[Arid_gardener] re: Killing Bermudagrass & Weeds But not Dichondra

[Olin Miller]

I believe you may be out of luck.  There are herbicides that are
selective to grasses that might work for your Bermudagrass but not your
broad leaf weeds.  The herbicides that work on broadleaf weeds would
also kill off the Dichondra.  Your might consider a non selective
glyphosate herbicide  that would kill off everything and start over with
reseeding Dichondra.  See
http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/az1371.pdf
on how to get rid of Bermudagrass.

Olin Miller
Master Gardener Volunteer, Maricopa County AZ

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----- Original Message ----- From: <dawna at wineyscrappers.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 8:36 PM
> Dawna,  85381,  dawna at wineyscrappers.com
> I live on an irrigated residential acre and my lawn consists of a mix
> of Dichondra and Bermuda and weeds.  I would guess about 1/2 of each
> grass type mingled together.  I would like to encourage the Dichondra
> and kill the weeds but I can't find a weed and feed product which
> doesn't warn against application on Dichondra.  Can you please advise
> what product I might try?  Thank you for your time.