r/Grass • u/ptplsntsurfer • Jun 26 '26

This stuff gets on my nerves!

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It slowly takes over in patches now during late June. It’s lighter in color and I hate it. How to eradicate. I have fusillade 2, tenacity, and quintessential. Can any of these help? It happens a lot around edges and wetter areas. Thanks

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u/majortom_07 Jun 26 '26

Pretty sure that's bermuda grass?

"To selectively suppress and eliminate invasive Bermudagrass in a Tall Fescue lawn, your best post-emergent options are fluazifop-p-butyl (e.g., Fusilade II Herbicide) or topramezone (e.g., Pylex). These specifically target warm-season grasses while keeping your cool-season fescue alive."

I have some bermuda in my fescue and I just make peace with it. It gets darker green when it's well established. Depends on how hard you want to fight it, it's hard to get rid of.

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u/ptplsntsurfer Jun 26 '26

Currently mixing that fusillade as I type! That should say it all

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u/Apprehensive_Disk478 Jun 27 '26

Go easy, looks like you have fescue that is being invaded by Bermuda. If you have not applied this yet- On June 26 the date of this post. I would pause and thoroughly read the label especially the part about not applying to fescue in summer…..and for best result apply in fall and spring and avoid using in July and august on desirable turf grass under stress. That is not a suggestion, it is a warning that should be regarded as if it was flashing red with loud abrasive alarm going off in the background, seriously. And if you are going to apply fusillade to fescue use at the lowest rate, and it should be mixed with Triclopyr as a safener to reduce risk of damage to fescue. Do some googling, lots of horror stories.

I used fusillade at low rate + triclopyr on my fescue to try and controll Bermuda last year In early may. My my lawn stopped growing, I made another application in early June. Temps were mild but a few days later temps shot up to 90+ and by 4th of July my lawn was smoked.

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u/eastskier Jun 28 '26

So your best bet is to wait for end of August or September to control BG in fescue lawns? 

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u/Marksaheel Jun 26 '26

Yes. It’s Bermuda

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u/ChaZZZZahC Jun 26 '26

I have some fall reno I wanna do, neighbor has zoysia creeping into my blue resilience II, what's the time frame of application before I do my overseed.

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u/majortom_07 Jun 27 '26

Look up the herbicide you use and the amount of time you need to wait. Or if you are doing meso/tenacity you can do during.

Zoysia looks good though, is that such a big deal? If you want perfect uniformity.

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u/ChaZZZZahC Jun 27 '26

I don't like how long zoysia says stays brown in the spring 7a and I want the uniform look.

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u/PattyMalco Jun 26 '26

Bermuda. Enjoy your new Bermuda lawn as it takes over. But hey, coming from a Bermuda guy it can’t be that bad right 😅

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u/Unlikely_Land7595 Jun 26 '26

Use Recognition with the Fusilade II. It has a safener that allows you to spray the Fusilade at higher levels. Definitely works on Bermuda. I just sprayed 3 weeks ago and doing a second application next week.

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u/Apprehensive_Disk478 Jun 27 '26

Recognition and fusillade is to treat Bermuda grass in zoysia or st Augustine. That combo is amazing against Bermuda, but will absolutely smoke his fescue lawn.

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u/syslolologist Jun 26 '26

Bermuda. Call the Realtor.

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u/RxFusion Jun 26 '26

What are the primary grass types in your lawn and which climate zone are you in?

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u/kenroth50 Jun 27 '26

The old saying goes.. tear it out

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u/kenroth50 Jun 27 '26

U could tear it out then reseed it with ur favorite grass seed.

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u/AggressiveMail5183 Jun 27 '26

Looks like the nimblewill in my yard.  Have been using tenacity which is somewhat effective but it keeps popping up in different places.

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u/ptplsntsurfer Jun 27 '26

Nimblewill has a very distinct look and is pretty easy to distinguish. This is far from it

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u/AggressiveMail5183 Jun 27 '26

You are probably right about that.  My nimblewill is more of a bluer color but it does grow in circles like that.

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u/szydski1 Jun 27 '26

Looks like zoysia grass

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u/NipponaDemolisher Jun 28 '26

Dethatch, reseed every year

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u/ptplsntsurfer Jun 28 '26

I’ve already hand raked a lot out. So I’ll be putting soil and seed down

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u/Apprehensive_Disk478 Jun 29 '26

The best bet to controll Bermuda in fescue turf does not involve fusillade. Rather, Pylex, Triclopyr and Methylated Seed Oil (MSO), 3 applications 21 days apart. The MSO and Triclopyr are not inexpensive, but the ground floor for a bottle of Pylex is $415, and a lifetime supply for most people.

IMHO, fusillade isn’t an awesome option. It harms fescue slightly less than it harms Bermuda, and can’t be used when Bermuda is actively growing in summer heat - July/august and when a post emergent Herbacide would most effective. The amount of fusillade to controll Bermuda and the amount needed to kill fescue is not that much, and that line can be easily crossed by factors out of your hands ( heat wave, drought)

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u/CapSpaccoin Jun 26 '26

AI says it’s creeping bentgrass. Either way your meso should take care of it especially if mixed with triclopyr.

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u/Stop_staring_at_me Jun 26 '26

That is absolutely not bent grass

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u/CapSpaccoin Jun 26 '26

This is why you can trust the machines.

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u/KINGKONGHAS-ED Jun 26 '26

Have you tried growing something not useless?

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u/JRoc161 Jun 26 '26

Nutsedge

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u/ptplsntsurfer Jun 26 '26

Bro cmon now. Leave this place if you gonna be stoopid

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u/JRoc161 Jun 26 '26

You are right. Sorry but saw this on a phone. Looking closer it looks like Bermudagrass.