re: Yard help

its a constant struggle and chemicals get expensive

Depends on what extent you want to manage it, but bermuda is not cheap to keep well managed.

i dont do it every year, my biggest problem in the front yard is a big arse oak tree in my neighbors yd, that side of my yard is always a struggle, i have to water the shite out of it I really need to airate that side it gets compacted pretty bad

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From the road, you cant tell if there is weed mixed in with the turf.

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But you're OCD so YOU know it's there man- take care of it.

Drives me nuts. Dad doesn't care

That's a good bermuda routine you have posted but what is everyone doing for centipede? My yard is less than two years old with centipede sod that is not thickening up as much as I'd like. My mower blade is set to about 1.5 inches and I mow it at least once a week. Centipede doesn't take make fertilizer I've been told.

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From the road, you cant tell if there is weed mixed in with the turf.
But you're OCD so YOU know it's there man- take care of it.

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STFU man, there is nothing out there, because I can't see it

It's just Lespedeza so I really can't see it until I'm on the mower cutting it. I'll get it later.

Oh and apparently you can eat lez. Told my dad we'd be alright food-wise for a few days if a hurricane hit us

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I haven't fertilized at all this year, is it too late? What do you recommend for centipede?

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I was also wondering if it's too late to fertilize centipede. I live in the Mobile area. I use Lesco 15-0-15 on mine. They say centipede does not like that middle number. Normally I fertilize for the fall around mid August and always have a nice green yard until around Thanksgiving then usually a good cold snap takes it on into dormancy. This year it seemed like it rained every day in August and my yard was just drowning. It's finally gotten nice and healthy looking again. Sometimes I've used Miligonite late in the fall. Not sure if I spelled that right. Seems like it turns it green without a bunch of nitrogen.

I like to cut my centipede tall. I've read that's not good to do but it's always looked good. If it develops a little thatch I lower the deck on my lawn mower a tad and within a few weeks I can start cutting it high again. I bet my grass is ankle deep when I mow it. In the early spring I do cut it rather low until it greens up good.

But to answer your question I have no idea if it's too late to fertilize. The books I've read say it's not a good idea because it causes your yard to green up slow the following spring but I often break the centipede rules and still have one of the nicest yards in my neighborhood. Centipede is a very forgiving grass and easy to grow. I just wish it got as green as St Aug or my old yard which was Empire Zoysia. Centipede even when fertilized 2-3 times a year has a lime green hue to it. They say centipede does not like a bunch of fertilizer but where I live you have to put some out or your yard looks terrible.