re: centipede to bermuda plan... (updated with pic 8/11/24)

If you've got no real grass to save then you can hit it with glyphosate. Anything mixed in with grass I'd use msm.

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Got msm on the way.

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Alright, so I chickened out after reading and youtubing stuff about MSM and was afraid I'd kill a 50' oak tree in my backyard by now regulating properly...

...so I put down 2-4D in the wind gusts yesterday and gonna see how it goes.

Thanks Ronk! I chickened out anyway. But good to know for later in the year.

It was so windy yesterday, and watching a video I had, the guy basically said if you’re dialed in, that’s great, but if you’re overlapping too much as in too much wind, you’re doubling the amount of chemical around the tree and could kill it.

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(Update) scalped the yard as low as deck would allow and aerated early Friday 3/15/24 morning before the rain. I was able to spread 50lbs of 13-13-13 and 25 lbs of bermuda seed between rain

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12 days, any green?

Pics from 3/27. scalped, aerated, and seeded and fertilized on 3/15.
honestly I cant tell much yet. Maybe yall can tell me more. is that new bermuda maybe in that bare spot pic? with the rain, moist soil, ive only had to run the sprinklers a couple times. is the overnight 40-50s temps keeping seeds at bay? let me know yalls thoughts. and one pic really shows weeds

It looks like you've already got a lot of common bermuda.
I do think the temps have affected your overseeding efforts.

It'll be interesting to see the extent of the color variation between the bermuda that you already have and what will be growing from seed.

Your last pick has a ton of winter weeds that should burn off in time. Is that just a rough part of your yard? The other pics look much better.

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At 3 weeks after seeding, when I plan to mow again, what height should I cut at? maintain?

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Standard practice is one notch above scalp level.

Since my lowest setting is 1.5" as well, I think I'm going to hit my Bermuda soon with a string trimmer and then maintain 1.5" for the season.

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Ive been used to cutting high (3-3.5") to keep the centipede from burning up, but I want to promote the bermuda.

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Yeah, you'll have no problem doing that, especially if it gets a bit dry and especially if you keep feeding it nitrogen. The centipede won't hold up to it and the bermuda will love it.

How do you cut bermuda on lowest rotary setting (someone basically just asked your exact question).

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I grew up in Houston and the centipede or St Aug (never knew the difference) grew like a weed. Got very thick and lush. Cool to walk on and sturdy.

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There are essentially four southern turf grasses. It’s a fact of life that centipede is the lowest quality of the four. Builders install it in Louisiana because here in this state we just don’t give a shite about much. Cut costs, aesthetics be damned.

So last year, I’d bet at least half of Baton Rouge residents lost their lawn when the centipede couldn’t withstand high temps and drought. Bermuda can.

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Here in Ga nothing grows worth crap consistently.
That’s why I have a no grass yard. Haha

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There’s tons of beautiful Bermuda lawns from northern AL to NC…it grows quite well.

Yes it does. You don’t need to do anything to have a Bermuda lawn.

Fine.
You guys that don’t live here know.