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sweethomestead said:I think I am going to have to solarize it this summer and put off my garden a year. Makes me sad but it seems to be the best option. I talked to my local plant clinic and if I were to shade it out I would need 4 layers of cardboard and 8 inches of mulch. Lol wow I had to share that information with you. Oh and it says that it will still be a problem.

I've tried the solarize route, didn't work for me.

Here's a guy on another forum claiming to have found a solution...

http://www.idigmygarden.com/fo...
I found the Achilles' heel of Bermuda Grass -- sun light, it needs a lot. Bermuda grass (thankfully) cannot tolerate shade. So once I tilled the stuff into the garden (initially, years ago) I heavily mulched the garden, shading it out the BG and as the plants grew, they did the rest.

I occasionally find strands attempting to grow out of my mulch, but it's very easy to yank out. Normally BG wants to grow horizontally along the ground, but when it's looking for sunlight, it grows straight up and doesn't have the energy to grow deep roots during this time, so very easy to pull out.

Personally, I'd be afraid to try his solution...

When I've attempted to dig bermuda out... I was never successful.... in spite of digging down several feet, I never found the end of the stuff.

I'd be tempted to try the shade it out approach from your plant clinic...
except, my shade it out approach involves plastic sheeting and carpet....

I haven't tried it on bermuda, but I have successfully defeated florida stachys...
It just takes a full year, or maybe two.

I took up the carpet that I most recently had on top of soapwort a month or so ago, it looked dead... but... alas, it's coming back...

So... shading seems iffy... works fine as long as the carpet remains... but you really can't plant anything there...