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Centipede help

Posted on 2/23/24 at 5:42 am
Posted by Simplemaaan
Member since Sep 2007
4066 posts
Posted on 2/23/24 at 5:42 am
My yard has been taken over by weeds. Centipede is looking rough after the last freeze and drought of 2023. I have all the Cleggs formula already.
What should I do going forward to save and reseed centipede?
What should I do if I would like Bermuda to take over as far as spraying and seedng? Already some Bermuda in spots.
Thanks
Posted by Tifway419
Member since Sep 2022
1792 posts
Posted on 2/23/24 at 7:42 am to
Centipede:
If you’re going to throw seed down, you can’t put a pre emergent so you’ll continue to have weeds. What I’ve found that centipede likes best is water and frequent cutting. Don’t cut to short, just cut it every 5 days. Other than that, 1 or 2 small fertilizations per year and leave it alone.

Bermuda:
This thread fell to the 2nd page, but read some of the replies: Centipede to Bermuda Plan
Posted by Bayou
Boudin, LA
Member since Feb 2005
41614 posts
Posted on 2/23/24 at 8:27 am to
I feel your pain SimpleMaaan. I'm experiencing similar although my weed problem is minimal. Areas of yard that seem to hold water a bit longer are damaged areas from 2023 late freeze. I'm hoping when it grows with warmer weather it will get better (fingers crossed).
Pre-emerge, fertilizer, spot spray post emerge, and dirt booster is all I've done for a couple years now.
Yard is greening up now. 65 degree soil temp today! Crazy
Good luck
This post was edited on 2/23/24 at 10:50 am
Posted by Simplemaaan
Member since Sep 2007
4066 posts
Posted on 2/23/24 at 9:53 am to
So the Cleggs formula is ok?
Posted by bayoubengals88
LA
Member since Sep 2007
23503 posts
Posted on 2/23/24 at 10:11 am to
quote:

What should I do if I would like Bermuda to take over as far as spraying and seedng? Already some Bermuda in spots.

Cut low, cut low, cut low, cut low about every 2-3 days.

Fertilize frequently with high nitrogen products like a 30-0-0

"Centipedegrass is a low-maintenance turfgrass and does not respond well to excessive use of fertilizer, especially nitrogen."
But bermuda loves nitrogen so read up about how to spoonfeed nitrogen once/month.

Make sure to water if needed, but do not overwater. Bermuda requires less water than centipede. So water just once/week (if needed at all).

All of this will promote Bermuda growth and work against Centipede.
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
126623 posts
Posted on 2/23/24 at 2:34 pm to
If you have winter weeds especially like POA

Spray Image or Image for Southern Lawns, then just be patient as it takes a couple weeks


Only issue I’ve had with image is the quality control of their hose end sprayers. The Image bottle doesn’t push out product just water. I’ve seen it on 3 hose end sprayers. The bottle for souther lawns pushes out product way to fast so that 6,000 square feet is gone in like 3 mins.
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