Can I mix other grasses with Bermuda?

What exactly would you be mixing with your Bermuda?

If you seeded Bermuda, why not just go back with Bermuda seeds?

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What exactly would you be mixing with your Bermuda?

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Not sure. That's why I'm here. Don't really know grass.

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If you seeded Bermuda, why not just go back with Bermuda seeds?

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I figured the Bermuda didn't take to my soil for some reason. My soil is basically solid clay. I was told that Bermuda would grown in damn near anything though. I'm just grasping at straws.

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My soil is basically solid clay

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That’s your problem. Have to fix that

Core aeration, topsoil then seeds

Don’t mix grass types. They are all different visually and Bermuda is the hardiest of grasses so if you can’t grow that you won’t grow shite. Growing grass from seed is hard work and if weeds are dominating then growing grass will be tough. A couple of things to consider-any bermuda grown from seed is a variety of common so any seed you buy will be common bermuda. Don’t stress so much in which common you buy. La prima TXD is pretty much tops on the seeded variety. I would suggest aerating, seeding, and top dressing with organic material. Then keep it wet for uo to 3 weeks.

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Don’t mix grass types. They are all different visually

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Ronk how can I find out what kind of hybrid bermuda grass I have growing in my yard? When my centipede died off the bermuda that was growing was probably only 1% of the entire yard. I knew it was there but the centipede kept it in check. I’d love to know what sod or plugs to buy because I’m fearful of having two cultivars that don’t match. My neighbor up in Arkansas did that years ago when I lived up that way and had a green hybrid and the other was a blueish green color. It never would grow together and mix and looked like arse. I’d like to speed this transition up albeit the bermuda is taking over nicely since it’s gotten hot. If I were to guess it’s probably Tifway 419 because that’s what a lot of sod farmers grow around here across the bay from Mobile. My buddy up in Georgia that works in the agriculture business told me he would plant Tacoma 31 if he could start over again. You are 100% right in the fact that if you are seeding bermuda that’s a variety of common bermuda and not hybrid. The internet is so full of disinformation concerning that albeit seeded bermuda has come a long way over the last decade.

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If I were to guess it’s probably Tifway 419

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Pics?

Post pics. It is most likely tif 419 as that is still the most grown hybrid. Celebration is the blueish variety.

If I was going to restart I too would do Tahoma 31. It was developed by Oklahoma State University and it the most shade tolerant bermuda to date.

Bermuda will grow on anything, as long as it is getting water. Adding more seed will do nothing if it begins to germinate, then dries out. Have you installed irrigation?

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Correct on the greenish blue bermuda.

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If it’s blueish it’s probably Tahoma 31. In my experience, 31 is more of a dense turf than 419 and is a little more shade tolerant than 419. If you won’t be reel mowing, 419 will probably look better rotary mowed (just my opinion).

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That’s exactly what Ron Henry told me.

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Wait, was ronk’s username supposed to be ronh, but had a typo?!?

Yes Tahoma is more of a blue. But to be honest, they’re similar and I wouldn’t be confident judging from a single picture without a side by side comparison of the two types.

I have 419 because I like the look better and know more about it. But it has essentially zero shade tolerance. If you have shade at all, you should go with Tahoma 31.