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Best way to fix bare spots in Bermuda grass?
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:37 pm
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:37 pm
Should I put topsoil, compost or potting soil? Something else? Bare areas had grass last year. It’s on an incline. Not sure if the snow we had in south louisiana had some affect on the grass, making it slower to recover and just was weaker and rainfall just washed it out. It’s not huge areas. Maybe 1 ft by 1 ft areas. Thanks for any help.
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Posted on 5/21/25 at 4:42 am to shoelessjoe
I ended up with a bunch of bare spots about the same size from my wife's dog pissing in the same spot all winter. I put 3 plugs in each along with some topsoil. Most of them are already closed up.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 5:00 am to Loup
Not an expert at all, but my experience with Bermuda is to be patient. Mow it low and mow it often and the bare spots usually fix themselves.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 5:50 am to shoelessjoe
Scratch up the surface, mow a lot, fertilize every 7-10 days with .3 lb of nitrogen, water a bit more than normal.
Mow a lot.
The heat will do the rest.
And you can fertilize your entire lawn that frequently, not just the bare spots.
Mow a lot.
The heat will do the rest.
And you can fertilize your entire lawn that frequently, not just the bare spots.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 7:07 am to shoelessjoe
scratch up surface. Remove any loose debris. Light layer of Lawnsoil. Seed. Layer of peat moss. Keep moist.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 7:45 am to Loup
quote:Subtle “not my damn dog” going on here
my wife's dog
Posted on 5/21/25 at 7:50 am to shoelessjoe
You can add some compost. If it is a bagged compost filter out all the wood/bark. Bermuda will fill in in no time.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 7:59 am to dhuck20
quote:
Subtle “not my damn dog” going on here
for sure, I don't claim him.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 8:25 am to Bayou
quote:No offense, but I would never seed bermuda. It will never match. Also, there's no need to do it.
scratch up surface. Remove any loose debris. Light layer of Lawnsoil. Seed. Layer of peat moss. Keep moist.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 8:45 am to shoelessjoe
Best way is to plug it. Pro plugger works the best.
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Posted on 5/22/25 at 3:19 am to shoelessjoe
I have an area that is compacted as hell, i wet it dig down couple inches, and I take grass form expansion joins in driveway and transplant in those spots, i have sprayed round up on those expansion joints, killed that shite brown and it still comes back, bermuda don't want to die
Posted on 5/22/25 at 5:57 pm to shoelessjoe
Have you tried playing zoysia in those spots? The Bermuda will thrive there.
Posted on 5/22/25 at 7:48 pm to tigerfoot
No, I don’t want to do that because everything else is Bermudan. It’s just a few 1x1 bare spots that are on the incline portion of my yard next to my house.
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