Bermuda Grass needs help

• Dec 24, 2017

• #1

3ringer

Senior Member

Our Bermuda grass has been getting thinner and thinner every year. We have lost about 40 percent of it. I have top coated with sand, aerated it, fertilized and everything else I can think of. Has anyone used a lawn service and has had good luck with it. I dont know what else to try .

 

• Dec 24, 2017

• #2

hopper

Senior Member

Well when all methods of DIY fail a Pro consultation cant hurt. If you hire a service just make sure you tell them why they are being hired , stess the main objection (thicker grass) and get that part in writing. Some companies have a one and all aproach that may not fit your needs.

 

• Dec 24, 2017

• #3

southernman13

Senior Member

We have some we layed at our place in Tn from a sod farm and it’s doing just ok. We have some around our farm in sw Ga that’s natural and u can’t kill it. I can spray and harrow it up and it just keeps on growling and spreading. I’d actually like to be able to scrape it up and take 3 or 4 pallets of it to Tn. And lay it down. The stuff in Tn grows decent but it doesn’t spread out like the stuff we have in Ga. good luck

 

• Dec 24, 2017

• #4

95g atl

Senior Member

try overseeding in spring?

also, if it doesn't have full sun (and water) that can be an issue.

 

• Dec 24, 2017

• #5

walkinboss01

Senior Member

Have you had the soil tested?

 

• Dec 24, 2017

• #6

rospaw

Senior Member

walkinboss01 said:

Have you had the soil tested?

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This !

 

• Dec 24, 2017

• #7

GoldDot40

Senior Member

Some bermuda is kinda picky about the type of fetilizer used on it. It also needs to be applied when the soil has ample hydration. Mine struggled earlier in the year....it was just laid a year ago when the house was finished.

I used a liquid weed and feed that had great reviews on bermuda grass. A few weeks later and it was very thick and green compared to the neighbor's. I'll continue doing it twice a year.

 

• Dec 24, 2017

• #8

3ringer

Senior Member

walkinboss01 said:

Have you had the soil tested?

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No we haven’t. I think we should try this next.

 

• Dec 24, 2017

• #9

3ringer

Senior Member

We just cut down 5 trees and limbed up others. I hope this helps too.

 

• Dec 24, 2017

• #10

DAWG1419

Senior Member

3ringer said:

We just cut down 5 trees and limbed up others. I hope this helps too.

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We own a fert company in social circle but don’t come jackson lake. Probably to much shade,not enough sunlight. You can call dorseys. He is down your way if you want them to do it or I can send you a program to follow for free.

 

• Dec 24, 2017

• #11

Stonewall 2

Senior Member

Bermuda grass needs a minimum of 4 hrs of direct sunlight. I would think this is probably your problem. If you are getting that and still thinning I would get the soil tested and if you don’t put out some fast lime just before growing season next spring. Then when the grass starts to green put out a slow release nitrogen fertilizer. I have had good luck with these methods, but I still have an area in back yard that is thinning that just does not get enough sun. I also put out preemergent at least three time a year. Good luck!

 

• Dec 24, 2017

• #12

Patriot44

Banned

3ringer said:

We just cut down 5 trees and limbed up others. I hope this helps too.

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This, My front gets very little sunlight and our trees in the front started making for 90 shade in the summer. I trimmed the trees up to about 10 ft to let in sunlight and it made a comeback this year.

Bermuda loves the sunshine.

 

• Dec 25, 2017

• #13

treemanjohn

Banned

Bermuda needs a ton of sunlight 4 hours will never get it
Sand offers no nutrients to anything. Topdress with a quality compost of top soil
If you overseed you'll be stuck with common Bermuda. If your lot was originally laid sod you can KIND OF get away with it. If you're seeding spots you'll see the difference. Besides sod is cheap

 

• Dec 25, 2017

• #14

Bigmonk96

Senior Member

try the Sahara Bermuda -- I filled in my inground pool this spring -- scattered the seeds ( really thick*) and fertlized with starter fertlizer ( 18-24-12 ), - then just mashed seeds & fertilizer into the soil with the dozier tracs -- plenty of water and it took off - good luck, Monk*

 

• Dec 26, 2017

• #15

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work2play2

Banned again & will band again soon

Sounds like a shade issue

 

• Dec 26, 2017

• #16

GA native

Senior Member

3ringer said:

We just cut down 5 trees and limbed up others. I hope this helps too.

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The more sun Bermuda weed gets, the better it does. If you have less than eight hours of sun on the crop, it will fail.

 

• Jan 7, 2018

• #17

J

JohnK

Senior Member

The guy who aerates my yard uses a big tractor to pull a big heavy roller.....those little ones behind a yard tractor don't get deep enough.

 

• Jan 7, 2018

• #18

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westcobbdog

Senior Member

3ringer said:

We just cut down 5 trees and limbed up others. I hope this helps too.

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That was ur problem. The few spots in my yard that my Bermuda suffers is under a few pines and another spot under a peach tree.

 

• Jan 8, 2018

• #19

jiminbogart

TCU Go Frawgs !

treemanjohn said:

Bermuda needs a ton of sunlight 4 hours will never get it
Sand offers no nutrients to anything. Topdress with a quality compost of top soil
If you overseed you'll be stuck with common Bermuda. If your lot was originally laid sod you can KIND OF get away with it. If you're seeding spots you'll see the difference. Besides sod is cheap

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All of this.

If your muda gets a lot of shade, kill it with Roundup and spread some pinestraw on it. Or cut down the trees.

 

• Jan 8, 2018

• #20

mattech

Deranged Throat-Puncher

Could be brown patch or some other fungus. You can apply a fungicide and see if that helps.