Thicken Bermuda Grass By Transplanting Plugs and Sprigs 

awesome! now get out there and have fun ya'll!

thank you!!

Wooo! Cat 5 hurricane dorian!!

+itsgodnga absolutely I want a reel mower! Just need to get this thick first then I'll switch. And as far as the peat, I've never heard of that being an issue bit I don't use enough to matter. It washed away at the first heavy rain.

it's a very good option if you have access to the equipment and the ability to cart all the stuff away.

I actually just did this. It's a very labor intensive job, but it's a nice way to restart a lawn. We recently reseeded the area and it's turning out very nice. Get some help of available just to cut up and haul out the sod. Use a trailer or flatbed if you have one. Also, might want to find someone who wants the sod to compost. We gave ours to a guy who used the pieces to redirect water for irrigating his fields.

It's actually fairly clean and neutral but too much of anything is a bad thing. its a good soil conditioner for clay but in my case, it's used like a mulch to retain moisture.

i like to mix soil 1:1 with peat moss to neutralize the acid. We use Peat moss in parts of Scandinavia.imho

I'd say "yes" :)

no doubt the rain pushed weeds. For me, I didnt get much wind but tons of rain. And I've purchased some more undershirts to cover up the taco meat :)

+Elvin Mendez ha ha I love it. Believe it or not, I'm addicted to making these vids myself. I can't even go outside anymore without a camera.

Matthew Russo was there ever a update video

we're great thank you! Power outage makes you thankful for A/C though!

im not the expert, but what my personal experience is.. the dominant weed will get the lawn. Keep transplanting your sprigs so that the better transplants outweigh the bad ones. I may be way off base here, just wanted to share.If I see clover i kill as much of it as possible. Okay, the clover also takes over get that out as fast as possible. It make look like S for a couple of weeks while the new grass takes root. But its a sacrifice I had to make.

thanks! it would be great fun to try that on an entire lawn like you did. But first I figure I'll try it on a super small spot.

I know where he lives (the area no the exact house) and watch his stuff all the time but I'm not caught up over the last 10 days or so. I should do that... I'd love to meet him, super cool dude.

lots to talk about there, for now I can tell you that the weed control takes a good 7-10 days to really start working, especially the over the counter stuff that's not as well concentrated.

The Lawn Care Nut I'll keep eye on those pesky weeds for now. Thanks for replying!

Blindside Herbicide. You can get it from my buddy Sebastian at Solutions Self Chem - call him monday and tell him about this comment here so he can help you. (985) 788-3973

have fun with it!

I would love to do that but with the sandy soil here, there are no cores to be pulled. If I was in GA or further north like you, I def would do it.

Is it too sandy that the cores wouldn't bind? I thought maybe there was enough clay to pull a core down there. If not, then verti-cutting could give you more density. Have you used Celsius as a broadleaf weed control? Absolutely the best for warm-season lawns. Kills most anything.

yes actually! but right now because I have a day job it's tough to get one done outside of the weekends.

I totally understand. Thanks for the reply!

agreed 100% but at this time, a reel mower isn't in the cards - gotta work with what I have until I get it thick enough to warrant the investment. I hate how leggy it is and that's why I just need to mow more often with my current setup.

Thick enough to warrant the investment? If I want the grass to grow a certain way, mowing is 80% of the equation. I start mowing a grow in at 1/2" when it reaches 50% coverage. By the time it is 75%, I have it at maintenance height. Bermuda is one of those grasses I never worry about that 1/3 thing on. Sometimes, by the time I mow again, grass has doubled in height from 5/16" to 1/2". No scalping or ripping, because the mowing is done with a good mower. Do you understand what rotary mowing does when it is done at low heights? It pulls out stolons. Does not happen so much when the mower is set high to mow St Augustine. Will happen when a rotary is set near 1". You are where I see a lot of walkbehind greens mowers being sold after being retired from golf courses. I am in the business of maintaining warm season turf at fairway height(1/2"), all the way down to tee height(1/4"). The lawns I service look more like golf grass. Good mowing is a snap with a Toro GM1000 retired from a golf course.

yeah I've never had a concern with it. I don't know who is getting everyone all up in a roar over it but I'd much rather risk a slight and temporary pH issue than bring in some other top dressing that contains weed seeds. Plus, the peat doesn't mix with my sandy soil here, it's too light and just literally bubbles up and away in rain.

