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  • From: Willie McKemie <mf AT austinfarm.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] bermuda grass
  • Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 16:41:25 -0500

On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 01:25:32PM -0700, Curtis Millsap wrote:
> Does anyone have good advice on bermuda grass removal/ killing? I'm trying
> to
> help my brother, who is starting an urban farm, figure out how to wipe out a
> stand of bermuda so he can plant vegetables. He is totally opposed to
> roundup,
> and that is the extent of the advice the extension has for him. Hoping
> some
> creative thinker out there has come up with some great solution... Or just
> anything that might work.

I've never had success completely killing bermuda with RoundUp or
any other herbicide. I HAVE had success hand digging and hand pulling
up roots. That is practical only in small areas and in sandy soil.

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