Removing Fescue from Bermudagrass Lawns: Safe Glyphosate Application Techniques

Tempting to spray glyphosate (Roundup) on green winter weeds/fescue in dormant Bermuda—but only on fully dormant Bermuda, with extreme caution.

Critical Safety Check

Get on hands and knees. Examine base of grass plants. If ANY greenery, DO NOT SPRAY.

Other Winter-Dormant Grasses

Centipedegrass, zoysiagrass, St. Augustinegrass NEVER go fully dormant. Too dangerous to ever apply Roundup to them.

Safe "Paint" Technique for Any Dormant Grass

1. Wrap old cotton towel/T-shirt around leaf rake tines.
2. Saturate cloth with glyphosate.
3. "Paint" onto green weeds growing above brown grass.
4. Old "Swiffer" pad also works.

Results not immediate; weed damage visible in weeks.

this bermudagrass is not dormant

Roundup damage