Grass Growing Advice - Centipede is terrible

I’m interested in pointers for transitioning as well. I can’t figure out why, but I have major portions of centipedes that die and are extremely slow to come back each spring. These spots are not the same year to year. I also have large areas of carpet grass that I’m hesitant to nuke all at once. I’ve been killing around the thick patches of Bermuda and letting it spread. It’s going slow.

Zoysia is what LSU would recommend.

If you have full sun then you’ll love Bermuda. One poster here has celebration Bermuda and it looks awesome. I’m also a huge fan of princess 77/Arden 15.

Deep green, fast recovery, wear and drought resistant.

I have celebration.. and to be honest, I dont have it everywhere...yet. as my front yard (centipede) dies from the same thing yall are describing , I add plugs of celebration from my back yard and it takes off.

I was coincidentally looking into the same thing today; overseeding centipede with Bermuda to make the switch. My centipede does ok but I did a soil test and my pH is way up. I spread some sulfur and you can tell it’s starting to break down but it’s still too high for any reasonable amount of sulfur to bring it down enough.

Looks like making this transition successfully has its challenges. Curious to know ronk’s take on overseeding like this? Was looking hard at the oasis blend today. Seems to be what would suit me best. In my research it also seems like plugging is more effective than seeding if you don’t break up the thatch layer to get to bare dirt under the grass, but I could be wrong.

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Having trouble keeping a centipede lawn healthy and looking to transition to bermuda. Large portions of centipede in my yard die every year, but the bermuda seems to do fine. What type/variety of burmuda seed should I put down to overseed some scraggly centipede in some areas and plant completely new in other areas? I'm looking for something that is very resilient and tough. Mostly sun with some partial shade under a crepe myrtle tree. Not interested in messing with sod at this time. Any help or advice is appreciated! Tired of looking at dirt in my front yard...

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So, you are having trouble keeping a low maintenance turf healthy? How about mow it at 1.5-2”. Water only when stressed, fertilize once maybe twice a year. Keep ph in proper range and don’t expect it to grow in shade.

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Anyway to really tell what kind of hybrid Bermuda it is? I inherited a Bermuda lawn but have never been sure of the variety, I figured I either had Tif 419 or celebration.

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pull a runner out and take a picture. celebration has larger fatter leaves and more space between internodes. its common bermuda on steroids. Im a golf guy growing celebration and hate it. it looks scaggly at 1.5 inches and matts up. needs to be mowed 1 inch and under to really look tight. it is also a huge thatch producer and thus gets large patch really bad and grey snow mold. if I had to grow a bermuda lawn, I would go with tifway 419. the celebration will need annual heavy verticutting, and top dressing. needs inputs to keep that deep green color.

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Curious to know ronk’s take on overseeding like this?

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Bump for ronk's infinite wisdom when he gets a chance.

We have spots with Princess Bermuda and mostly Meyer zoysia.

I much prefer the zoysia. It’s much thicker and has less weeds.

Looks like 419 based on color. Celebration is a blue green color. Kinda difficult but tug 419 is sterile and celebration is not. Find seed heads and remove the seeds. Plant the under perfect conditions in a plantar and see if anything grows.