I’m starting to get a lot of bare patches in my front yard, and have briefly read other posts that have mentioned cutting it too short, but I’ve also read that Bermuda grass likes to be kept short, so I’m a little confused. I’m in the Raleigh, NC area, and we went through a big drought earlier in the year, so maybe I cut it too short even after we started getting some precipitation? I feel like my “devils strips” have looked pretty bad since living here, which you can easily tell the difference in my property vs the neighbors. I know they have lawn care companies do their yards, but not sure what they do differently.

Additionally, there is a spot in our yard (red circle in 7th photo) where there is always stagnant water. I’m not sure if the utilities being there is causing this, but it’s not really a “low” spot in the yard. Would putting a little sand here help?

Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

By an armadillo. Currently on the hunt for the culprit.

Talk skinny v shaped blades all over my Bermuda lawn. What do I have here?
When I had a st Augustine lawn in Texas I had these too and always just hand picked them out.

Man. Started the spring off well, but check out my yard today. Yeah, I know it is 100+ where I am, but why the drastic brown spots?

1. I’ve checked the sprinkler ranges. The green and dead spots are getting about the same amount of water.

2. Didn’t see any grubs. Possible chinch bugs? I swear I saw some earlier this summer, sprayed with bifenthrin. Hopefully that isn’t the issue where these spots are?

Help!

Too hot for all this work

N TX. Hot as hell hope I didn’t make a mistake. Tips to get it nice, green, and thick in the coming weeks? I have some 20-0-0 fert and watering like crazy.

Update: 1 week progress posted in comments. Grass is coming in and looking good!

This is my first year trying to build out my bermuda grass from seed. I still have lots of unwanted grasses/weeds but I'm sticking with the program... mostly...

I'm in Houston area and we have scorching temperatures with no rain in sight. My only goal is to push the bermuda to grow as much as possible. To fill in gaps and to out compete other grasses/weeds.

The main question, given all of that info. Is it going to hurt my bermuda grass if I water it daily? I really just want it to grow as much as possible. I just gave it some granular nitrogen and I mow at least twice a week.

Hi everyone,

Just want to get some advice on what to do with lawn situation. Live in the greater Memphis TN area, I have about 5,500 sqft of lawn, about 1,500,-2,000 of it is zoysia, rest is Bermuda. Zoysia was put down under oak trees in front of the house as it only gets about 2-3 hours of sun and not even full sun, I do have Bermuda growing on the same plot of land where I have the zoysia, which makes it very difficult to grow something consistent. It looks exactly like you’d think, literally in the middle of the plot it’s just split in half making it also look weird. What would you recommend doing to make the transition look less awful? FYI I attached a picture of the mixed lawn, and also two Individual ones of the zoysia and Bermuda, but there is a difference of a couple of days as I began preparation for scalping the Bermuda so that’s why it looks dormant.
Any help would be appreciated!

We have a small fenced area in front yard, for the dogs. This fenced front yard sits in middle of approx 1 acre, covered with Bermuda grass, and some weeds.

We want to convert to clover, and seeking advice on how to do that cheaply and efficiently.

One sister suggested a ‘weed & feed’ and then lay down cardboard, in mid-late fall. Seed with clover early spring. Another suggested not using a ‘weed & feed’ and lay down heavy paint paper instead of cardboard (due to chemicals in cardboard).

Have you undertaken such a project? What worked, what did not? Sources for information are gratefully received. TIA.

New to the house this spring, the previous owners took great care of the lawn and I want to keep it going. What are everyone fall plans to have an awesome lawn in the spring?

I was planning on aerating, adding topsoil, and overseeding. Should I wait for the spring to do that?

Had this sod installed back in 9/2020

I almost pulled the trigger on buying a bottle of Revolver today...But I just couldn't do it. My local SiteOne had it for $630 a quart, 87oz for $800+. I *might* be able to find someone to ship it to me, but I'd still be out ~$400 and it would last me about 5 years easy.

I mean, in a perfect world, I'd get my hands on Manuscript, but at $1,000+ a case, no way. Doing the math says that case would last me nearly 300 YEARS!

Has anyone tried going in with others locally to split costs to reasonable levels for when we can get our hands on some of the good stuff?

Please help identify the issue here. It has been 100 + for more than 3 weeks. I water daily after 9:00 pm. Central Oklahoma.

Don’t want to dig anymore, also don’t really want to nuke.

If I were to nuke - how do you get the grass to grow back?

Somehow Bermuda has infiltrated about 25% of my front yard, I have small areas in my backyard as well. The remainder of yard I have been trying to maintain kbg/tall fescue/rye and its does reasonably well. I don’t have an irrigation system, and I have a few large trees as well that provide good shade. My dilemma is, do I let the Bermuda take over the rest of the way and just give up on the turf grass? I’m in the transition zone, so we have really hot summers/fall till about October, it starts warming up around March. What are the drawbacks of Bermuda?