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Hey guys it's killing me!!!! Can I paint the nutsedge in my bermuda with roundup without killing the bermuda? Thanks for the help.
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Yes you can but I've seen it come back when using roundup. Certainty, dismiss or sedgehammer will give you better results since it shouldn't harm the Bermuda.BryanThigpen said:Hey guys it's killing me!!!! Can I paint the nutsedge in my bermuda with roundup without killing the bermuda? Thanks for the help.
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Those would be excellent names for herbicides!slomo said:
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Seems like a very small amount if what is pictured is the largest problem .couldn't you just hand pull this instead of going all Bruce Willis on it ?
Hand pulling nutsedge is generally regarded as ineffective. It regrows from underground nutlets/tubers, which remain in the ground when you pull them.
I think that's why herbicides that are most effective on sedges are so slow to kill - there is more to kill than just the top growth.
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I think that's why herbicides that are most effective on sedges are so slow to kill - there is more to kill than just the top growth.
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Thanks Ware good info ! I didn't know that..
Glyphosate is only minimally effective against nutsedge. While it can brown and possibly kill the top growth, I believe it is similar to hand pulling in it's effectiveness because it won't kill the tubers. A sedge specific herbicide is much more effective and still usually requires multiple applications.
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·I'm giving sedgehammer a try. I used the lower percent first and will try another round in a few weeks if needed.
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Just a note to be careful with dosage when applying sedgehammer or sedge ender (a Bonide product) on cool season grasses (yeah, what am I doing straying into the warm season forum? 
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An accidental overdose on cool season lawns will set the desirable grasses back quite a bit. I inadertently applied double my planned dosage in a spot-spraying of sedge ender and thought I killed all the desirable grass, too. It looked as if I had sprayed glyphosate on it, but it browned in about 48 hours instead of the 3-5 days that glyphosate normally takes. However, the good grass did recover after about 4 weeks. It's now been 8 weeks and the good grass has recovered just about completely, although I can still see that the density was reduced in those areas.
If the sedge you have are seedlings that blew in from elsewhere (like a neighboring lawn in my case), then hand pulling works great, as it takes at least a few months for the nutlets to form. The young sedge plants are easy to see in my lawn, as they are a fair bit lighter and grow faster than the lawn, so they stand about 1" taller than the grass when I'm due for a mowing. I just pluck seedlings out as I mow and have managed to keep ahead of them that way. Then again, I don't have an infestation, but just a few blow-in seedlings - typically about 5-10 to pluck each time I mow (about every 4 days).
).An accidental overdose on cool season lawns will set the desirable grasses back quite a bit. I inadertently applied double my planned dosage in a spot-spraying of sedge ender and thought I killed all the desirable grass, too. It looked as if I had sprayed glyphosate on it, but it browned in about 48 hours instead of the 3-5 days that glyphosate normally takes. However, the good grass did recover after about 4 weeks. It's now been 8 weeks and the good grass has recovered just about completely, although I can still see that the density was reduced in those areas.
If the sedge you have are seedlings that blew in from elsewhere (like a neighboring lawn in my case), then hand pulling works great, as it takes at least a few months for the nutlets to form. The young sedge plants are easy to see in my lawn, as they are a fair bit lighter and grow faster than the lawn, so they stand about 1" taller than the grass when I'm due for a mowing. I just pluck seedlings out as I mow and have managed to keep ahead of them that way. Then again, I don't have an infestation, but just a few blow-in seedlings - typically about 5-10 to pluck each time I mow (about every 4 days).
The HDX Home Depot version of Glypho says "it kills to the root". I've used it and it WORKS. It levels everything obviously. Saying that I haven't looked at any of my "lovely" sedgelings where I put Glypho on it. I know the top is dead but haven't dug any tubers to see. Anywho.......Spammage said:
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