Wife and I bought a new house that comes with Bermuda. Personally, I've always had Fescue.

What should I be doing right now to get the lawn ready for spring/summer?

FinsUp said:

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Wife and I bought a new house that comes with Bermuda. Personally, I've always had Fescue.

What should I be doing right now to get the lawn ready for spring/summer?

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I'm no lawn expert, but I'm trying to kill the Bermuda that's invading my fescue. I've been told, however, that If you want Bermuda, seeding time is in June, not the fall as with fescue.

Oldsouljer said:

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FinsUp said:

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Wife and I bought a new house that comes with Bermuda. Personally, I've always had Fescue.

What should I be doing right now to get the lawn ready for spring/summer?

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I'm no lawn expert, but I'm trying to kill the Bermuda that's invading my fescue. I've been told, however, that If you want Bermuda, seeding time is in June, not the fall as with fescue.

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Well, I already have it. With fescue, I'd be putting down the pre-emergent soon.

I have no clue about bermuda. I put down some fertilizer late spring when we moved in last year and cut it. Pulled weeds, etc - looked solid for the most part. Just want to do a better job staying ahead of it this time around

FinsUp said:

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Oldsouljer said:

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FinsUp said:

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Wife and I bought a new house that comes with Bermuda. Personally, I've always had Fescue.

What should I be doing right now to get the lawn ready for spring/summer?

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I'm no lawn expert, but I'm trying to kill the Bermuda that's invading my fescue. I've been told, however, that If you want Bermuda, seeding time is in June, not the fall as with fescue.

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Well, I already have it. With fescue, I'd be putting down the pre-emergent soon.

I have no clue about bermuda. I put down some fertilizer late spring when we moved in last year and cut it. Pulled weeds, etc - looked solid for the most part. Just want to do a better job staying ahead of it this time around

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Spread some Scott's "Southern Lawn" Weed & Feed on it around March 1 and then another follow up spread around April 1 and you should be good to go for the season. Do not be tempted to exceed the recommended settings and you need to have dew on the grass during the application to be effective.

I agree with Storm........the Scotts products work well for me. Amd follow his advice, make sure it's a little wet with Dew when you put it out.
Either that or getting ready to rain, etc.

ge_traveler said:

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I agree with Storm........the Scotts products work well for me. Amd follow his advice, make sure it's a little wet with Dew when you put it out.
Either that or getting ready to rain, etc.

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The dew preference is so the weed killing portion of the weed and feed sticks to the weed itself. That's what kills it. You prefer for it not to rain until at least 24 hours after application.

A natural dew works best. I've tried wetting my grass in areas before by a spray nozzle and then applying the Weed and Feed, and the results are not as good.

Everything you need to know and when..thank you NCSU!!
https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/bermudagrass-lawn-maintenance-calendar

Thanks yall!

If you go the Scott's route, you have to make sure that you purchase the "Southern Lawn" designation of the Weed and Feed... their regular "Weed and Feed" could accidentally kill your grass, because it targets wiregrasses as a weed.

TheStorm said:

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If you go the Scott's route, you have to make sure that you purchase the "Southern Lawn" designation of the Weed and Feed... their regular "Weed and Feed" could accidentally kill your grass, because it targets wiregrasses as a weed.

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Really? Maybe that's what I need to use, then.

Yep, what Storm said.....use Southern. Never had any issues.

ge_traveler said:

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Yep, what Storm said.....use Southern. Never had any issues.

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Well, the other one in my case. I'm trying to kill Bermuda, lol.

Two rounds of roundup two weeks apart does the job

BigBarryWood said:

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Two rounds of roundup two weeks apart does the job

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The problem is, I don't want to kill the intermixed fescue.

Oldsouljer said:

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BigBarryWood said:

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Two rounds of roundup two weeks apart does the job

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The problem is, I don't want to kill the intermixed fescue.

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had the same issue and just went scorched earth and started over. It was painful but the outcome was pretty good.

Unfortunately I don't think there's any other option. Once the Bermuda is there it's not going away. I hate Bermuda so I did the same thing years ago. Killed my entire yard and started over with fescue.

BigBarryWood said:

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Unfortunately I don't think there's any other option. Once the Bermuda is there it's not going away. I hate Bermuda so I did the same thing years ago. Killed my entire yard and started over with fescue.

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I did scorched earth too.... then started over... eventually the bermuda came back.. I think it travels from my neighbor's yard... not sure how it go there otherwise.

Where my grass isn't thick it can spill over. But where the fescue is tall and thick I don't have issues.

barnburner said:

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BigBarryWood said:

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Unfortunately I don't think there's any other option. Once the Bermuda is there it's not going away. I hate Bermuda so I did the same thing years ago. Killed my entire yard and started over with fescue.

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I did scorched earth too.... then started over... eventually the bermuda came back.. I think it travels from my neighbor's yard... not sure how it go there otherwise.

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For sure. Bermuda is invasive as all get out. Another problem I have is clover. Seeds get deposited in my yard courtesy of traversing deer.

BigBarryWood said:

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Unfortunately I don't think there's any other option. Once the Bermuda is there it's not going away. I hate Bermuda so I did the same thing years ago. Killed my entire yard and started over with fescue.

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You can spray out Bermuda in fescue with Tenacidy or Fusilade but it is not cheap.

I have started from scratch before and sprayed everything out but the Bermuda just came back. I just overseed with Rye now and start pushing the Bermuda in June or so when the heat gets the Rye.

I was a turf major while at State but have been out of it for a while but I like the "Timothy McVeigh" approach with Bermuda. When the soil temps start to warm up around April or May hammer it with some Nitrogen (About a pound per 1000 square feet) every 3-4 weeks. Bermuda roots also grow laterally so if you can Dethatch/Verticut or aerate in the warmer months when it is getting active it will take off.