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Growing Grass plugs
Posted on 10/30/23 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 10/30/23 at 3:39 pm
Anyone have good success doing this
I have good results getting Santee Centipede in some areas of my lawn to actually work but in general getting centipede to grow from seed is a pain in the arse. Now wanting to try grow my own plugs next spring in a more controlled environment in trays andlooking to use it to plug the spots of my lawn that have died off from the shitty sod the builder put down that they over-seeded with contractor mix
I have good results getting Santee Centipede in some areas of my lawn to actually work but in general getting centipede to grow from seed is a pain in the arse. Now wanting to try grow my own plugs next spring in a more controlled environment in trays andlooking to use it to plug the spots of my lawn that have died off from the shitty sod the builder put down that they over-seeded with contractor mix
This post was edited on 10/30/23 at 8:17 pm
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Posted on 10/30/23 at 3:41 pm to StraightCashHomey21
Can you cut plugs from good areas and transplant them?
Posted on 10/30/23 at 3:51 pm to LEASTBAY
I could but it’s common centipede and the area I need to fix need something more resistant
Posted on 10/30/23 at 4:16 pm to StraightCashHomey21
Honestly I've tried doing what you're thinking and in the long run sod is just easier and cheaper.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 7:54 pm to StraightCashHomey21
Yes. Yard got tore the frick up from Ida and then subsequent tree removal. Nothing but sandy dirt. Put st Aug plugs down and have a full lawn now. A lot of weeds but dealing with that as they come
Posted on 10/31/23 at 9:24 pm to StraightCashHomey21
I did it with four trays and had great success. The plugs grew well and are doing even better in the ground. It was more if a see if I could do it deal.
I used trays for 2” plugs. Garden soil, starter fertilizer and good quality centipede seed. Water well twice a day. In 10-14 days I had sprouts. At 6 weeks I put them in the ground.
I used trays for 2” plugs. Garden soil, starter fertilizer and good quality centipede seed. Water well twice a day. In 10-14 days I had sprouts. At 6 weeks I put them in the ground.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 6:33 am to ELLSSUU
What type of grass did you grow?
Posted on 11/1/23 at 8:01 am to StraightCashHomey21
Centipede isn’t great from plugs because it only spreads by stolons instead of rhizomes. But if you could pull bigger plugs u might have more success. But then you have to wait for that slow arse grass to fill in the holes.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 9:06 am to tilco
I tell you the easiest thing, sod, but seriously the second easiest is to buy 2 pieces of sod and cut it into a bunch of plugs. Its a hell of a lot cheaper than buying sod or plugs and a hell of a lot easier than growing it yourself. You can take a machete, trimmer, etc.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 9:31 am to StraightCashHomey21
We've had good luck with the grass plugs from Hancock Seed at around $60 for 32 plugs including delivery.
The Centipede plugs are here.
We use their Palmetto St. Augustine plugs that grow well in partial shade.
Their plugs arrive in plastic trays packed with roots and green growth, and generally fill in within a year if planted around 8" apart.
ETA: while the plugs are expensive, you can expect the dense root system in each plug take to take hold much more aggressively than cut-up sod pieces.
The Centipede plugs are here.
We use their Palmetto St. Augustine plugs that grow well in partial shade.
Their plugs arrive in plastic trays packed with roots and green growth, and generally fill in within a year if planted around 8" apart.
ETA: while the plugs are expensive, you can expect the dense root system in each plug take to take hold much more aggressively than cut-up sod pieces.
This post was edited on 11/1/23 at 9:35 am
Posted on 11/1/23 at 6:56 pm to StraightCashHomey21
quote:
What type of grass did you grow?
Centipede
Posted on 11/1/23 at 7:07 pm to tilco
I’m ok with it taking time as long as it ends up full and thick
I’m gonna hit it with RGS after I plant anything
I’m gonna hit it with RGS after I plant anything
Posted on 11/2/23 at 12:51 am to StraightCashHomey21
Centipede is probably gonna be relatively slow to spread from a plug. If you don’t mind having a mix of centipede and other grasses and am dead set on plugs, get at least something that spreads relatively fast. Otherwise, you’ll lose your patience and end up with a lawn of grasses and weeds. That is, Unless you’re willing to pull weeds while the plugs eventually grow together. Of course, the closer you plant them, the faster they will make a lawn. But that’s getting in to a lot of work. For St. Augustine:
I see FloraTam plugs for sale and I’m sure they’d cover fast, although I have never tried them. I wouldn’t try them north of zone 9 usda plant hardiness zone. If you want to try to get an appearance closer to the grass you have, Empire zoysia plugs was a pleasant surprise to me in how fast they covered after the first year. They just sat there for a year and then took off in the second year.
Any of the Bermuda plugs, if you could find them, would really fill in fast. But they aren’t good at crowding out other grasses. So you’d definitely have a mixed lawn if you don’t keep up with pulling weeds and undesirable grasses. And Bermuda doesn’t look good unless it’s by itself; in a lawn of mixed grass varieties it looks like a weed to me.
I see FloraTam plugs for sale and I’m sure they’d cover fast, although I have never tried them. I wouldn’t try them north of zone 9 usda plant hardiness zone. If you want to try to get an appearance closer to the grass you have, Empire zoysia plugs was a pleasant surprise to me in how fast they covered after the first year. They just sat there for a year and then took off in the second year.
Any of the Bermuda plugs, if you could find them, would really fill in fast. But they aren’t good at crowding out other grasses. So you’d definitely have a mixed lawn if you don’t keep up with pulling weeds and undesirable grasses. And Bermuda doesn’t look good unless it’s by itself; in a lawn of mixed grass varieties it looks like a weed to me.
Posted on 11/3/23 at 9:42 am to StraightCashHomey21
I did Bermuda plugs for some bare spots in my yard that the Bermuda was getting to, but going too slowly. I planted Bermuda seed in a tray with miracle grow potting soil and watered it regularly. The seed exploded and those plugs when I put them in the ground were like an aggressive virus (but good virus). Absolutely took over.
Just figured I'd have better germination success in the tray, so I didn't have to waste expensive seed, and it would be easier to water and tend to regularly than a bunch of random spots in my yard.
ETA:
As someone else said, this was basically me being bored and just seeing if I could do it
But it worked great! Might do it again in the Spring.
Just figured I'd have better germination success in the tray, so I didn't have to waste expensive seed, and it would be easier to water and tend to regularly than a bunch of random spots in my yard.
ETA:
As someone else said, this was basically me being bored and just seeing if I could do it
But it worked great! Might do it again in the Spring. This post was edited on 11/3/23 at 9:45 am
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