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Help with getting Centipede to recover/spread in BR
Posted on 6/28/25 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 6/28/25 at 1:53 pm
I have centipede in my front yard....the last few years, between drought and hard freezes/snow, it's really declined, with 4-5 spots of bare dirt.
this Spring/Summer it's starting to grow back but it's VERY SLOW. I know it doesn't like a lot of fert (at least N) so I've only put minimum N down...
anything else I can do to help speed it up??
this Spring/Summer it's starting to grow back but it's VERY SLOW. I know it doesn't like a lot of fert (at least N) so I've only put minimum N down...
anything else I can do to help speed it up??
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Posted on 6/28/25 at 1:59 pm to jlsufan
Kill it and resod with Zoysia
Posted on 6/28/25 at 2:34 pm to jlsufan
Go to Lowe’s or Home Depot and buy pieces of sod. Only cost about $3 per slab. Keep it watered
Posted on 6/28/25 at 3:13 pm to Tifway419
Find a garden center or sod seller and get a few pieces of what you need. Not everyone would agree but I've thrown down a few St. Aug squares in some areas my centipede is doing the same as yours.
If you're patient you can get some good quality lawn soil and fill in those areas liberally. In time the centipede will run over that good soil.
If you're patient you can get some good quality lawn soil and fill in those areas liberally. In time the centipede will run over that good soil.
Posted on 6/28/25 at 4:07 pm to jlsufan
Centipede does not grow or recover fast. That's why it is arse. Only good if you don't want to cut your lawn often.
Posted on 6/28/25 at 4:51 pm to Tifway419
Don't buy from home depot or lowes, the quality isn't very good.
Posted on 6/28/25 at 7:43 pm to Slingscode
quote:You can’t be serious, it’s fricken grass lol. Other than it being centipede to begin with
Don't buy from home depot or lowes, the quality isn't very good.
Posted on 6/28/25 at 11:08 pm to jlsufan
I'd like yo know your secret.
I'm trying to make mine decline and it is laughing at me.
Sprayed quinclorac 4 times.
Scarified twice.
Last August started pumping 46-0-0 urea and
21-0-0 ammonium sulfate.
Cut at 1 inch and it looks great.smh
I'm trying to make mine decline and it is laughing at me.
Sprayed quinclorac 4 times.
Scarified twice.
Last August started pumping 46-0-0 urea and
21-0-0 ammonium sulfate.
Cut at 1 inch and it looks great.smh
Posted on 6/28/25 at 11:38 pm to LEASTBAY
Not sure why people say that… I’m still cutting every 5-6 days…grew up with st Aug…. In the summer, cut about every 5-6 days…
Posted on 6/29/25 at 1:05 am to jlsufan
I have centipede on some fairly shitty clay soil, and it barely grows. I have lost my patience and started sprigging with some st. Augustine from my neighbors yard and the st Augustine is taking over quickly.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:27 am to jlsufan
The following WORKS!
1. Hand till the area to loosen existing soil.
2. Add play sand and compost/manure mix from Lowe’s.
3. Fertilize with 15-0-15. Two small applications per month.
4. Water and mow frequently
1. Hand till the area to loosen existing soil.
2. Add play sand and compost/manure mix from Lowe’s.
3. Fertilize with 15-0-15. Two small applications per month.
4. Water and mow frequently
Posted on 6/29/25 at 10:29 am to bonstonker
quote:
I'm trying to make mine decline and it is laughing at me. Sprayed quinclorac 4 times. Scarified twice. Last August started pumping 46-0-0 urea and 21-0-0 ammonium sulfate. Cut at 1 inch and it looks great.smh
I’m with you.
I experiment with mine and have been treating it like I do my Bermuda on the other side of the walk way.
Looks great
Posted on 6/29/25 at 1:48 pm to jlsufan
Buy a pro plugger and get after it
Posted on 6/29/25 at 3:00 pm to xBirdx
It can look good and grow but it's not the easiest. You must be doing something right. I could cut my Bermuda daily if I had the time. Trying to keep up with every 3 days now. It just recovers from any stress way faster.
Posted on 6/29/25 at 3:13 pm to bonstonker
Glysophate fuilsade 2, tricoyplr. Mixed together I promise you it's not coming back
Posted on 6/30/25 at 6:52 am to Tifway419
quote:
You can’t be serious, it’s fricken grass lol.
quote:
Tifway419
Your username is a particular cultivar of grass…
Posted on 6/30/25 at 7:05 am to jlsufan
Centipede has a tough time growing in compacted soil. It will run but not tack down and suffer in the heat without constant rain
You have to work the shite out of those bare spots, loosen it up and put good top soil. And not the shite from Lowe’s that says top soil but is really just mulch. Someone already provided a good recipe that was sand based.
In the end, centipede disappoints. You can get it to grow but it stresses easily, loses volume and either allows weeds in or creates bare spots. Empire zoysia is thriving pretty much everywhere in my yard, have been sodding, sprigging and plugging since late last summer and it’s finally starting to fill in. Mixed in well with centipede when both are healthy, and stands out when centipede is stressed.
You have to work the shite out of those bare spots, loosen it up and put good top soil. And not the shite from Lowe’s that says top soil but is really just mulch. Someone already provided a good recipe that was sand based.
In the end, centipede disappoints. You can get it to grow but it stresses easily, loses volume and either allows weeds in or creates bare spots. Empire zoysia is thriving pretty much everywhere in my yard, have been sodding, sprigging and plugging since late last summer and it’s finally starting to fill in. Mixed in well with centipede when both are healthy, and stands out when centipede is stressed.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:04 am to Spankum
This is not a a bad idea, I think I might start doing something like this. St. Aug will choke out most other grasses. May take 5 years to do an entire lawn this way, but it will do it.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 7:12 pm to bayoubengals88
quote:
2. Add play sand and compost/manure mix from Lowe’s.
Oh God, NO!
I tried that last Spring and it looks like crap.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 7:29 pm to Bayou
quote:There’s something else going on then.
Oh God, NO! I tried that last Spring and it looks like crap.
Sand levels and compost has nutrients. That’s only beneficial.
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