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re: Graded my yard and all new top soil - what seed should I put down? Neighbors have St. Aug
Posted on 4/19/25 at 9:15 am to VermilionTiger
Posted on 4/19/25 at 9:15 am to VermilionTiger
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11,000 - 12,000 square feet
If it’s in the sun I’d probably go with zoysia if you can find it. A few years ago zoysia seed was hard to get and it was expensive. I seeded some zoysia once and it took a season to get going good.
Centipede is far less expensive and fills in quicker. Looks somewhat similar to your neighbors St Augustine blade wise but the stuff is more of a lime green unless you fertilize it 2-3 times a year with a quality time released fertilizer like Lesco 15-0-15 w/2% Iron that I buy at Site One.
A good quality Bermuda seed would be your fastest option. Look though and I’m serious when I say this. Once you go with Bermuda it’s hard to kill that stuff off. There is no sprigging St Augustine in and chocking the Bermuda out. I had a tiny amount of hybrid Bermuda mixed in with my Centipede sod. The Centipede always chocked it out and kept the Bermuda under control for a decade. 2-3 years ago my entire neighborhood had big patches of Centipede die off coming out of winter. When that Bermuda got room to spread it took over my entire yard so now I have primarily a Tifway 419 looking yard. If you go Bermuda there is no going back unless you kill it off with some kind of Glyphosate and Fusillade.
This post was edited on 4/19/25 at 9:19 am
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Posted on 4/19/25 at 9:28 am to bkhrph
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Seeding is gonna be more labor intensive at first because you can’t allow the seeded areas to dry out for even a short time period.
Clarify, please
What qualifies as a short time period?
Posted on 4/19/25 at 10:51 am to VermilionTiger
Soil should be constantly moist for first couple of weeks.
Look up pre germinating
Look up pre germinating
This post was edited on 4/19/25 at 10:54 am
Posted on 4/19/25 at 11:06 am to bayoubengals88
Well WTF am I supposed to do while at work? 
Keep sprinklers running?
Keep sprinklers running?
Posted on 4/19/25 at 12:06 pm to VermilionTiger
quote:It’s a serious endeavor
Well WTF am I supposed to do while at work?
Most buy timers for sprinklers to automate the process.
But yeah, it’ll need little and often. Like five minutes three times and hour.
We tried to warn you!
I would sod a section and go from there with plugging or sprigging from your own lawn (next year).
Sod only requires 2 deeper waterings per day.
This post was edited on 4/19/25 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 4/19/25 at 1:11 pm to bayoubengals88
I bought some digital timers and a shite ton of hoses and sprinklers when I seeded my yard.
I have 3 timers with 2 outlets each. Was running two sprinklers on each outlet, so I had 12 sprinklers in the yard at a time to try to maximize the coverage.
It was a lot of work and huge pain in the arse, but it’s way cheaper than sod. I seeded and watered basically 3 acres, doing in 10-20ksqft sections at a time.
You’ll also have a bunch of weeds pop up. There’s nothing you can do about it at first. Just let the Bermuda seeds grow along side the weeds at first. Let it get very well established for a couple months before spraying any herbicide. Many people recommend waiting until the next season, but I found it didn’t damage the Bermuda once well established.
I have 3 timers with 2 outlets each. Was running two sprinklers on each outlet, so I had 12 sprinklers in the yard at a time to try to maximize the coverage.
It was a lot of work and huge pain in the arse, but it’s way cheaper than sod. I seeded and watered basically 3 acres, doing in 10-20ksqft sections at a time.
You’ll also have a bunch of weeds pop up. There’s nothing you can do about it at first. Just let the Bermuda seeds grow along side the weeds at first. Let it get very well established for a couple months before spraying any herbicide. Many people recommend waiting until the next season, but I found it didn’t damage the Bermuda once well established.
Posted on 4/19/25 at 2:02 pm to LSUtigerME
….and that’s what it takes. 
Posted on 4/19/25 at 3:04 pm to VermilionTiger
I would say it could be as fast as one to two days. They have such tiny root structures that they would probably desiccate within hours. Full sun and summer heat would accelerate it. Soil with plenty of organic matter would probably hold onto water longer, but the margin for error is small.
Posted on 4/19/25 at 5:40 pm to LSUtigerME
Mother of god
Posted on 4/19/25 at 9:48 pm to bayoubengals88
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I can’t make sense of this. Why would you assume SA would take over?
I've done that several times. Spread ssed grass and plug in St Aug. After a year or so the St Aug has taken over most. Pretty simple and obvious.
Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:26 am to bayoubengals88
Lawn has a few empty spots what’s best way to get grass to grow in those spots? Also low in spots do I just throw mud on top of those areas and let grass grow through it?
Posted on 4/20/25 at 12:53 pm to LSUBALLER
I would put some top soil and plug it from another section.
Pro Plugger
Pro Plugger
Posted on 4/20/25 at 2:17 pm to LSUBALLER
If I have empty spots, I’m hand tilling it, adding humic, peat moss, fertilizer, and water. If I have the opportunity to add grass from other areas, I’d do that too.
If all shade, it won’t work.
If full sun it will.
If all shade, it won’t work.
If full sun it will.
Posted on 4/20/25 at 2:45 pm to bayoubengals88
Full sun so can I till it and do other things u mentioned and add grass seed
This post was edited on 4/20/25 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 4/20/25 at 3:10 pm to LSUBALLER
Nice. Throw some sand and compost/manure combo on the low areas. 70% sand
This post was edited on 4/20/25 at 7:38 pm
Posted on 4/20/25 at 7:34 pm to bayoubengals88
Ty
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