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Centipede vs Bermuda: Who Wins The Fight For Supremacy In My Yard?

Posted on 5/11/23 at 4:08 pm
Posted by Earthquake 88
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 4:08 pm
Curious what the board thinks. My centipede grass died this winter. It’s not completely dead, but it’s pretty rough in a lot of patches. I’m not the only one in the neighborhood looking bad either. Honestly, it’s like that in a lot of yards in Mobile and across the bay where I live. I’ve grown and mowed centipede grass dating back to the late 70’s. I’ve never seen anything like what I’m seeing before to this degree in my life on everyone’s yards. I fertilize twice a year with Lesco 15-0-15. Rarely have weed issues, but if I do, that Celsius fixes weed problems good for me. Bugs didn’t kill it. When it was sodded 6 years ago there was a little tiny bit of bermuda in my centipede sod. Not much bermuda though and the centipede pretty much always would choke it out to the point you barely saw any by mid summer. One thing not dead in my yard right now is bermuda and it’s spreading fast and thriving. It’s the golf course kind. Looks pretty. I had it when I lived in Little Rock. I do still have enough centipede scattered around that will eventually take off when it warms up. My question is this. Which one wins the fight to take control of the yard? Google says bermuda will overtake centipede. However, when I was in high school, I worked for a landscaper. I’m fairly certain he hydro seeded yards with a combination of centipede and bermuda seeds. He always said the centipede would eventually choke the bermuda out. That’s a long time ago and I may have that wrong but I don’t think so. Anyone on here know the answer?
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 4:10 pm to
bermuda stacked
centipede fugged
Posted by Earthquake 88
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 4:12 pm to
So if we are at the casino it sounds like the bermuda would open -200 on the money line. Centipede is the underdog in this fight then. Interesting.
Posted by poochie
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Member since Apr 2007
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 4:32 pm to
Here's the thing, bermuda is like herpes... You might not see it but it's always there. The centipede may "take over" and be more visible but the second centipede stumbles, bermuda is growing back up.
Posted by ronk
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 5:03 pm to
Welcome to the bermuda club. Enjoy your stay
Posted by Earthquake 88
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 5:07 pm to
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Here's the thing, bermuda is like herpes... You might not see it but it's always there. The centipede may "take over" and be more visible but the second centipede stumbles, bermuda is growing back up.


That analogy made me chuckle. Sounds like I’m about to have golf course grass then because I’m not paying to have my yard sodded with centipede again. If I went that route I’m putting down Zoysia. That Empire Zoysia looked good at my last house. On a serious note though, these two grasses are going to have to battle it out. If herpes bermuda wins I’ll just change my fertilizer to 29-0-5 or whatever they sell for that type of grass. I’ve always had a nice yard, but it’s a hot mess experiment going on over here of survival of the fittest.
Posted by Earthquake 88
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 5:15 pm to
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Welcome to the bermuda club. Enjoy your stay


Thanks Ronk. At least it’s the golf course strain and not the common bermuda variety. That stuff is greener than that lime green centipede so that’s fine by me. Got a feeling a bunch of us over here just joined the bermuda club.
Posted by tigerskin
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 7:56 pm to
Bermuda sucks. Scraggly arse looking grass
Posted by BallsEleven
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 8:08 pm to
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Bermuda sucks. Scraggly arse looking grass


This post was edited on 5/11/23 at 8:09 pm
Posted by tilco
Spanish Fort, AL
Member since Nov 2013
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 8:09 pm to
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Bermuda sucks. Scraggly arse looking grass


You can’t be serious. Maybe if it’s rotary mowed once a week at 2 inches.
Posted by tigerskin
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 8:22 pm to
The bermuda that grows in my yard doesn’t look like a golf course. Yes maybe I don’t maintain it right or something, but I would rather it disappear
This post was edited on 5/11/23 at 8:30 pm
Posted by Earthquake 88
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 8:28 pm to
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Bermuda sucks. Scraggly arse looking grass


When I lived in Little Rock 99% of the yards up there were bermuda. To me those hybrid bermuda yards looked good up there especially if you killed the weeds, fertilized them with high nitrogen, and watered when it was in a drought.
Posted by calcotron
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 8:44 pm to
Bermuda will grow up into my bushes, 3+ feet. You cannot stop it. If there is a spot that you don't want it, don't bother pulling, you won't win. Just dig a pool or pond there if you don't want bermuda there.
Posted by bkhrph
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Member since May 2022
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 8:46 pm to
Fertilize it, Bermuda dominates. Don’t, then centipede dominates. Notice I didn’t say either one wins. There are no winners here. Just a patchy mess.
Posted by tilco
Spanish Fort, AL
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 9:25 pm to
In theory you can fertilize it a lot and mow the shite out of it low. And you will kill off the centipede. Then you can plug the dead areas with the Bermuda. Might take a couple growing seasons.
Posted by Earthquake 88
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 9:34 pm to
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Bermuda will grow up into my bushes, 3+ feet. You cannot stop it. If there is a spot that you don't want it, don't bother pulling, you won't win.


I’ve had bermuda yards before and was able to control it, but it took some extra effort because that’s some aggressive grass. I used my edger to dig trenches around the beds to kill those runners and I didn’t hesitate spraying Roundup if that mess ended up in my flowerbeds. Honestly it was easy to take care of a bermuda yard the more I think about it.
Posted by Earthquake 88
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 9:45 pm to
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In theory you can fertilize it a lot and mow the shite out of it low. And you will kill off the centipede. Then you can plug the dead areas with the Bermuda. Might take a couple growing seasons.


I don’t think it’s going to take a couple of seasons. This bermuda is advancing so quickly. I’m thinking 30 days and the bare spots fill in with both centipede and bermuda. At this point I don’t care as long as it’s green. My yard looks terrible in the front and normally I have one of the better yards in the neighborhood. My neighbors is worse than mine. Still don’t understand what or why this much centipede died off.
Posted by BallsEleven
Member since Mar 2019
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Posted on 5/12/23 at 5:26 am to
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I don’t think it’s going to take a couple of seasons.


It shouldn't. Push it with nitrogen and cut low/often and you should have a full yard in no time assuming no drought.

I went from bare yard moving in (new construction, added 12 loads of dirt) to full yard within 1 summer using seed.
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