Dedicated to educating viewers on the maintenance requirements of Centipede grass and how to get it to perform and look its best. Also some helpful DIY tips. Thanks for watching!
Hey, I’m in coastal NC, what are your thoughts on iron supplement to green up a little, I was looking at a 6-0-0 liquid lawn booster from simple solutions? Thanks, love your videos, keep them coming!
3 weeks ago did a test application of Fahrenhiet and it smoked spurge. Did a combo of that with Empero and a tablespoon of 2-4-d per gallon spot spraying. Its taking down chamberbitter, spurge and nutsedge with no damage to grass. i got majority centipede with st augustine and some bermuda. so far so good. How did the isoxaben granular do for you? im considering getting it in WG form for pre-emergent.
There is a product called Blindside that is supposed to kill Bahia and Crabgrass and be safe on centipede. I haven’t tried it myself but it’s supposed to work well
The big keys are mowing consistently, staying away from root pruning pre emergents like Dimension and Barricade and keeping the bare spots lightly watered. Also carbon applications or peat moss really help
Thank you thank you thank you brother! I was looking for something safe for the lawn that would kill chamber bitter. I never knew the name but I can’t stand it. 😂 It triggers my trypophobia bad.
Saw a video where some wanted to make their lawn greener, they said, and they used a product called Fish SEAWEED Fertilizer. Is there any benefit to using a product like that to our lawns? I ask because back in my early fire career we had a protein foam used for firefighting. It had a fish by product in it. Guys would take that home and put it down and they had the greenest yards, hell it would grow grass on bricks. Thanks again for everything as your information and advice had brought my lawn a long way back to looking good again.
Absolutely, seaweed has many benefits to any plant including grass. Contains growth hormones which cause the grass to grow like crazy. There are many liquid seaweed products on Amazon and the Lowe’s fertilizer I recommend has some Sea Kelp meal in it. Great for root growth too
Is it safe to use the Fertilome product today? I ask because we have had about 10+ inches of rain in the last 16 days. Mowing every 5 days because vrhe growth has really taken off. The Perslane or Spurge blossomed big time so I want to make sure it's okay to spray know. Used it in the fall and this spring and it knocked it out pretty good.
I live in the Dallas Fort Worth area and attempting to establish a small plot of centipede grass the tiff Blair variety. We had one day of snow this year in January and it survived. What do you think the chances are of establishing a centipede Lawn here in the Dallas area?
Im in Central Florida, I use Celsius. Works well. I do take exception with Atrazine. I had a lawn service treating my lawn and just about killed it. I cancelled them, They claimed all the used for weed control was Atrazine. I even had them do a test patch and it killed the grass within a week. Its taken 2 years for it to come back. So, carefull with the atrazine.
@@CentipedeCentralLawnCare That's exactly how they control weeds here. They spray almost every 30 days in the summer. And 95% of the lawns here are St. Augustine, which tolerates Atrazine well. I use Celsius every 30 or so days at medium to light dose as spot treatment. I'm trying to get my neighbors St. Augustine to take over my lawn. Previous owners had Centipede installed. It is the wrong grass for central florida.
Thanks for another great video. I have had some great luck with the Fertilome spray bottle. Yard really suffered from Spurge and Perslane, this knocked it out for sure.
You are our missing link! Being new to centipede and literally learning how to have a healthy green lawn without weeds is like going back to college. Thank you for all this great information! You said to apply it monthly. Is that throughout the whole year? We live on NC coast. Thanks again.
I try to limit the amount of chemicals I put down throughout the year. So probably not use all 4 in one year but if spot spraying it’s generally fine. It’s good to have these in the arsenal for different needs. For example it’s good to have Celsius for chamberbitter and Change Up is great for general broadleaf weed control. I will probably stop using atrazine now that I am using Isoxaben (Gallery) which I’m very impressed with as a pre-emergent. If you haven’t seen my video on it check it out
Been following your channel for a few years. Great advice. Also like guy over it lawn Care life Jason. I love Change-Up! It works great on lespedeza. I spot spray so it's very economical I've also used Celsius it does a great job but like you said it is slow. I still have some left . Will be putting that down soon Atrazine is my go to early spring or fall application on centipede. It works is a pre-emergent and a post emergent. But I buy it straight. Spectracide made out of other things so I don't trust it completely. Thanks for your continued updates
I think I read you're supposed to apply it going backwards so that you're not walking through it as you're spraying. Basically, start at the farthest part away from where your hose is and work your way back towards your house.
