Apply spring pre-emergents when the 5 day average soil temps are in the 50-55F range. Or use [this tracker](https://gddtracker.msu.edu/).
If you have a question about pre-emergents, read the entire label. If you still have a question, read the entire label again.
Pre-emergents are used to prevent the germination of specific weed seeds. They don’t kill existing weeds.
Most broadleaf weeds you see in the spring can’t be prevented with normal pre emergents. You’d need to apply a specialty broadleaf pre emergent in the FALL.
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jexempt
i’ve scalped my whole yard to the dirt. it’ll grow back happy in no time.
JohnnyEastybrook
You’re fine. You have a lot of Bermuda there. It will fill back in.
xzlnvk
The roots can go down like 6 feet. Nothing to worry about.
updog_1
I wish I could get my mower that low to scalp my Bermuda. 👍🏼 good job
Admirable-Lies
It’s fine
Vex_Appeal
As someone that scalped their Bermuda last Saturday, it looks like it’s doing just fine.
TBaggins_
The Bermuda is laughing at you.
Ashamed-Status-9668
Bermuda is immortal.
CPOx
A lot of people, myself included, scalp Bermuda to dirt *on purpose*
You’ll be fine, it’s still April it might just take a little time.
tolllz
Jealous of you with Bermuda lawns. I’d have to seed if I had that bare spot with my cool season grass. Every single time. So annoying
kakapoopoopeepeeshir
Scalping around this time can actually be a good thing. It will def grow back just fine
12345-password
You can scalp it to two feet deep and it will still come back.
dsptpc
I scalped and thatched my zoysia yesterday. …every year around tax day.
d3g4d0
Scalping it as low as possible in the spring time is actually what you’re supposed to do
Reserved14u
I sprayed round up on my Bermuda one time and it laughed at me.
SuperFrog4
The absolute only thing that can kill Bermuda grass is extreme high toxicity weed and grass killer that would also kill half a city.
Nuclear weapons won’t work, they only make it stronger.
Cold doesn’t work. It goes into hibernation.
Scalping down to 1 tiny little blade doesn’t work. It comes back with a vengeance.
There is a lot of sarcasm there. You are good to go. Bermuda doesn’t mind being scalped. It helps it grow actually.
Morlanticator
Can’t kill it that way. It’s rooted so deep in the ground and far laterally. I’ve done this intentionally and it doesn’t give a heck.
Xipos
Looks like the rest of your lawn could use another pass lol
If I see a customer do this for their first Bermuda mowing and water with even inconsistent frequency I know that grass will be back in no time flat and probably looking better than the neighbors who only went down to 1 inch
casillero
Wild. I spent last season killing that stuff. So far so good hasn’t come back yet
Rectum_Ranger_
You could scalp it like that every day, spray it with glyphosate then set it on fire. The Bermuda would still come back
Twinsdad21
Sod farms scalp it three inches below the ground and the bermuda just keeps coming back.
Walloppingcod
Just need to raise that thing. It’s pest control? Raise it to soil grade and sand level around it.
toolatealreadyfapped
If my lawn mower had a setting for zero, I’d use it. As it is, 1.5″ is the best I can do
Dur_Does
That’s just a PROPER scalp. All is well. Water and enjoy
jls75076
Yea, Bermuda grows through asphalt.
Different_Quality_28
Might even grow back better.
_Strike__
In Russia you don’t scalp Bermuda. Bermuda scalps YOU.
Bert_Skrrtz
My whole neighborhood entrance burned to a crisp a couple weeks ago – just a sea of black.
It’s now the greenest damn grass I have ever seen, just a few weeks later.
9Heisenberg
After sometime you wish to have scalped your entire lawn…. There were some bumpy areas in my lawn which got scalped down to dirt during my first mow of the year. I tell you what those areas had greened up way better than rest of the lawn.
Brendan1620
“You think this will end me, human?”
Johnykbr
Bermuda is the Doomsday equivalent of grass. Everytime you kill it, it grows back stronger.
BigCoachKen
Not to hijack the thread, but how come everyone here is saying scalped Bermuda is all good, yet when I posted my scalped-to-the-dirt Bermuda lawn I was told I’m “f*cked”? This post gives me hope my lawn will return
jmsjags
Shouldn’t your termite bait be next to your house? Why is it in the middle of the yard?
