blue dye) so you can see where you've sprayed.

Answer 7

Take an artist paint brush and paint RoundUp on it. The RoundUp goes thru the leaves, down the stem, and into the roots to kill the whole plant. Keep on top of it so you won't have so much to get rid of all at once.