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I have been fighting bermuda grass for 10 years. The grass is winning. I have beautiful organically amended beds that I have to sift through every year in order to attempt to get every last bit of the grass soots, and of course, I don't, so by the fall, grass is growing all through my plants and I have do do the whole thing again. the best I have accomplished is a sort of equibrium--at least the grass isn't choking out my other plants, but it is a very time consuming, not to mention frustrating annual experience!
Pretty much the only organic solution I've read involves covering the beds with plastic in the heat of the summer for a month. -- I had tried this before I planted, and tried to remove all of the root remains afterwards-- clearly this was not entirely effective. It took a couple years before the grass really established but I've learned that one little root can repopulate the world! Plus now I have all kinds of lovely bulbs, self-seeding annuals, and perennials that I would have nowhere to put if I tried this again.
I will not use Roundup, which is why I'm posting here instead of the weeds forum
Any other suggestions?
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