Sometimes people do a lot of research and get confused. That's why they need a seasoned pro like yourself to guide them. :)

watch any of my vids prior to Sept 2015. That lawn in NW Indiana was started with seed and peat moss on bare construction soil in 2004 and never looked back. What I know is that there is an upside and a downside to EVERYTHING you do in the lawn and opinions are like a**holes - everyone has one. The best thing to do is go out and do it yourself and learn what works for you.

Who knew! -that pete would be so controversial! Ha ha. The only caution I would give is to be careful not to smother grass seed with it. Use a thin layer - technically it's recommended to use a screener for this purpose where you only use the finer fibers. Otherwise it's fine to cover such vigorous runners as Bermuda grass. In my day (Ok, I guess this means I'm old), pete moss was widely used as a potting medium.

+ChicagoSirens I'm going to stripe the heck out of the St Aug. But it will be a few more months b4 that can happen.

+The Lawn Care Nut I cannot imagine going months without striping a beautiful lawn! So did you just remove the assembly so it stays out of the way? Also, since my lawn has a disease, should I stripe or not to keep it from being stressed? Since our hot and humid day yesterday, the lawn began yellowing today due to the disease :(

+The Lawn Care Nut Have you thought about a reel mower?

+Daniel Daemicke St. Augustine is hard on reel movers but I wish I could go completely green and not kill myself in the process.

+Randy Rejer nice I like that!

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it will mow likely wash it away actually. It's the reason why in this county we have a fertilizer ban from June - September as the hard rains will wash it away and into the waterways. In my case, the fert was down in plenty of time and broken down so it will hang in the soil no prob.

Concerned about that ban for Hillsborough County, I looked it up. We have a little different restriction as follows: #5: When is fertilizer application prohibited? You may not apply nitrogen or phosphorous fertilizer during the following events: i) if it is raining at the application site, or ii) within the time period during which a flood watch or warning, or a tropical storm watch or warning, or a hurricane watch or warning is in effect for any portion of Hillsborough County issued by the National Weather Service, or iii) within 36 hours prior to a rain event greater than or equal to 2 inches in a 24 hour period is likely. It appears I just got by without breaking the restrictions as recall there was not rain 36 hours after my application and there were not watches or warnings for 5 days after.

yes your restrictions are much lighter than over here. I can't use fert at all until September. Makes for great content for the channel though because I have to get creative

Florida certainly is more of an adventure compared to the Midwest, eh? LOL

thanks bro

If I was you, I would go with Zoysia. It's a perfect turf for your area and some varieties can do ok in shade too - much better than Bermuda ever would. I need to put out some content on dog urine soon!

He doesn't live there anymore.

awesome glad to hear it! And I did not show it, but I used a lot more sprigs here. The key is to use as many as you can!

+The Lawn Care Nut You must only get sprigs on the Southern grasses I take it, because I've never seen anything like that here in Northwestern Illinois!

it should work the exact same way with the st aug

I think that's a fair guess. :)

It's not practical. Bluegrass does spread by rhizomes, but slowly.

yeah and I was dumb enough to put it on RU-vid so this will be a test to see if my wife even watches my vids :)

yes that's the idea!

if you can irrigate them go ahead and apply milorganite - that will help start up the thickening process now. and mow tall too!

Thanks for your response Allyn.

yes sir I will! I gotta get this stuff thick and then I'm going to train it straight down to the ground as close as I can get it! A reel mower will be a necessity as you know.

I can't wait to see it after a month or two Allen. Please keep up the great video's. Brother I learned so much about lawns from you....Thanks a million...

oh dude, terrible time to visit during a storm!