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Originally Posted by PaPaLarry
Thanks Mikeod!!! Thats perfect. That shows how the bermuda has off shoots, so everyone can see. They seem to be harder to pull out of ground also.
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Yes. The roots go down fast and deep. Even when you feel you've pulled it out, if there is any part of the root or stolon left, it will sprout again. In CA, you had to either chemically kill the whole area, or put a cover over it to block out the sun to kill it. Even then, if a neighbor had it, those seed stalks would reseed your area. The best way I found to keep it out was to sod with hybrid Bermuda. That seemed to keep out the common Bermuda. But you still had to kill the entire area and then wait to make sure no Bermuda resurfaced before laying the new sod. It was sometimes easier to get a bobcat and dig out the lawn, then put in fresh soil and sod.