The April 1966 issue of GCSAA's magazine The Golf Superintendent included an article titled, "Kikuyu Grass Can Be Disastrous to Southern Courses." The author, Amadeo Ribo Cebrian, claimed it was "impossible to mow," that "the stolons and rhizomes mayform a virtual grass mattress (thatch), ...
Although it may appear as though the installation of a root barrier is superfluous, consider that Mondo grass is known to send out stolons that reach far away from the mother plant. While you are removing the grass from one area, it may simply grow up in a different area of the yard, ...