Great information on products that are relatively safe on centipede. A couple of honorable mentions would be tenacity and sedgehammer. Also, I would like to mention that Celsius and sedge hammer can be purchased in a small packet to save your pocket via Amazon or domyown websites…
Thank you so much for your knowledge on centipede grass. I have a question top tier 3 (ferti-llome) and 4 (weed stop). I bought several hose spray bottles of weed stop as well as granules. It is July 18th when should I apply weed stop? I want to use up my inventory of this product before I go as more😎
You can spray now and see what it does for you but ideally either before green up (before lawn comes out of dormancy in spring) or a couple of weeks after green up. Or you could do an early fall application to help prevent some fall weeds. It’s really your choice
Interesting question. For centipede each runner (stolon) is it’s own individual plant to a degree. A healthy stolon will be able to spread and tack down into the soil. As far as water transport I’m not exactly sure but I think probably not
At first no because it does do some damage to the stolons. But if you have a thatch problem or compacted soil it’s great to do. The best time to do it is during growing season May-July
Wish I knew how to distinguish centipede from St Augustine and Bahia. They all look identical, which makes treating Mom's Florida lawn more challenging. Very Best Regards, Tom Scott Author ● Speaker ● World's Leading Expert on the Corrupt U.S. Legal System _Stack the Legal Odds in Your Favor_ _Our American Injustice System_
So on a runner (stolon), centipede has alternating nodes that extend from it. St Augustine the nodes are in the same spot so it looks like a “T”. I’ll try to do a video on identification. Thanks
Milorganite has good low Nitrogen and Iron which will give color response but I stay away from it because centipede doesn’t like Phosphorus and it’s a bio solid based fertilizer which probably contains all kids of toxic metals etc in it
Definitely not daily. Centipede is pretty drought tolerant. It needs about 1” a week if possible. Maybe in the heat of summer water twice a week. But one good rain and centipede bounces back
Great information. Thanks for educating us on Centipede Grass. I Live in SC and have centipede grass for a new house bought in Feb 2024. So far I have been only watering the grass as you had recommended about 1-2" per week. Did my soil testing and found out that my soil is low on Phosphorus, Potassium, magnesium & Calcium, PH is good. Planning to do following, let me know if I am in right direction 1. Put Sta - Green 16-0-10 as per your instructions in two phases and also use Sta-Green lawn Multi nutrients to improve the soil health. 2. I havent mowed my grass yet, there are some brown patches and some weeds around, but not so bad. The grass is still very much green but uneven. 3. When should I use the Preemergent and weed killer? Any particular product you would recommend? What should I start with now and how should I go about in coming months. Thanks!
Sounds like a good plan. Be careful with overwatering it will promote fungus this time of year. Also may want to do an insecticide app. For weeds I recommend Celsius or Fertilome Weed Free Zone. Preemergent recommended is Gallery. See latest video for reasons why. Thanks for watching
@@CentipedeCentralLawnCare Thank you for the confirmation! Just wanted to know what order I should go about putting all these, should I first go with Sta Green Natural Fertilizer along with Multi Nutrient feed ? When should I introduce weed Killer and Emergent? Thanks again for the valuable information!
Having a hard time keeping my grass watered. Keeps turning blue and curling. I live near the Carolina coast and no matter what I do looks sick every day when it heats up. Any thoughts?
Haven’t heard of grass turning blue. When it turns purple it’s usually potassium deficiency. Be sure you aren’t overwatering. Centipede is pretty drought tolerant and only needs 1” water a week
