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Starting new lawn
Posted on 2/6/20 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 2/6/20 at 1:31 pm
I planted winter rye late fall in my yard. I’m thinking about putting down Bermuda seed. I have a lot of property. What’s the process I need to do to get this working?
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Posted on 2/6/20 at 1:35 pm to Stellytiger
How big of an area are you talking about?
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Posted on 2/6/20 at 2:39 pm to Stellytiger
I have Bermuda that looks so good everyone thinks I sodded but I did not. Fertilize the hell out of it (33-0-0) till you get total ground coverage with whatever type of grass. Then treat the weeds with Target 6 starting around late March. It took me only a few months until my yard was beautiful. I planted no Bermuda just let the natural stuff come out. Fertilize it every month. Then treat the weeds and repeat. Be sure to mow often. At times I now 3 times a week. I’m no professional but I do have the best yard in my neighborhood.
This post was edited on 2/6/20 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 2/6/20 at 3:37 pm to Stellytiger
I had to start my lawn over after having to regrade my back yard. The back portion is about .75 acres. Here is a link to that thread that showed some of the progress.
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Edit: Sorry I hit submit early.
I started out by nuking my whole yard with glyphosate so we could start from scratch. I would maybe look at doing that as well since the winter rye will be dying off in the heat. Once the area is mostly dirt, I would bring in someone with a box blade or a disc to till up the dirt. When I talked to the hydroseeding contractor he said that proper dirt prep can be the difference in a good and great result.
I decided to go with hydroseeding over just plain seed in a spreader. Went with hybrid Bermuda strain called Daniella. Lucked out with a few rain showers and had sprouts in about 18 days. Know that you will either need LOTS of hoses or lots of rain throughout the process. Also lots of beer to reward yourself for moving hoses.
Once it got to growing about two months I did my first cut about 3.5 inches and put out a low nitrogen fertilizer/humic dg mix. I purposely kept the grass higher than usual (2.25-2.5) this summer to not stress it too much. Towards the end of the growing season I used a good bit of herbicides to knock out buttonweed and dallisgrass.
Overall I am super happy with the results and the work paid off. Shoot me an email with any questions drunkencrawfishtd@gmail.
Here is a picture of the yard on September 22 last year (notice the sprinkler rolling):
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Edit: Sorry I hit submit early.
I started out by nuking my whole yard with glyphosate so we could start from scratch. I would maybe look at doing that as well since the winter rye will be dying off in the heat. Once the area is mostly dirt, I would bring in someone with a box blade or a disc to till up the dirt. When I talked to the hydroseeding contractor he said that proper dirt prep can be the difference in a good and great result.
I decided to go with hydroseeding over just plain seed in a spreader. Went with hybrid Bermuda strain called Daniella. Lucked out with a few rain showers and had sprouts in about 18 days. Know that you will either need LOTS of hoses or lots of rain throughout the process. Also lots of beer to reward yourself for moving hoses.
Once it got to growing about two months I did my first cut about 3.5 inches and put out a low nitrogen fertilizer/humic dg mix. I purposely kept the grass higher than usual (2.25-2.5) this summer to not stress it too much. Towards the end of the growing season I used a good bit of herbicides to knock out buttonweed and dallisgrass.
Overall I am super happy with the results and the work paid off. Shoot me an email with any questions drunkencrawfishtd@gmail.
Here is a picture of the yard on September 22 last year (notice the sprinkler rolling):
This post was edited on 2/6/20 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 2/6/20 at 4:16 pm to Stellytiger
Listen to this guy ^^^
I wish I would have done this. Seeding was a PITA and I ended up with maybe half grass half weeds because I didn't water enough and hadn't done a soil test and was throwing down just nitrogen. The gully washer 3 days after I spread the seed didn't help either.
This spring and summer will be a process of killing off the weeds while pushing my princess 77 through the rest of the yard. I got a proplugger so hopefully that will help speed things up at the far ends.
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I decided to go with hydroseeding over just plain seed in a spreader.
I wish I would have done this. Seeding was a PITA and I ended up with maybe half grass half weeds because I didn't water enough and hadn't done a soil test and was throwing down just nitrogen. The gully washer 3 days after I spread the seed didn't help either.
This spring and summer will be a process of killing off the weeds while pushing my princess 77 through the rest of the yard. I got a proplugger so hopefully that will help speed things up at the far ends.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:28 pm to Drunken Crawfish
Thanks. Very informative
Posted on 7/7/20 at 10:46 pm to Drunken Crawfish
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I decided to go with hydroseeding
What hydroseeding company did you use?
Posted on 7/8/20 at 5:34 am to Stellytiger
If you have a Site One store near you, hit them up. They are very knowledgeable and have some good product.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 7:01 am to Stellytiger
Crawfish has done a really good job with his yard.
How much land are we talking about? I filled in my sunken areas of my irrigation lines and seeded with princess 77. That’s the closest match to tif 419. I had germination in 5 days.
How much land are we talking about? I filled in my sunken areas of my irrigation lines and seeded with princess 77. That’s the closest match to tif 419. I had germination in 5 days.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 8:36 am to OneAyedJack
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What hydroseeding company did you use?
Louisiana Hydroseed (318) 560-6243. He is in Pineville but I believe will travel within an hour or so.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 9:14 am to Drunken Crawfish
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Drunken Crawfish
I know you mentioned dragging hoses all around, do you have to keep it watered with hydroseeding similar to regular seeding?
I have a lot of area currently killed and disked. Just waiting for monsoons to stop to grade it out and then plant seed. Hydroseeding would be best option, but I really can’t drag hoses over this whole area. So my plan was to seed in sections where I could manage the watering for a couple weeks at a time.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 9:29 am to LSUtigerME
The hydroseed mulch retains some moisture, but you still need to keep it saturated. Probably 1/4" per day. How large is your area?
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