Coastal Bermuda Grass

[P Ardis]

I heard that to help coastal bermuda spread, you could disk harrow the field after positioning the disk blades straight. If this is true, when do you disk harrow the field (spring, fall, etc).

 

[Lajaw]

I had 9 acres with three very small patches of bermuda. I wanted to get rid of it and sprayed it with round-up. I was growing vegetables on the 9 acres, disked in the spring. In two years, the bermuda has taken the whole acreage. So, if you want it to spread, disk it in the spring and spray it with round-up.

 

[Anonymous-0]

coastal spreads easiest with runners...what i do is leave a acre or so grow all summer and get some nice fat runners...then mow em with a sickle mower and spread them over freshly disked soil...then disk them under and hope for rain.

 

[johns48jdb]

the reason your grass spread was because it jammed up on a piece of equiptment and then feel off some where else in the field. if you want to get rid of it you need to work on it without tillage of any kind. i think the idea of mowing it and maybe bailing it up right away to make handling easeier and spreading it and disking it in would work. the sprig planters work about the same way. the plant them grass back by spring it is accomplished by just sticking shoots in the ground any way. its hard to kill and if you get a little water on it it should do ok. if you can't bale it rake it up into big windrows and use a pitch fork to load it with. you might find some body who lays sod to come cut some of it and transplant it for you. might work out a brother in law deal where you agree to let him have some of the sod for the work he does.

 

[James Howell]

Coastal Bermuda will spread by its' long runners.

Established Coastal Bermuda will have very deep roots, so the disk harrow will not hurt it.

In the past we have also taken long runners that were "accidently" cut and just covered them with dirt.

We have an established Coastal/Cheyenne Bermuda hay meadow that we reworked in 2007.

Take a look at the link below.
Hay Cycle 2007