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What turf grass should I go with?
Posted on 2/21/25 at 10:06 am
Posted on 2/21/25 at 10:06 am
My current yard is a mix of centipede, Bermuda and (mostly) weeds.
I’m in the process of a new driveway, and have an island of lawn available between the neighbor and myself that will be nearly all dirt when they’re done (I can kill the rest of the grass before I plant or lay sod). I will be doing the remainder of the yard once I put in subterranean drainage in the spring.
My yard has no issues with lack of sun and I’ve got no large trees to contend with.
I will say that I don’t have a great track record for fussing over my lawn. That’s not to say I’m unwilling to fertilize or use chemicals 3-4 times a year, but i’ve got plenty other irons in the fire, so anything that’s going to take lots of bandwidth isn’t likely to be successful.
Given the info above, what are the lawn gurus recommendations?
I’m in the process of a new driveway, and have an island of lawn available between the neighbor and myself that will be nearly all dirt when they’re done (I can kill the rest of the grass before I plant or lay sod). I will be doing the remainder of the yard once I put in subterranean drainage in the spring.
My yard has no issues with lack of sun and I’ve got no large trees to contend with.
I will say that I don’t have a great track record for fussing over my lawn. That’s not to say I’m unwilling to fertilize or use chemicals 3-4 times a year, but i’ve got plenty other irons in the fire, so anything that’s going to take lots of bandwidth isn’t likely to be successful.
Given the info above, what are the lawn gurus recommendations?
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Posted on 2/21/25 at 10:07 am to GeauxldMember
Bermuda if full sun but it's a personal preference for me.
Posted on 2/21/25 at 10:16 am to GeauxldMember
I put Zoysia Palisades in my backyard and would love to do the same for my front. Anything you put out would at least require pre-emergents a few times a year to keep it from being overrun with weeds. That isn't necessarily a function of the turf grass, but the reality of weed seeds.
dog eating fallen pears for texture reference
dog eating fallen pears for texture reference
This post was edited on 2/21/25 at 10:23 am
Posted on 2/21/25 at 10:17 am to GeauxldMember
Bermuda is a grass you don't have to worry about. It recovers from injury very well, someone drives in your yard it won't damage it, drought won't bother it. It will get some weeds but you can damn near spray anything on it. That being said it does like fert and it does like to be mowed often.
Centipede does not grow fast so mowing is like every other week. However, anything will kill it. Neighborhood dog pees on it and you'll have an orange spot a week later, drought-dead, snow like south La had this year-dead.
St Aug similar but slightly more resilient that centipede. Weekly mows but loves to get fungus.
Your pick.
Centipede does not grow fast so mowing is like every other week. However, anything will kill it. Neighborhood dog pees on it and you'll have an orange spot a week later, drought-dead, snow like south La had this year-dead.
St Aug similar but slightly more resilient that centipede. Weekly mows but loves to get fungus.
Your pick.
Posted on 2/21/25 at 10:36 am to ronk
quote:
ronk
Thanks for the feedback. Another poster mentioned zoysia, neighbor has it (and a service that cares for it), but I note you didn’t. Just curious of your thoughts.
Posted on 2/21/25 at 10:46 am to GeauxldMember
if you wanna mow weekly Go with a hybrid Bermuda engineered for lawns. If you wanna mow less frequently, go with one of the many local varieties of Zoysia. If you don’t care about your lawn having grass rather than weeds, go with centipede
Posted on 2/21/25 at 11:14 am to GeauxldMember
Zoysia and dog pee do not get along at all, if you have a dog that's a consideration.
Posted on 2/21/25 at 4:50 pm to GeauxldMember
quote:
Another poster mentioned zoysia
I went to my grandsons soccer game last week...sitting on that grass was like heaven. It must have Zoysia because it didn't look like Bermuda. Green, thick, soft and tough all at the same time.
Wish it was an easy starter from seed. The area I need to cover would be quite expensive to sod.
Posted on 2/21/25 at 5:01 pm to BoogaBear
quote:I had two dogs. One burned grass one doesn’t. I have zoysia. I don’t think it’s because of the grass type. But that being said, when he did burn the grass, the recovery was fast with zoysia.
Zoysia and dog pee do not get along at all, if you have a dog that's a consideration.
Posted on 2/21/25 at 6:02 pm to RaginCajunz
Looks nice. What do you do in that building back there? Is that an office or just storage?
Posted on 2/22/25 at 10:56 am to CalcuttaTigah
quote:
Looks nice. What do you do in that building back there? Is that an office or just storage?
That one is my mower shed. Just my lawn stuff and garden tools mostly. Not even electrified. Roll up door on the side.
I have a similar but larger one just off the pool that’s an office
Posted on 2/22/25 at 2:35 pm to GeauxldMember
I plugged my yard with celebration Bermuda last year…. Very very happy
Posted on 2/22/25 at 6:53 pm to GeauxldMember
I currently have centipede, but it doesn’t grow fast enough when damaged for me. If I had to redo, I’d go with plain old fashioned st Augustine.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:09 pm to TexasHand
I’d like to know what makes you happy about Celebration and where you got your plugs, if you don’t mind me asking.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 12:36 pm to bkhrph
quote:
Celebration
Also what I have. It's very resilient and durable. Same as Tiger Stadium.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:17 pm to GeauxldMember
I have Zoysia and love it. Don't have to mow as much and it is so thick it chokes out everything. One kinda downside, being that thick, it is a workout pushing a mower.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 8:02 pm to GeauxldMember
Bahia
100% maintenance free
no fertilizer no weed killer no nothing
you don’t even have to water it
mow it 2x a month
100% maintenance free
no fertilizer no weed killer no nothing
you don’t even have to water it
mow it 2x a month
Posted on 2/24/25 at 3:00 pm to RougeDawg
quote:
Zoysia
How does this do in South Louisiana?
Also, is it too late to put this down.
Best way is to Kill all current grass then put seed down?
Noob here........
Posted on 2/24/25 at 3:04 pm to RougeDawg
quote:
I have Zoysia and love it. Don't have to mow as much and it is so thick it chokes out everything. One kinda downside, being that thick, it is a workout pushing a mower.
If you mow it weekly, consider cutting it shorter.
If you're going to cut it weekly anyway, it can survive (and look really good) very short, which will make it easier to mow.
Posted on 2/24/25 at 3:09 pm to longhorn22
Zoysia
quote:
How does this do in South Louisiana?
Also, is it too late to put this down.
Best way is to Kill all current grass then put seed down?
Noob here........
Does great in South LA.
It's never too late (or early) to sod.
Zoysia is hybrid, I don't think you'll find seeds for the types of zoysia discussed here. But I could be wrong.
Glysophate (roundup-like) product to kill your existing weeds. Might have to let it warm up a bit to 100% effective. I would recommend making this a priority before sodding. I can't really help with advice on how to germinate seed.
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