How to kill Bahia grass

[Drycreek3189]

Might of been Tifton or one of the other Bermuda hybrids. I probably would of read it in a pasture mgmt setting. My front pasture is Tifton 85 and my back one is Bahia. If I am only using gly on the Bahia I can mix it weaker than if I'm trying to kill Tifton off of fence lines. It has to have at least another ounce per gallon to kill the Bermuda.


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I think you're right. I talked to a rancher a couple years ago who said he used roundup on his hay meadows, and it was Tifton.

[Low Fence]

Yeah but ya'll are Wood Co folks!

Big kicker in "in winter" when grass is dormant.... it never went dormant this year... enough to spray it anyway

[super_dave]

Patriot
Ally
Cimmaron
Msma
Roundup
Gasoline


I used patriot for 2 years, it kills only bahai grass.
Then I switched to msma and use it twice a year to kill broadleaf and bahai.
Every now and then I see a stalk pop up and I immediately pick it and throw it back into the pasture behind me. I keep a spray bottle mixed for these plants and douse it when I find one

[JeffK]

Big kicker in "in winter" when grass is dormant.... it never went dormant this year... enough to spray it anyway

naw, you can spray it when it is not dormant without killing it. It will burn it some but in a few weeks it will living up again. But you can also kill it if you give to high of a dosage. Probably not the route the op wants to go though for his yard.

[dclifton]

You can use roundup or gly on coastal or tifton but it must be dormant.

[dclifton]

naw, you can spray it when it is not dormant without killing it. It will burn it some but in a few weeks it will living up again. But you can also kill it if you give to high of a dosage. Probably not the route the op wants to go though for his yard.

I agree but this is way to iffy. We spray fence lines all of the time and i wouldn't call it a strong dosage and it kills the coastal off.

[JeffK]

I agree but this is way to iffy. We spray fence lines all of the time and i wouldn't call it a strong dosage and it kills the coastal off.

Common Bermuda seems to be the hardest to get rid of when you try to kill off everything. I wouldn't use gly in the yard though. Don't think the wife would be to happy if the entire yard turns yellow and all her plants die.

[Randy]

Metsulfuron:

MSA Turf works really good. I tank mix it with cimarron to wipe out goat heads.

[Wayno]

I can remember as a kid (35+years ago) my dad would cut out the leg of an old pair of jeans. He would soak it in Roundup, slide it over a rod, and wave it over the Bahia so it only hit the Bahia and not the Bermuda. Not sure if this was the trick, but he eventually got rid of it.