Brokromah
Tis but a flesh wound for Bermuda
manofth3match
That will be the best looking spot in the yard in about two weeks.
SpaceForce45
Thats a perfect Bermuda scalp…
Echoman007
If you have seed or better yet a reseeding mix, same grass type, they have containers of it at the Tee-Offs of swanky golf courses for divot repairs. Keep it watered.
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Apply spring pre-emergents when the 5 day average soil temps are in the 50-55F range. Or use [this tracker](https://gddtracker.msu.edu/).
If you have a question about pre-emergents, read the entire label. If you still have a question, read the entire label again.
Pre-emergents are used to prevent the germination of specific weed seeds. They don’t kill existing weeds.
Most broadleaf weeds you see in the spring can’t be prevented with normal pre emergents. You’d need to apply a specialty broadleaf pre emergent in the FALL.
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/lawncare) if you have any questions or concerns.*
i’ve scalped my whole yard to the dirt. it’ll grow back happy in no time.
You’re fine. You have a lot of Bermuda there. It will fill back in.
The roots can go down like 6 feet. Nothing to worry about.
I wish I could get my mower that low to scalp my Bermuda. 👍🏼 good job
It’s fine
As someone that scalped their Bermuda last Saturday, it looks like it’s doing just fine.
The Bermuda is laughing at you.
Bermuda is immortal.
A lot of people, myself included, scalp Bermuda to dirt *on purpose*
You’ll be fine, it’s still April it might just take a little time.
Jealous of you with Bermuda lawns. I’d have to seed if I had that bare spot with my cool season grass. Every single time. So annoying
Scalping around this time can actually be a good thing. It will def grow back just fine
You can scalp it to two feet deep and it will still come back.
I scalped and thatched my zoysia yesterday. …every year around tax day.
Scalping it as low as possible in the spring time is actually what you’re supposed to do
I sprayed round up on my Bermuda one time and it laughed at me.
The absolute only thing that can kill Bermuda grass is extreme high toxicity weed and grass killer that would also kill half a city.
Nuclear weapons won’t work, they only make it stronger.
Cold doesn’t work. It goes into hibernation.
Scalping down to 1 tiny little blade doesn’t work. It comes back with a vengeance.
There is a lot of sarcasm there. You are good to go. Bermuda doesn’t mind being scalped. It helps it grow actually.
Can’t kill it that way. It’s rooted so deep in the ground and far laterally. I’ve done this intentionally and it doesn’t give a heck.
Looks like the rest of your lawn could use another pass lol
If I see a customer do this for their first Bermuda mowing and water with even inconsistent frequency I know that grass will be back in no time flat and probably looking better than the neighbors who only went down to 1 inch
Wild. I spent last season killing that stuff. So far so good hasn’t come back yet
You could scalp it like that every day, spray it with glyphosate then set it on fire. The Bermuda would still come back
Sod farms scalp it three inches below the ground and the bermuda just keeps coming back.
Just need to raise that thing. It’s pest control? Raise it to soil grade and sand level around it.
If my lawn mower had a setting for zero, I’d use it. As it is, 1.5″ is the best I can do
That’s just a PROPER scalp. All is well. Water and enjoy
Yea, Bermuda grows through asphalt.
Might even grow back better.
In Russia you don’t scalp Bermuda. Bermuda scalps YOU.
My whole neighborhood entrance burned to a crisp a couple weeks ago – just a sea of black.
It’s now the greenest damn grass I have ever seen, just a few weeks later.
After sometime you wish to have scalped your entire lawn…. There were some bumpy areas in my lawn which got scalped down to dirt during my first mow of the year. I tell you what those areas had greened up way better than rest of the lawn.
“You think this will end me, human?”
Bermuda is the Doomsday equivalent of grass. Everytime you kill it, it grows back stronger.
Not to hijack the thread, but how come everyone here is saying scalped Bermuda is all good, yet when I posted my scalped-to-the-dirt Bermuda lawn I was told I’m “f*cked”? This post gives me hope my lawn will return
Shouldn’t your termite bait be next to your house? Why is it in the middle of the yard?
Tis but a flesh wound for Bermuda
That will be the best looking spot in the yard in about two weeks.
Thats a perfect Bermuda scalp…
If you have seed or better yet a reseeding mix, same grass type, they have containers of it at the Tee-Offs of swanky golf courses for divot repairs. Keep it watered.