Wow. I just love the way your Bermuda grass looks. It almost has the look of artificial turf. I live in So. Ca, near Palm Springs. It gets extremely hot in the summer and I have very hard soil. Would Bermuda do well in drought and heat conditions? Thx
We have clay/hard ground as well, hot summers with little to no rain. A little irrigation helps keep the lawn green, but the Bermuda eats up the heat. 🤙🏼
Great video and great idea having both in your lawn. I love the idea of a border. I have 5 diffrent cultivars in my lawn . The greatest battle is between the St Augustine and bermuda. Here in Va the St Augustine usually will win out.
Lived in one house in the Houston area with a St Augustine yard for 12 years. It was a super thick carpet of something between a forest and emerald green. Other than mulch mowing it, we did jack all to it. No fertilizer. Hardly ever watered it. Except maybe when we did the slip-n-slide thing. Or that Fun Fountain clown thing. The only area we ever had die back was under a tire-swing. That yard seemed pretty indestructible with 6 kids plus neighborhood kids thrashing about. I'm at a loss for why you lawn guys seem to describe St Augustine as more or less delicate. Come to think of it. We also more of less didn't have any weed problems. But then again. You had to pry apart the 1/4 inch root shield under the grass blades to get to soil. That probably wasn't conducive to weeds. So maybe the yard flooding that seemed to happen every 3 to 4 years or so had something to do with it. Replenished a lot of nutrients in the soil or something? Honestly, no clue. But that yard defies most of what I hear about St. Augustine.
There’s also something to be said about the age of the lawn. Most younger lawns haven’t developed the resiliency and root system of an older lawn. I think that has a lot to do with it as well!
The point of the tuna cans is to help you determine how long it takes to get that amount of water applied. Then you’ll know how frequently to water to get the desired amount. You can also place the cans into different locations in the lawn to make sure you get an even application. Best of luck!
@rmn2 I like to use the tuna can test to determine water applied to the lawn. I usually wait to see some signs of heat stress before I water. That could be the leaf blades beginning to “curl” or “fold”. Best of luck!
I’ve used Super Clean for years. Highly recommend wearing nitrile gloves when using Super Clean. It’s corrosive and will burn your skin if you’re not careful. Just sayin’
You mentioned hoping to keep the Bermuda from going dormant. Were you able to do that? If so how? I am in SW Florida and the only issue we have with our Bermuda is that it looks bad when dormant. Thanks!
Honestly, it lasts pretty long in the winter here. Unfortunately, any frost sends it into dormancy. We only had a couple freezes this past winter and the Bermuda was very confused!
I quit edging the Bermuda area and it definitely creeped into the edges of my Bermuda, but not a takeover by any means. I have since started hand pulling some stolons to push the St. Aug back out.
The soaking method doesn't seem to work for me. It seems the runners have an expire time if they don't root. I am trying to plant fresh runners that are already rooting and keeping them watered. Still slow, but I think they are living. We had a big rain that seemed to prompt fresh runners. I grabbed those.
Maybe try planting some runners into a bucket or pot of sand for a couple weeks, just keep it watered and part shade? I had decent luck doing that method as well.
Bro that main brown spot was probably mostly due to sun reflecting off your truck windows. Burns it. That I’m addition to the problems you stated. Did you ever get it resolved?
The angle of the sun at my location doesn’t reflect in that direction. It very likely was caused by foot traffic during wet/damp conditions. Usually grass with lots of dew in the morning when I leave for work. Got it to recover!
You showed a week out update from the topsoil/peat moss treatment. What happened as time went by? That section with the chlorosis looks almost identical to what I'm seeing in my St. Augustine versus the just totally dead section you showed in your TARR videos.
Perfect video! I just picked up a used 20” McLane as well and need to maintenance it just like you did. Also picking up the RR grooved roller and grass catcher cover!
Bermuda is good but if you keep it short. If you let it grow more than an inch it will pollinate and if you are allergic to pollen it can make you miserable for days. Bag the clippings. Zoisia not drought resistant but also is better for the allergic it pollinates after 2 inches then you are sol.
Have to get the ones with roots. Near driveway, sidewalk, fence, or garden/ landscape areas. I used to plant them directly into bare/ dead weed areas and have to water them and keep close eye. Now I plant them into 2”x 4” deep pvc to make plugs, then pro plugger does the rest of the work when roots are well established. Thank you and great video
@donslawns1 Oh ok. Thank you so much for replying back to me. Do you think it would do well in southwest Louisiana? I wasn't sure where you are located.
Can Bermuda grass be kept taller? I like my grass to be a little taller. But everything you're saying about the Bermuda is appealing to me, other than that 5/8" thing.
@@donslawns1 but it takes a longer time. 1 minute for 1000 sq feet is good. That little dial with oz tells how much of the product goes out in 1min. 8 OZ is the max on the dial per min so it's 4 mins of moving that hose to spray out a full jar. Why walk 4000sq feet?
@@gg80108 You’ll get a more even coverage of product by making the application in multiple passes. Much like using a granular product- multiple passes in multiple directions gives a more even coverage.
This is an new post from an older video. I'm gonna speak from Experience (I live in Georgia). I started with about a 3'-4' circumference kind of bare patch, and My runners that I planted from less than 20 runner's, have aggressively taken over a Huge yard!! This guy don, wasted a Lot of time. Where he pulled & cut the runners in that patch & replanted it ... All you have to do is leave it attached to the existing runner (still planted in the ground & redirect the loose end, back in to the soil). Don't cut, or dig it up! Just cover the roots! You can loosen the soil a bit with a pitch fork, by just jabbing some holes in the soil. But, you don't have to go to This extreme! Make sure the runners that you use have roots. The roots have to be intact with the soil - just dig a slitted trench, to fit the roots in & cover them! That's it! Also, run the new piece under an intact piece, that's already rooted good (to keep it attached to the soil). Same thing if you take the rooted runner to another area of your yard! Keep the area moist; Don't use chemicals. St. Augustine is Highly Sensitive. That's WHY the existing grass & the New, is yellow & brown. That's Not a good sign! There is Nothing needed except water! I'm starting on my 5th yard this year (for other's), all from the runner's that I pull from my Own yard!! I intentionally let the runners go over the curb, so they create roots. I cut a section that has 2-3 roots, and that's what I use to plant elsewhere. I originally redirected it in my own yard, but it's more that healthy & full!! If you cut sections off & put them in shallow water, the roots can get really long (but sometimes it's too much to work with).
The threading it under and existing stolon if possible is solid advice, thank you. Also, to add to your dip in water for a few days tip, if you buy those seed germination plastic trays with the humidity hood, the runners love it, the water and high humidity are perfect.
I recently purchased a home and they put down st. Augustine and then we had a drought so watering was restricted, and I think somehow Bermuda was either in the ground previously or something, but it seems like the Bermuda has over taken the back yard, but not the front yard. I’m new to this so I thought it was weeds initially, but after research I see it’s Bermuda. Idk if I should just buy Bermuda seeds and spread them without the wife knowing or just keep watering and occasionally fertilize. Idk what to do but my new yard needs work.
The two grasses will cohabitate fine, I would just focus on getting the lawn healthy and strong. Once you get Bermuda- it’s almost impossible to get rid of it. 😂
My parents have had St. Augustine in Central Florida for 25 years and it’s lovely in their lawn! So soft, so dark green, and one of the few lawns in their neighborhood that doesn’t brown during winter.
@@lostinsnakes we average a couple freezes in the winter, which usually shuts down everyone’s yard. The Bermuda typically wakes up a lot quicker than the St. Augustine though.
