Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by Southernguy311 » June 27th, 2016, 11:56 pm

J_nick wrote::good: it doesn't look like it disturbed it at all this time. I bet your neighbors hate you :blackeye: You should make a trip up north and let all us Okies give that verticutter a try

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it's barely knicking(simonr word) below the surface. It was much less disturbed this time because the previous session knocked down the high spots. I was very encouraged. Should have little to no recovery time needed.

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Re: Verticut Round 2

Post by SimonR » June 28th, 2016, 7:23 am

Southernguy311 wrote:Verticut so clean this time!

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That is nice! No ripping at all. Can you post a pic of the blade design and set-up on the verticutter please SG?
Southernguy311 wrote: it's barely knicking(simonr word) below the surface. It was much less disturbed this time because the previous session knocked down the high spots. I was very encouraged. Should have little to no recovery time needed.
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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by lagerman72 » June 28th, 2016, 9:20 am

Looks fantastic, great job!

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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by appalachianturf » June 29th, 2016, 8:09 pm

table salt and water is all you need on paspalum to control weeds.


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1500

Post by Southernguy311 » July 13th, 2016, 9:39 pm

Thought I would share a mid summer picture. Thriving right along. Having some regrets not applying a very light periodic dose of Proxy or Primo to subdue the seedhead expression. I still haven't been able to pinpoint why I'm getting more than normal. If I continue to see seedheads I will start a PGR regimen just for that.

Seedheads aside I couldn't be happier with the turf performance. Keeping the irrigation lean and with this being the second season, I'm so pleased with the drought tolerance.

1500 posts!!

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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by andy10917 » July 13th, 2016, 9:50 pm

Very nice!!!

PS: congrats on the 1500-post number.

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Congrats

Post by Ware » July 13th, 2016, 10:36 pm

Southernguy311 wrote:...1500 posts!!
Wow, 100 posts a month! There's a word for that - it rhymes with ghost door. ;)

:good: on the grass.

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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by Ware » August 3rd, 2016, 11:18 am

Thinking of you...

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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by Southernguy311 » August 3rd, 2016, 7:11 pm

Looks like it's just getting started ? Any indicator of what different cultivars they were testing ?

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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by Ware » August 3rd, 2016, 7:52 pm

Southernguy311 wrote:Looks like it's just getting started ? Any indicator of what different cultivars they were testing ?

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I didn't have time to ask, but anxious to go back once it is established. :good:

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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by Southernguy311 » January 4th, 2017, 11:13 am

Winter Update:

An extremely dry and cooler than normal weather pattern through the fall led to my turf losing that deep green color a little earlier this year. Had some periods of growth but I've mowed probably 4-5 times since October, but never enough to recover the color loss.

Dry weather aside, we haven't experienced any freezing temps and the green color(albeit not deep green) has stuck around.

The cable company cut through both sides of my lawn which you can see if you look closely. Only green lawn left in my neighborhood though, so thankful

Hope everyone is enjoying 2017 so far!


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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by iriasj2009 » January 4th, 2017, 11:16 pm

Keep it up!!!

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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by Dchall_San_Antonio » January 9th, 2017, 3:49 pm

I'm having trouble finding info on cold tolerance of seashore paspalum. I found "does not tolerate freezing weather," but it didn't go on to say what happens when it freezes. Does it go dormant like bermuda or does it go dead?

I admit I did not read all 15 pages of replies on this topic. Did y'all cover watering? Does deep and infrequent watering work? Again, none of the sites I found address that. Most talk about tolerance to flooding, but not watering frequency or depth.

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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by Southernguy311 » January 11th, 2017, 2:08 pm

Dchall_San_Antonio wrote:
January 9th, 2017, 3:49 pm
I'm having trouble finding info on cold tolerance of seashore paspalum. I found "does not tolerate freezing weather," but it didn't go on to say what happens when it freezes. Does it go dormant like bermuda or does it go dead?

I admit I did not read all 15 pages of replies on this topic. Did y'all cover watering? Does deep and infrequent watering work? Again, none of the sites I found address that. Most talk about tolerance to flooding, but not watering frequency or depth.

When Paspalum meets freezing weather, the reaction is similiar to that of Bermuda and it goes dormant. It literally takes a very heavy prolonged frost or multiple frosts to make it turn dormant brown. I imagine if it were planted on a northern zone there would be some winter kill experienced, but none here in the south.

Regarding watering. Fairly drought tolerant. I utilized the smart watering cycle on my Rachio this year and had success keeping the grass happy and saved at least $500 of my water bill over the course of the growing season. With the sandy soil my system never put down more than 1/2 inch at a time and allowed moisture depletion was set to 10%. It never watered more than twice in a 7 day period all season.

Yes, the turf can handle being submerged for several days or weeks, but there's several things that can happen to a soil profile when standing water in persistent. Eventually can lead to black layer and poor soil conditions and then disease. I have one spot on the border between one of the neighbors that is like this. If a disease outbreak is imminent, it's going to show up in that area first every single time.

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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by Southernguy311 » January 12th, 2017, 11:01 pm

Found this today
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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by Begotten » January 12th, 2017, 11:59 pm

Southernguy311 wrote:
January 4th, 2017, 11:13 am

Only green lawn left in my neighborhood though, so thankful

Hope everyone is enjoying 2017 so far!
Centipede is always the first to bite the dust when temps drop, and it looks awful in dormancy. It's the only thing I don't like about it.

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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by Jayhawkmba » April 1st, 2017, 12:54 am

New stadium down the street, braves again chose “Seashore Paspalum Platinum TE” shade tolerance, recovery, and slowing down balls.

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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by Cosmacelf » December 4th, 2017, 12:52 am

Southernguy311 wrote:
January 11th, 2017, 2:08 pm
When Paspalum meets freezing weather, the reaction is similiar to that of Bermuda and it goes dormant. It literally takes a very heavy prolonged frost or multiple frosts to make it turn dormant brown. I imagine if it were planted on a northern zone there would be some winter kill experienced, but none here in the south.
I'm thinking of getting this here in coastal San Diego. Maybe once per year it might reach 32.5 degrees for a few hours in the middle of the night, but that's about it. I am guessing (hoping) it would never go dormant?
Southernguy311 wrote:
January 11th, 2017, 2:08 pm
Regarding watering. Fairly drought tolerant. I utilized the smart watering cycle on my Rachio this year and had success keeping the grass happy and saved at least $500 of my water bill over the course of the growing season. With the sandy soil my system never put down more than 1/2 inch at a time and allowed moisture depletion was set to 10%. It never watered more than twice in a 7 day period all season.
And how long does it water for? ie. about how long is each watering session?

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Re: Paspalum (Seashore)(Paspalum Vaginatum)

Post by Green » December 17th, 2017, 8:18 pm

I'm a big fan of Seashore Paspalum. I have no personal experience with growing it, because it's too cold half the year where I live to grow it properly...it would get killed in the Winter and would be dormant half the year. But in an area where it's useable, it has a lot of great qualities...heat tolerance, good color, dense, tolerates low mowing, nicer looking than Bermuda (imho), salt tolerant (you can irrigate with salt water if needed, or kill weeds by sprinkling table salt), has stolons and rhizomes, and doesn't need mowing as often as Bermuda. I like the cultivars "Sea dwarf" and "Aloha". They hold up well even mowed below an inch, and are pretty durable to traffic. If I ever have a place I need to grow Southern/tropical grass, this species will be my choice, no contest.

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