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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy
Bermuda grass is used on golf courses, and of course the seeds fly in with the wind.
And yes, I got an infestation of torpedo grass, either I just call it all grass, or I spend lots of money because of mother nature and golf.
So i am choosing to spend time NOT using chemicals and am hand weeding the torpedo and inserting st augustine plugs in areas with lots of torpedo grass. As far as the bermuda, pfft, i let it grow because I am not spending thousands living in a golfing community and worrying about different grasses flying in from golf course creation.
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That's been kind of an interesting subject of research for me this summer. I even pulled off the interstate near Tifton and managed to find a big "test field" of turf grasses at ABAC - Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Seems it's somehow tied in with the UGA turf grass program.
I *think* I recall reading that the new and improved golf course Bermudas can't be grown from seed, but have to be plugged or sodded or sprigged. Guess these hybrids don't produce viable seed.
From what I'm reading online about invading lawn Bermuda it's apparently called Wild or Common Bermuda, and it doesn't tend to grow in nice and thick like the golf course varieties. Still learning.
If what I'm seeing online is true, it shouldn't be anything like thousands to get this Common stuff under some degree of control. Looks like fun, too. :-)