Back with a new Bermuda project

Bermuda, St. Augustine, Zoysia, Centipede, Bahia, Paspalum, etc
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gtnike
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Back with a new Bermuda project

Post by gtnike » August 14th, 2019, 8:55 pm

It's been such a long time I tried going to the old bestlawn site! To bring everyone up to speed I renovated my lawn from fescue to zoysia in 2011. Here is that thread. viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3725&hilit=zoysia+fescue+to+zoysia

Once the zoysia took over there wasn't much to deal with. We get enough rain I rarely had to water and I fertilized once a year in may.

Fast forward to 2018, we came across a house just outside the city with several acres. Last year was all about the house. This year I'm on to the lawn.

There is a lot of common Bermuda on the property so as much as I loved zoysia that would just be too big of a battle to fight. I am trying to focus mainly on the 1 acre surrounding the house. I purchased a pallet of tifway 419 and planted it in a few strategic locations so I can make my own little mini-sod farm.

2 things I need help with

1 - What is the easiest way to propagate the Bermuda? I have cut some plugs.like I did with the zoysia but maybe sprigs would be better?

2 - I have a lot of this green weed stuff growing. Ant ideas on what this is and how to kill it? I have sprayed weed-b-gon but this is pretty thick and I'm not getting it to die. Should I just wait until spring and put out some dimension prem and then sprig/plug?
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Re: Back with a new Bermuda project

Post by andy10917 » August 14th, 2019, 9:08 pm

Welcome back!!!

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Re: Back with a new Bermuda project

Post by gtnike » August 14th, 2019, 9:42 pm

thx Andy! been catching up, good to see some familiar names.

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Re: Back with a new Bermuda project

Post by TimmyG » August 14th, 2019, 10:58 pm

Looks like crabgrass.

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Re: Back with a new Bermuda project

Post by andy10917 » August 14th, 2019, 11:08 pm

Yup - I didn't think it could be that easy, but it sure looks like mown Crabgrass.


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Re: Back with a new Bermuda project

Post by TimmyG » August 14th, 2019, 11:25 pm

Very much so. That's exactly what crabgrass looks like when it's dense and maintained.

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Re: Back with a new Bermuda project

Post by gtnike » August 15th, 2019, 7:29 am

wow I wouldn't have thought so either because it does look so uniform. this is also right below our septic drain field so it is well-fed weeds.

Ok that explains why the weed-b-gon didn't work, I need the version with crabgrass control. Will give it a shot. Thx!

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