r/bermudagrass

N TX. Hot as hell hope I didn’t make a mistake. Tips to get it nice, green, and thick in the coming weeks? I have some 20-0-0 fert and watering like crazy.

It’s been 100 and higher now for a few weeks and isn’t letting up. Had new Bermuda out in about 3 months or so ago. Came in fine, not sure if I’m now watering it too little or too much?

Sprinklers are Hunter pro spray with mo rotators that’s state they dump 0.4 per hour. Grass is on a slight slope. I’ve had the sprinklers set to water every other day starting at 4am for one hour per zone, so it that should get enough down over the week. Should I change to every day during this heat and how much if so?

I’ve included a few photos if any of your wonderful people could tell me if I need to water more or less?

Also getting some kind of crab grass starting to come in?

Thanks in advance for your help 😃💦 ☀️

Evidently they love it but say I’m making them look bad 🤣💪🏽 if their was a yard award “I’d have the best in the neighborhood” 🙌🏼 that was my goal this season. We ain’t done yet! Reel mowed yesterday at 3/4” tough in these 100+ temps

Had this sod installed back in 9/2020

Hi everyone,

Just want to get some advice on what to do with lawn situation. Live in the greater Memphis TN area, I have about 5,500 sqft of lawn, about 1,500,-2,000 of it is zoysia, rest is Bermuda. Zoysia was put down under oak trees in front of the house as it only gets about 2-3 hours of sun and not even full sun, I do have Bermuda growing on the same plot of land where I have the zoysia, which makes it very difficult to grow something consistent. It looks exactly like you’d think, literally in the middle of the plot it’s just split in half making it also look weird. What would you recommend doing to make the transition look less awful? FYI I attached a picture of the mixed lawn, and also two Individual ones of the zoysia and Bermuda, but there is a difference of a couple of days as I began preparation for scalping the Bermuda so that’s why it looks dormant.
Any help would be appreciated!

S. Alabama - Zone 8b - common Bermuda
-Celsius + Drive XLR8 application on 6-23
-Aerated and PGF complete applied on 6-30
-Crabgrass died off after 2-3 weeks (first pic)
-Crabgrass started coming back about a week after it was all gone
-Drive XLR8 second application on 7-29
-PGR applied on 8-2
-second and third pic are from today, just applied Scott’s green max in attempt to get some color back.

I’m looking for advice on how to proceed with getting rid of the crabgrass. After the second application of Drive XLR8, there was pretty bad yellowing (I think because of excessive heat) but it also didn’t seem to kill it off. Do I do another application of the quinclorac?

Have a bit of infestation going on here need some advice. I’m so tired of digging, but will do if best option.

HOW DO I GET RID OF THIS WEED?

I’m willing to roundup, but not sure how I would get the Bermuda back alive.

Thoughts??

Hi everyone! I'm in Central Texas and could use some lawn advice.

As you can see in the pictures, a large section of my front yard is basically bare soil with little to no grass left. I'm not really sure what caused the grass to die in this area.

I previously tried aerating and seeding, but unfortunately it didn't help.

I'm now planning to install sod (Bermuda grass)in the bare area. Before I do that, I want to make sure I'm addressing whatever caused the problem in the first place so the new sod doesn't end up dying too.

There's a large tree in this area with some exposed roots. I've already had the tree trimmed to allow more sunlight into the area, but I'm still wondering whether the tree roots, remaining shade, soil condition, watering, or something else could be contributing to the problem.

Once the sod is installed, what's the best watering and maintenance routine for the first few weeks so it establishes properly?

I don't have an in-ground sprinkler system, so I'll be using an above-ground sprinkler/hose setup.

Any advice based on the photos would be really appreciated, especially from anyone dealing with lawns in Central Texas.

Hello all,

I recently ripped out the smelly dog pee filled artificial turf in my backyard and laid some Bermuda hybrid sod. Before I laid it down, I threw down some drought tolerant bluegrass. It has all come in nicely and not needing to water very much so far!

My question: do I still need to put in Rye in the fall? Or will the bluegrass take over?

I am in zone 9b, Phx, AZ

Hello all! Last year I bought a new construction home (Atlanta, GA) and for the first time in my life I have a strictly Bermuda grass lawn. I’ve been following UGA’s guidelines for feeding, pesticides, herbicides etc. and religiously mowing and watering my lawn. During the last two months I’ve been mowing at 2 inches 2-3 times a week and up until yesterday’s mow this hasn’t happened to me. My yard has terrible grading so I know it will never look perfect but I have yet to have a problem with how much brown is showing through now.

Do I scalp and reset the lawn this late in August or do I just increase the height of my rotary mower deck until it’s ready to go dormant? I’m not confident in my ability to fix how poorly graded this yard is.

Almost fully recovered from summer scalp & HOC reset. Extra rain in NC last few weeks sure has helped.

My McLane got delivered this afternoon. Was mowing at 1.25” with a 48” zero turn. Took it down to 1” with this beauty. Can’t wait to cut again and again and again. 🤣💪🏽 dominating the neighborhood but we aren’t done yet 🔥