That's exactly what I'm doing. This is my second week and I have a lot of dead grass, and I'm trying to remove it with my SunJoe dethatcher at the moment and plan on over seeding in about 2 weeks. Let me know how it goes!

 

I’m dealing with this right now also. I stopped watering with all this heat and humidity. I did one application of tenacity and will do another this weekend. After that I will scalp the entire lawn, dethatch and aerate. I usually will watch the weather before I put down the seed.

 

First application of tenacity down yesterday. Some spots are turning today but not the stuff I was targeting lol

 

So, just some advice. I would add triclopyr to the mix. It will minimize bleaching effects of Tenacity(for the good grass). This is what the Sublime herbicide does. Just a thought. Tenacity bleaching stinks! double check the Sublime herbicide label. It also treats bentgrass due to tenacity in the mix. I think their whole sales strategy is around the minimized bleaching too.

 

I'm not totally worried about the bleaching as, I think a lot of it is bentgrass anyways lol. But dually noted for the future !

 

Can you post some photos so I can compare to what I might have

 

You probably will have to do it more than twice, I ve done some 4 times and still find small strands down low by the ground. If it's thick rake the dead off before next application it works faster. You want to spray on green bent grass.

 

 

Good tip, I'll rake heavily before next application this weekend. I am hoping to see some bleaching tonight when I get home

 

I just realized I didn't apply enough, so just re applied. I probably over sprayed now, but time will tell

 

So I thatched yesterday as I could tell the bent was dying and well it's prepping to overseed.

Boy oh boy did I get a lot of thatch. Anyways afterwards I mowed and then used my blower to get any remainders and it legitimately blew tuffs of bent sky high. I am going to apply tenacity again today.

 

Update after last application.

I'll be raking this weekend in prep of seeding and spreading peat moss. I had a lot more than I thought.

 

Nice! Any before photos?

I didn't spray tenacity this year was planning on doing this project next year, but my bentgrass looks dead like yours. I've got a mountain of debris/thatch from it as well after running the Sun Joe last week.

 

Similar scenario with me. Had a few spots of bentgrass pop up and I hit them with a light spray of Tenacity. Went maybe a foot outside the circle of bentgrass too. Two shots about two weeks apart and it browned up and died out. The KBG filled in nicely. Did this all during 80-90 degree heat. Surrounding KBG didn't bleach out since my mix wasn't overly potent and I didn't spray heavy.

 

Hoping my new grass grows in well

 

Congrats on getting rid of that crap! I have been battling for years. Just joined because I was looking for info on Tenacity and bent grass. I live on a golf course and many yards have been taken over by bent. I noticed a little few years and found about tenacity. After I spray it, it turns white, dies, I rake it out, then it grows right back. Cant get any other grass to take it over. Its mostly in a shaded area. But, now I noticed it doesnt look like the bent grass from the fairways and other yards. The stem looks the same, but the grass is tall and thin. Can anyone tell me if this is bent and if not, what it is and why tenacity kills it? Im not sure if I should keep trying to kill it or not?

 

Current state. My peat moss spreader comes tomorrow and will do minor leveling and then seed !

 

Friday was a huge step forwards, I lowered my HOC to 2" from 3" and dethatched again in preparation of leveling and seeding. After thatching I was able to see the top soil in most locations so felt ready it was time to seed.

Saturday I leveled the ruts from my mower and sink holes from when I installed my sprinkler system. It was actually a lot easier then I thought, and will be doing this every year.

After leveling I applied seed to the completely dead areas by hand before dropping 4lbs of seed by spreader. I applied a nice peat moss top dressing and watered for 10 mins to get everything nice and wet.

I will be watering 3 times a day for roughly 4 mins each time.

 

Shewww look at that green lush lawn Lot of hard work with a lot of positive results!

Now I wonder, should I fertilize or wait until spring? Can I apply prodamine or wait until early spring?

 

Beautiful!

 

Looks great

 

@Jstross94 how is it holding up? Have you seen any re-emergence of the bentgrass this year?

 

Would like to know this as well. Hoping to copy your process myself this fall and curious if it was successful.