Starting over, Bermuda lawn

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Dazdnaz

Discussion Starter · Jun 27, 2018

Well I've been lurking for awhile and now feel the need to post my adventure.
I'm 2 1/2 weeks into a new Bermuda lawn after I killed off and tilled my old lawn that was taken over by whatever this is:

Best I could tell was a "clumping" Fescue...anyway a real pain to get rid of and I have no idea where it came from.
I started mid May and killed off the existing lawn, Glyphosate and a little fire:

Tilled it up multiple times...a Mantis tiller and the AZ heat, what fun:

I honestly could not have picked a hotter time in the season to do this but I felt compelled for the dogs sake, he misses his lawn (last year photo lawn not so pretty which led to this):

Over to seedsuperstore.com for their suggested SS2000:

2 weeks in during 100+ degree weather here I am:

Now for the questions...
What is this (the tall blade)? Should I pull them or is it one of the 3 blended Bermuda grasses:

I have this stuff showing up all over the place how soon can I treat for it and what would be the best way to get rid of it, I am currently pulling it and it is seriously all over and pops up what seems like hourly:

Any way, sorry for the long post any help is appreciated.
I will do my best to keep updated on the progress of my Hot as Hell Lawn rehab.

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Colonel K0rn

· #2 · Jun 27, 2018

Dazdnaz said:
I have this stuff showing up all over the place how soon can I treat for it and what would be the best way to get rid of it, I am currently pulling it and it is seriously all over and pops up what seems like hourly:

Any way, sorry for the long post any help is appreciated.
I will do my best to keep updated on the progress of my Hot as Hell Lawn rehab.

Welcome to TLF. Glad you found us. I wish we could have gotten to you prior to starting the renovation, and we would have advised you not to till prior to renovating, but that's water under the bridge. Not sure why SSS would have sold you Yukon, as that's a pretty cold hardy seed, and from my memory, your location doesn't have many cold nights during the winter.

I'm willing to take a stab at weed identification, and say that your non-bermuda-looking weeds are 1. nutsedge (most likely), 2. crabgrass and the next picture would be prostrate spurge.

If you haven't, visit the Warm Season popular topics noting the Bermuda Triangle with respect to weed control and Bermuda Bible: The New Testament for guidelines on how to maintain your new lawn.

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