The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #137106   Message #3135435
Posted By: Janie
14-Apr-11 - 07:47 PM
Thread Name: BS: Removing Bermuda Grass
Subject: RE: BS: Removing Bermuda Grass
I hates the stuff. But I am a gardener who cares nothing for my lawn, only my garden beds.

Have found ways to keep it at bay for long periods of time, but eventually, the bermuda grass is gonna win.

I dug out, with hand tools, a large garden bed once from a bermuda grass lawn.   15 years later, my back still has not forgiven that particular project.   Instead of turning the sod, I dumped it in a deeply shaded area (and eventually planted ferns.) The "top-soil" was mostly fill-dirt, down to about 4 inches, with another 4-8 inches of heavy red clay, and hardpan under that. There were bermuda grass roots all the way down through the clay, and even some down into the first 1/2-1" of hardpan.

Got to admire that kind of persistence and resilience.