Hi all! I wanted to say hello and mention something I've had good luck with to control bermuda grass in my area. Not sure what kind of bermuda grass it is, sorry. I live in the upstate area of SC in a small city named Inman.
I use really hot water and dump it on the areas or edges where the grass is growing into. When I'm finished with a batch of water bath canning I use that water in the big canner and pour it down the edge of our tar driveway where our regular rye grass grows into the hot top. It works great!
We built an 8 x 4 foot - square foot garden last year and did not put a bottom on it. Probably a mistake I think, but time will tell. Towards the beginning of summer I had some long bermuda shoots that had come up. One sprig just outside the edge on one side and another one just on another inside edge. I pushed the soil over from the edge and tried to pull out as much as I could and started heating water. I went all around the outside edges and that seemed to do the trick for the rest of last year anyhow. I do find I have to repeat this process, sometimes a couple of times in the summer.
As soon as I harvested those square foot boxes near the invaders, I pushed the soil over and poured really hot water down in the well. That worked for now, as the rest of the whole fall I did not see a reappearance of it. I should probably get out there and do the process again before the growing season really starts in. It's dormant right now. We'll see how this year goes.
It's awful to keep it from growing into my flower bed edges. Does anyone know if the 20% vinegar leaves a dead brown line edge? I was wondering about the regular grass.
BTW - I got an email from Discover , where Amazon is doing free shipping by using your Discover card till March 31st. Hope that is good everywhere for your area too!
