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

That is absolutely stunning. I hope to be there in a year or three. I think leveling might be a multi year adventure with my clay soil. Supper jealous of the sand folks.

You battle weeds after putting that silt down

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I've got about 60-40 grass to weeds (from 25-75 grass to weeds+dirt). Can I hit the lawn now with something to knock down the weeds again?

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Great job.
This is what I have done and would recommend: buy a packet of both Celsius and Sedgehammer.
Mix them at the lowest rate depending on lawn size and broadcast spray 4 weeks apart.

For the area that I’m spraying I can use half a packet at the time. Or, if you’ve got the stomach for it, buy full bottles of both. Probably a few hundred dollars, but cheaper long term.

You’re unlikely to eliminate the weeds this year, but you can get really close next year with a fall and spring pre emergent. Look up threads for those or wait until September. They’ll be popping up.

Red line shows where there was a small amount of common bermuda last year. I'd seeded a bare patch in summer of 2022. It didn't really show up until last year. White line shows how far it has spread in to St Aug.



Half of my front yard was St Aug and another half centipede when I bought the house. I put a few celebration bermuda plugs where some centipede was killed in the late frost last year. The whole dark green area in the circle is celebration.



You can see in the bottom of this pic that there is still some St Aug mixed in to the common bermuda. I'm guessing if I hit it with celsius it'd go away. I spot sprayed VBW with it earlier this year and it stunted the hell out of the St Aug. Every one of the spots I treated now has bermuda popping up.

I hope I have a 100% bermuda front lawn in 2 or 3 years. I'm taking the slow route but I'm cheap.

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Yes you are
Given the patch of Bermuda you started with, everyone in Baton Rouge should give it a try.
I’m doing the same thing in the back yard, but have St Aug in the front.

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My yard still looks like sh*t but I'm pretty tickled with how much better it looks than when I started. Especially the backyard. It was almost all dirt summer of 2021.

What height is Bermuda cut at? My yard is not golf course level and if Bemuda looks ragged at a taller height, not sure that is the route for me.

Wow!

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What height is Bermuda cut at?

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With a standard rotary mower, 1 to 2". From what I can tell mine is roughly 1" after a cut.

With a reel mower, 0.25 to 1"
I would submit that bermuda can look good up to 2.5" if maintained at 2.5 often. Meaning, cut every 3-4 days at 2.5

If you yard isn't level you can still probably pull off 1.5 to 2"

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What height is Bermuda cut at?
With a standard rotary mower, 1 to 2".

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I cut mine at 1.75" using exmark mower and I've been mowing on like Wednesdays/Sundays depending on the rainfall.

My yard is far from level. have not brought in sand or fill to this point.

Its more frequent than ive ever mowed, but im all in on trying to get the bermuda established.

and its working so far