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Deep green Bermuda (correct board)
Posted on 5/27/23 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 5/27/23 at 1:25 pm
OK. My neighbor is holding out on me. Our yards are identical. Both have Bermuda grass, use msma to control weeds. But he won’t tell me what he uses to fertilize. He does not water his yard except when he fertilizes. Here is the rub. His yard is a beautiful dark green right now. What do you think is his secret?
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Posted on 5/27/23 at 1:27 pm to Daygo85
Will be really not tell you what he fertilizes with? Sounds like a douche to me
Posted on 5/27/23 at 1:43 pm to Daygo85
Carbon G, T-nex, and 46-0-0. Cut it ever 5th day preferably with an Earthwise 7 blade reel mower with a 5lbs roller.
Your neighbor will be begging you to tell him what you’re doing.
Your neighbor will be begging you to tell him what you’re doing.
Posted on 5/27/23 at 1:52 pm to Daygo85
I don’t have the exact answer for you but I once used MiracleGro tree/shrub spikes for a new tree I planted in my Bermuda lawn. The spots where I inserted the spikes became a dark green. It was frustrating because the spots were very isolated circles and stood out very clearly. According to the label, the fertilizer in those spikes is 15-5-10.
Posted on 5/27/23 at 2:46 pm to Daygo85
Fertilizer with high nitrogen and iron.
Cut it often.
Cut it often.
Posted on 5/27/23 at 4:23 pm to Daygo85
Get a fertilizer high in Iron. Buddy of mine did the same thing. Iron will allow the grass to get dark green but won’t make it grow like nitrogen. Only set back is that it doesn’t stay in grass as long. Will have to reapply more often.
Posted on 5/27/23 at 6:07 pm to ronk
I’m really not joking about this. There’s not a ton of Bermuda guys that post here but this is next level Bermuda. Like if you did this there wouldn’t be a yard close to you in Baton Rouge.
Posted on 5/27/23 at 6:55 pm to ronk
Pics?
Posted on 5/27/23 at 7:08 pm to ronk
quote:
I’m really not joking about this. There’s not a ton of Bermuda guys that post here but this is next level Bermuda. Like if you did this there wouldn’t be a yard close to you in Baton Rouge.
How often would you hit it with the nitrogen?
What is the growth regulator doing? Is it just forcing thick green growth or is it so you don’t have to cut it every two days with all that nitrogen haha.
Posted on 5/27/23 at 7:23 pm to tide06
Growth regulator limits vertical growth. Grass becomes thicker, denser, and healthier in some ways. If you're mowing below an inch it helps to keep you from having to mow every 2-3 days.
You end up applying it every 2-4 weeks dependent on what your daily local temps are(most people use a calculator). A lot of people spray iron and nitrogen/urea/ammonium sulfate at the same time.
You end up applying it every 2-4 weeks dependent on what your daily local temps are(most people use a calculator). A lot of people spray iron and nitrogen/urea/ammonium sulfate at the same time.
Posted on 5/27/23 at 7:33 pm to ronk
Ok tell us the regimen. When do you put out each one of those items you mentioned?
Posted on 5/27/23 at 11:27 pm to JusTrollin
I’m playing around with growth regulators this year. My nightly relaxation was reel mowing so I never used pgr’s. I ferted heavy with 33-3-6 and mowed every other day. Pgr’s are a game changer in terms of density and color. Trimming the tips off every 5 days. Dark green color never changes.
Posted on 5/27/23 at 11:32 pm to JusTrollin
My routine changes year by year. I do different things each year to try to get my yard where I want it. This year I did barricade in February and 19-0-5 with barricade in March. 25-3-5 in April. 33-3-6 in may. Just did Pgr this week. Will do carbon g and Pgr again in June.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 12:31 am to LSUtigerME
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Fertilizer with high nitrogen and iron.
Most lawn fertilizers (Scott’s) use 2% Iron. I use Iron for all my plants and trees. Along with grass. Iron (Chelated Iron) is a mineral, needed for most soils.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 11:21 am to LSUDad
Well I fertilized twice this year in March after a very low cut and again in the Beginning of May. I am just two years in after having the entire yard scraped, dirt brought in then leveled, and then I broadcasted seed. The yard looks good as I have tons of bermuda. Weeds are under control with regular use of MSMA and 2-4-D. But getting a deep dark green has alluded me. I am always trying to time spreading fertilizer with the rain. Not trying to water 3/4 of an acre.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 12:19 pm to Daygo85
If you want a quick, expensive way just use milorganite. If you want to do it right, follow ronk’s advice.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 1:37 pm to BallsEleven
I use granular fertilizer from Yard Mastery (yardmastery.com) on my Bermuda and it works great.
Gives it a nice deep dark green.
I have used their Flagship (24-0-6) and Freedom (17-7-6) bags.
Super easy.
Gives it a nice deep dark green.
I have used their Flagship (24-0-6) and Freedom (17-7-6) bags.
Super easy.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 2:30 pm to tide06
Puff answered but yes Pgr causes lateral growth and limits vertical growth. Less mowing, more even growth, denser turf, darker green.
Carbon g increases microbial activity, increase the lawns ability to uptake nutrients.
Carbon g increases microbial activity, increase the lawns ability to uptake nutrients.
Posted on 5/28/23 at 7:43 pm to ronk
Do you have to level with sand every year or is that a one or two time thing?
Posted on 5/28/23 at 8:21 pm to LSUDad
quote:
Most lawn fertilizers (Scott’s) use 2% Iron. I use Iron for all my plants and trees. Along with grass. Iron (Chelated Iron) is a mineral, needed for most soils.
99.8% of iron in granular fertilizer is in the form of iron oxide and will not be available to the plant while we are still alive. It’s snake oil.
Chelated Iron in liquid form is a different animal. It’s the only way to really apply iron to your turf.
This post was edited on 5/28/23 at 8:23 pm
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