Bright green Bermuda grass ( Cynodon dactylon ) flourish in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 7 through 10 . Few other grass species so perfectly illustrate the platitude , " One military man ’s trash is another homo ’s treasure . " Prized for its ability to pass around and fill a once - barren patch of soil , Bermuda grass dress up in the midst of a chiliad full of other skunk species may be considered a pest . Some herbicides , like Scotts Bonus S Southern Weed & Feed , can injure or kill Bermuda grass as well as some other grass metal money .
Step 1
Scotts Bonus S Southern Weed & Feed is only deal in the Gulf states — Florida , Texas , Louisiana , Alabama and Mississippi , and in South Carolina . The product is a granular mix of herbicide and fertilizer to help clean-cut eliminate mourning band and undesirable skunk metal money while providing nutritionary financial support to desirable locoweed . Scotts Bonus S place mourning band and undesirable gage in St. Augustine grass ( Stenotaphrum secundatum ) , hardy in USDA zones 8 through 10 ; centipede grass ( Eremochloa ophiuroides ) , hardy in USDA zone 7 through 10 ; zoysia grass ( Zoysia japnoica ) , proficient for USDA geographical zone 5 through 10 ; and rug Mary Jane ( Axonopus affinis ) , suitable for USDA zones 9 through 10 . While the fertilizer component of Scotts Bonus S is unlikely to harm pot mintage , the weed killer portion , atrazine , can harm not only the lovesome - time of year Bermuda grass but also cool - time of year gage like fescue ( Festuca L. ) , stout in USDA zone 4 through 7 , and bentgrass ( Agrostis L. ) , hardy in USDA zones 4 through 6 . Bermuda grass has some leeway for atrazine - free-base herbicides , according to the University of California ’s Statewide Integrated Pest Management web site . This means that trying to eliminate Bermuda pasture using Scotts Bonus S may not wreak .
Step 2
Using Scotts Bonus S
A dip or rotary spreader is generally the best equipment for circulate granular Scotts Bonus S equally over the lawn . preferences for various types of spreaders are list on the udder . The product may be used in spring , fall or tardy winter and is available in sizes to regale 5,000 - square - infantry lawn or 10,000 - square - foot lawn . The herbicide kills 25 common weeds , grant to the product label , and the 29 - 1 - 00 fertilizer mixed with the herbicide helps strengthen appropriate grasses against hot Southern summer hotness and drouth . Label statement state the product is most effective when weeds and undesirable grasses are youthful and actively grow . Once the production is spread on the lawn , it should be water in exhaustively .
Repeat Applications
If your aim is to wipe out Bermuda smoke in the yard and the first coating of Scotts Bonus S fail to kill the eatage completely , a second software program may be made . Wait two months and plow the yard again . Because Bermuda Gunter Grass may exhibit some margin to the atrazine in Scotts Bonus S , the second software may not all pop the grass .
Other Chemical Controls
Eliminating Bermuda grass is never easy . The grass reproduces by seed above earth and via rootstalk and stolons underground . Herbicides specifically formulated to vote out unwanted Bermuda grass are pronto available . These herbicides use other chemicals rather of atrazine for effective Bermuda grass control .
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