Hey @@LawnInsider, love your channel too! This is the first season for the Bermuda and encroaching isn't a problem yet. I think the Bermuda will be the encroaching one, as it can creep into the St. Aug when I don't keep a very close eye on it.
Thanks for the good information and getting right to the point without rambling on. I watched a few other videos that took the presenter 20 minutes for what could have been said in 10
We had St. Aug lawn when I was younger... It was much harder to take care of... Mowering... Edging... I scalped it once a year the mess was terrible. Yes the fungi was there. We had the best lawn on Brentwood Dr. Am 70 years n retired... I would not have a St. Aug lawn in one's retirement years. Keep up the good work.
St. Augustine is so plushy and beautiful and nice to walk on barefoot. Don't hate me but if you look up Bermuda--some places call it a weed. Bermuda weed. 😂 But to each his own! I love love love St. Aug and I hope I eventually can get it in my front yard since I have it only in the back. My front yard looks horrible with the Bermuda. So thin and flat.
St. Augustine's other nickname is "carpet grass" and it feels like that when walked on. When younger, my kids loved its thickness and enjoyed tumbling and doing cartwheels because of its cushioning advantage. I've never had fungus, bald spots or bug infestation, but then my lawn is 25 years old. It is mowed in different directions to make it stand straight up. It tells you when its thirsty, stays beautifully green and thick all year round in South Texas. It grows well and beautifully under the shade of the Live Oak trees I have. When watered deeply, it sends down deep roots to take care of itself. Even during droughts, my lawn survives while others don't.
I’ve had St Augustine in both Texas and California and never had an issue with disease. It has always grown very well in shade with no bare spots. It will definitely tell you when it needs water and I wait for it do exactly that during times of drought or water restrictions and it looks normal the next day
I live in the blistering heat of west texas, I keep my bermuda taller...around the 3 inch mark. We have to due to the amount of sun/heat we get. It does very well at length as well.
Awesome video! I've had St A for about 10 years and we're potentially moving to a house where they are laying Bermuda sod (it's a new build). I'm excited for the change, as being in Austin and living in a corner lot, I have to water a LOT. Plus, like you, I much prefer mowing low
Im tired of St Aug, trying out Bermuda soon, I love walking in the portions of wild Bermuda in my lawn that are cut short, the lower I cut the Bermuda, the tighter the blades get and they are much smaller, common good enough
Thanks for the video. Question to anyone who knows the answer. I just moved into a home in Houston and this is the first time we see grass coming to life. It turns out they had a mix of Bermuda and St Augustine but with Bermuda taking over about 70% of the yard. Thinking Bermuda had a bad rep, I considered killing it to leave space for St Augustine to grow. But now considering its advantages, I was thinking about keeping as is. If I let both grow together, which grass type will end up taking over my yard? Will Bermuda overtake St Augustine or vice versa? Tks.
It’s unlikely you’ll ever completely get rid of either without specific action to do so, but if you mow high consistently, the SA will do better and if you mow low consistently the Bermuda will thrive more.
@@LawnInsider Awesome… To bad your neighbors to the left and right haven’t jumped on the reel low mowing band wagon 😁 My 13 yr old boy is starting a mowing business because of your example in our neighborhood.
I have a mixture of St Augustine and Bermuda but I like the St Augustine grass because it’s thicker and it looks nicer so I want to get a grass seed and have it all St Augustine but I don’t think grass seed is going to convert it. I need to have it all turned over.
So if I have both, I’ve got to pick one of the other because I’d have to raise and lower my low height all the time which sucks late to the game on this one moved into a house and it has both and I even think it’s got some zoysia as well 😢
You can use any of the products labeled for warm season lawns that they sell at Lowe’s or Home Depot and you’ll be fine. Usually our local stores will cater to our local grass types.
I'm on 1/2 acre lawn fully sodded with st. Augustine. Bermuda has started to take over and 1/2 my lawn is now Bermuda. Hate it but I guess I'm a Bermuda guy now.
So was your bermuda seed or sod? I know that SOD is hybrid and seed is common. previous homeowner did a mixture. I have centipede, st augustine and bermuda.
Yeah person who bought the home places sod, but threw seed down in areas so now I have common and hybrid mixed with the others. I’ll just be glad when I get rid of the crabgrass. Had a neighbor who wouldn’t cut their backyard allowing a jungle, so now I’ve been steadily fighting the nasty weed.
Love your content, just subscribed. Just recently started reading up on Bermuda since my backyard is Bermuda. But it has a lot of bare spots and it is not thick at all. I live in South Texas. So my question is. I bought the seed from the big box store to overseed along with a starter fertilizer (18-24-6). Is this the right approach to get started? I always cut it at around 3-4" in height. But now I want my lawn to look green and thick like you have mentioned in your videos. I've got 2 little girls that want to run around in the yard but right now its not inviting at all with some weeds and not at all thick grass. Thanks in advance
Bermuda is pretty good at spreading as long as you’re not getting too much shade. I usually recommend that you avoid putting down Bermuda seed with your existing Bermuda sod, as they won’t match. If you don’t think you have any hope at all that those spots will ever fill in naturally, then seeding isn’t a bad option. As far as mowing height goes, you’ll definitely want to drop it down to get that thick, carpet like feel!
@@LawnInsider Thank you for your response. My back yard is all sun, the only shade is under my kids rainbow swing set. I will definitely mow short and hope it fills in. Thanks again!
I scalped my st augistine down to the dirt and overseeded with brumuda, going to continue to mow low and overseed and hopefully that will do the trick cause I would hate to have to put down. Any advice?
You'll have to fill me in on how that goes for you! Usually folks will kill off their existing lawn before starting with a new grass type. Mowing low should help the bermuda overpower the St Aug in the long run.
@@LawnInsider i really don't know what it is. It looks like 2 different grasses and 1/3 weeds, and if I level my yard I am sure 1/4 my yard would be under to much dirt ti survive due to all the tree roots. I have some larger sections of bare dirt that now gets sunlight due to all the clearing of trees going on next door. What seed should I use to seed it?
I've been in a new home for a year now and was following the NitroPhos fertilizing schedule for my Bermuda in Houston. Lawn was looking nice and green but I still had weeds, so recently started paying for a company to take over the fertilizing and weeding. I am still going to mow the law myself and heard that I should be doing it at least once a week? I haven't mowed in about a month since it started getting colder, but when should I start mowing again? Should I be on the lowest setting for my Ryobi mower?
Hey Kevin, you really don’t need to start mowing again until you start seeing some green in your lawn again. Your first mow you’ll want to scalp your lawn (lowest setting on mower) and the subsequent mows, you’ll probably want to raise it to the 2nd to lowest notch and maintain there.
@@LawnInsider Thanks! I have one other question - I have a corner of my lawn that I threw lawn clippings on thinking that it would be good as fertilizer (before I really knew anything about Bermuda), and it just killed everything in that corner. How do I get it to grow back? Is new sod the only way?
@@LawnInsider in hot sun , there is not a more hardy grass. My eldest once left an air up 20 foot tumble track over a portion for about two weeks in July Sun. It murdered that patch , but just watering it and raking the dead thatch it grew back green in two weeks
