Fusilade Selective Herbicide II 73215, White

So far...based on performance it is 5-Stars! Update August 21, 2015: Areas hardest hit are all coming back but still have some Bermuda in places. I will be applying a 2/10 oz per gallon mixture this weekend to kill the last of the Bermuda and hopefully make the spring growing season better. Update July 14, 2015: I still give it 5-Stars. I applied the Fusilade in April 2015 and here are my observations. I actually did three different levels of application and here are the results. In all cases a Non-ionic surfactant was used first. .6 ounce per gallon of water based on the label directions. Too strong a mixture, crushed the Bermuda but also hit my Zoysia pretty hard. Although the Zoysia is finally coming back this mixture is way too strong and leaves the area open to more weeds, garbage grasses, and of course more Bermuda. This section is probably back to 40-50% pre-spray levels and I will need to respray again due to Bermuda sliding back in. .4 ounce per gallon was not too bad but still hit the Zoysia hard. Took care of the Bermuda but also still hit the Zoysia to the point it took some time for it to come back - grass is probably at 75% of pre-spray levels but no recurrent Bermuda. .2 ounce per gallon seemed the perfect rate for my lawn. Took care of the Bermuda, but not hard on the Zoysia and that section of the lawn is back to normal. No recurrent Bermuda, Zoysia grass is nice and healthy. My recommendation...test, test, test and find the right mixture for your specific lawn. If you want to get rid of wild Bermuda...this stuff will do the job, you just need to take into consideration the grasses you want to keep. My location: Nashville, Tennessee Lawn: Sodded Zoysia three years old Preparation: Using an attachment on my mower cut and thatched the entire lawn to clean out some of the thickness, Bermuda stamens, and old thatch. Purchased Fusilade II based on the recommendation of the company that installed my Zoysia lawn. Needed to control the Bermuda creep which was slowly taking over one side of my yard. It is extremely important to read the instructions in the flyer on the bottle, review some of the blogs online, and consult with a lawn installer or a local Zoysia lawn expert if you have questions. The first thing to figure out is how much Fusilade II versus water to cover 1,000 square feet. Bottom line…practice it by measuring out 1,000 sq ft and doing a pass with your sprayer containing water first. Make sure you spray the area to be treated with Fusilade II with a Non-ionic surfactant first, this helps the Fusilade II adhere to the grass. Many blogs state you can use a mixture of dish detergent and water, etc. but you can get Non-ionic surfactant for under $5 at your local garden store. I spent way too much on getting my yard sodded with Zoysia to play around here. Noted when the Bermuda was starting to come out of dormancy and sprayed first with the Non-ionic surfactant and then with the Fusilade II based on my 1,000 sq ft trial. Now two weeks after spraying my Zoysia lawn is really coming in thick. I noticed the areas I sprayed with Fusilade II are still a bit sparse and noticeably thin. When I looked at the sparse areas I noticed the Bermuda was severely stunted and not growing as it usually does. See the picture but the Bermuda is stunted, no stamens running everywhere, and the blades are browning. However, I am not seeing any damage to the Zoysia and it seems to be doing OK. Due to the slow nature of Zoysia I am sure it will take months for it to really come in and hopefully regain control of the areas the Bermuda had attacked. I will be putting the second application on my grass this week with hopes it limits the Bermuda enough to allow my Zoysia to regain control.

First off, I owe a debt of gratitude to Joe from Tennessee for writing his excellent review on this product. Without the advice contained in his review, I likely would have done more damage to my lawn rather than helping it. I have an expensive, once beautiful zoysia lawn that has been badly invaded by evil bermuda grass. My lawn care company and an independent consultant both said there was nothing that could be done about it. I turned to “the internets,” and eventually found the research paper on the topic of bermuda invasions of zoysia grass published by the agricultural extension service in Tennessee, which recommends this product. Then I found the product here on Amazon, and read every review that mentioned zoysia, including Joe’s very thorough review. I bought this product and the Amazon-recommended surficant. The product arrived on the morning of the Fourth of July, 2019, ahead of schedule. I decided to apply the product right away even though it had rained the night before because it was already late in the year to apply the stuff in Texas and I was going out of town and it would be even hotter by the time I got back. According to multiple sources, ideally it would be applied around the first week in June, before the weather gets blazing hot, and should not be applied near the peak of summer). I mixed the poison and surficant at a rate of .2 ounces per gallon of poison and sprayed liberally. When I returned home four days later the bermuda was already browning, and the zoysia showed no impact. One month later, over 90% of the Bermuda that was sprayed is dead. Some of the zoysia sprayed is a little stunted, but it is all alive. A few sprigs of new Bermuda are popping up in the sprayed area. I will spray those in the fall. I failed to spray some other areas of the yard that had little bits of Bermuda, and in those areas the Bermuda is growing rapidly. My neighbor suggested that given the very small areas of these other invasions, that I make a mixture, put on a dish glove, put an absorbent garden glove over the dish glove, dip my hand in the mixture, and then gently grab the offending glass and pull on it, thereby rubbing the poison only where it is needed. I might try that in the fall to avoid any stunting of the zoysia at that time. Also, this fall, where I spray, I may experiment with an even more diluted solution of .1 ounces per gallon. This bottle offers enough poison to last a thousand years on an average sized lawn. Bottom line, this is miracle poison. I am very excited about the results I have had so far to a very vexing problem. Also, experiment with doses lower than that recommended on the bottle, especially later in the season and/or in blazing hot areas like Texas. Update: September 2020: I sprayed again in the late fall of 2019 at a rate of .1 oz./1 gal. The grass went dormant before I could determine a result. The remaining bermuda returned aggressively in spring 2020. I waited until late spring and spayed again at a ratio of .15/oz/gal. That, VERY slowly, killed almost all the remaining bermuda, but also stunted the zoysia’s spring growth. Now it’s fall, bermuda is all but completely gone, and the zoysia is slowly filling in the bald spots. My advice - be patient and play the long game, and you’ll win. I think the perfect dose for central Texas is .16-.18 oz./gal., and next spring, I will hit any patches as soon as the grass starts growing.