re: Grass Show Off Thread

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how long does it take to grow back? Probably looks like crap during the winter?

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I don't burn it in the winter. When I first start to see it green up I burn it. This year that was March 21. Takes about a week for it to green back up.
When you burn the old thatch off the ground will be black so it heats up the soil faster plus it is getting direct sunlight. Think about how much all of that old thatch insulates the soil keeping it cool. My brothers Bermuda grass still has not greened up because his soil temps are still in the 50's and the new grass is shaded from the sun.
Three days after I burned mine the soil temp was 63 degrees and my brothers was 47. We live about three miles apart.

You have to remember in Bermuda grass all of that brown grass is not going to green back up. It's dead. The new grass has to grow through that.