re: 13-Day post hydroseed picture added pg 2: Establishing a 1-acre Bermuda lawn from scratch

I don't know shite about grass, but wanted Bermuda in my newly built backyard which was just dirt.

I, knowing nothing, just waited for the radar to show a lot of rain for a the next couple of weeks and seeded Bermuda from my local Ace Hardware then raked it lightly into the dirt, along with some new seed fertilizer off the shelf, don't even know the brand.

It was a smashing success. Yard looks awesome. My only complaint is it grows too damn fast

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My point being, it's not hard to grow Bermuda. It loves to grow and spread

The local golf course by my house over-seeded with Yukon and Royal TXD. The groundskeeper told me the Yukon will eventually take over and was more drought tolerant. I think Yukon was developed by Oklahoma State. OSU also developed Tahoma 31 but that’s a hybrid and can’t be grown from seed. Those are the two I’d utilize from seed. I have Tifway 419 which is a hybrid, but those two seeded ones I mentioned look pretty damn good to me and certainly wouldn’t hesitate to put them in my yard. Seeded bermuda has come a long ways because a lot of it looks about the same as a hybrid.

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He used Daniela II Bermuda for ours. I’m looking forward to having a lawn!

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There is a lot of new kinds of Bermuda I’m not very familiar with that look amazing. A lot of universities are coming out with new varieties of grass and landscape plants that are simply short of amazing. I planted some kind of new dwarf gardenia a few years ago that gets about 3’ tall. Those things have bloomed profusely since about the first of April and haven’t stopped. When I was a kid you had mainly August Beauty which bloomed for about 3 weeks and the show was over. My wife planted these dwarf mounding roses called Peach Drift. They have bloomed nonstop for 3 months. Circling back to Bermuda though the cultivar I keep hearing come up over and over from groundskeepers is if they could switch today it would be Tahoma 31. Supposedly it takes shade well and tested up to 75% more cold tolerant than other Bermuda grass varieties. That’s a big deal on a golf course if you can squeeze another few months of green out of the fairways. There are a lot of good options for people that don’t want to sod or can’t afford to.

My brother had a similar size yard with a mix of native and st aug. He nuked it with glyphoslhate then had it leveled. He had common Bermuda drilled and kept it wet. He had a lawn a month after it was planted. 2 years later he said his only regret is not paying extra for a hybrid.

It's 13 days post hydroseed and here's what it's looking like. I'm really impressed so far. There are still a few areas that need to fill in, but every area at least has seedlings still popping up. I won't like my water bill, but it will still be cheaper than sod.



I assume I let this keep growing for about 3 more weeks before I worry about cutting it? And then once I cut it about 3 times I can treat it for weeds?

Looks nice, I really like the layout of your house and landscaping.

Is it too late to hyrdoseed now? I have about an acre I was going to seed. But I was going to wait until next year because I figured the ground temps were too warm.

If you paid $2500 for an acre, I’d jump all over that.

I thought I’d have to wait at least 5 weeks to mow, but some areas are already 3” tall. When is the right time to mow?