There is a chemical called Pylex that will kill bermuda grass and not harm

fescue. However it's really expensive and a little bit goes a long way. Costs several hundred dollars for like 5 oz. A lawn care specialist might be able to apply it. The bermuda has to be growing for it to work. It shuts down the photosynthesis and the bermuda turns white, looks like cole slaw in the lawn.

In response to this post by ElbertoHokie

Posted: 04/12/2020 at 08:59AM

I have a patch on my grass that looks like this every winter but it’s -- vt_mughal 04/11/2020 10:53AM

You have summer grass. ** -- EDGEMAN 04/11/2020 5:02PM

Volunteer bermuda. I bet those spots look great in summer -- typed by ben 04/11/2020 1:55PM

This 👆 ** -- Galenahokie 04/12/2020 08:56AM

That looks just like my front yard. -- MP4VT2004 04/11/2020 8:17PM

Cultural practices can manage bermuda. Herbicides take a few tries -- typed by ben 04/12/2020 07:24AM

Show us an up close of the straw colored areas and we can put it to bed ** -- typed by ben 04/11/2020 1:58PM

Lotta grass experts in the Lounge I bet. ** -- GreenvilleVT 04/11/2020 1:28PM

Could be a mix of grass type. Had a neighbor that had -- UEMcGill 04/11/2020 12:54PM

And no I don’t have dogs, and the neighbors dogs are never on my lawn ** -- vt_mughal 04/11/2020 12:45PM

What time do you go to bed? ** -- Stork 04/11/2020 12:59PM

The Lounge Dog Pee Task Force briefing is underway! ** -- PhotoHokieNC 04/11/2020 12:12PM

Because you keep peeing in the same places. ** -- GreenvilleVT 04/11/2020 11:50AM

Female dog pee ** -- DaveVT 04/11/2020 11:43AM

The builders never mentioned the toxic waste dump? ** -- `lag 04/11/2020 12:51PM

Indian burial ground? ** -- Stork 04/11/2020 12:57PM

Similar idea, except I was going to say Mafia burial site. ** -- Hokie360 04/11/2020 3:36PM

We've found Jimmy Hoffa! ** -- Stork 04/11/2020 4:28PM

That's what I thought. ** -- Stork 04/11/2020 11:53AM

Male dog pee can kill grass too. ** -- GreenvilleVT 04/11/2020 11:51AM

Not the same PH as female dog — way way less grass damage ** -- DaveVT 04/11/2020 12:03PM

Maybe not as much, but my two male dogs can reek havoc on my front -- GreenvilleVT 04/11/2020 1:22PM

Same for humans ** -- PhotoHokieNC 04/11/2020 12:10PM

Or concentrated by squatting ** -- DaveVT 04/11/2020 12:07PM

Pressure pee. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 04/11/2020 12:13PM

Dormant warm season grass. Good luck getting rid of it if it's bermuda. -- ElbertoHokie 04/11/2020 11:17AM

There is a chemical called Pylex that will kill bermuda grass and not harm -- Galenahokie 04/12/2020 08:59AM

My yard is bermuda and I upped my lawn game last year. Got celsius -- ElbertoHokie 04/13/2020 09:47AM

It has the same texture and look of his green fescue. I don't -- Stork 04/11/2020 11:54AM

I live in Georgia where Bermuda grass is king.... ** -- VTUD 04/11/2020 11:20AM

zoysia? Or something else to that effect. ** -- thankbud 04/11/2020 10:57AM

Yeah, was going to say dormant Bermuda grass. -- vthokieq 04/11/2020 11:03AM

Yep ** -- capitals1 04/11/2020 11:20AM

There is a chemical called Pylex that will kill bermuda grass and not harm

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