Bermuda Vs Centipede

Spray with over the top 2 by fertilome. Spray it in the morning when there is still dew and you can see the Bermuda well. It may take 2 applications to knock it back.

Don’t over fertilize the centipede because it well get worse.

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It happened because centipede is a shitty grass type. Bermuda is more dominant. Mow low and fert often to convert your lawn to Bermuda

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Agree with you. I had centipede and something killed most of it over the winter. This hybrid bermuda that was less than .05% of my yard last year has taken over the bulk of my yard now and it’s greener and doesn’t grow so tall that if I’m running behind mowing it’s still easy to cut. What has taken over my yard is that shorter golf coarse variety. When I lived in Little Rock all those yards up there were bermuda. I had common bermuda that would grow taller than hybrids and I sat my lawnmower high as it would go during the hottest months, top it with my mower, and it looked amazing cut at 3.5” to 4”. It was over your ankle high but looked great when you just topped it the stuff would get nice and thick. I’m done with centipede. We had that crap when I was kid growing up in Ruston and don’t like that lime green grass.

centipede is terrible.

You have been given a gift. How many sq ft of turf do you have?

I was considering starting this exact topic. I have centipede that is starting to look like shite. Some Bermuda is overtaking in a few spots. I'd like to maybe overseed with Bermuda and kill off the centipede eventually. I mow low and often already (might be too much mowing for the centipede). Should I just seed and fert? Recommendation on seed? In New Orleans.

There would be some challenges to overseeing a centipede lawn to convert to Bermuda. You might consider killing it off first. Royal txd is probably the top seed at the moment.

Any positive Centipede posters? Mine is doing pretty well. Everyone bashes Centipede here.

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Any positive Centipede posters? Mine is doing pretty well. Everyone bashes Centipede here.

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I’ve had Centipede for many years. I’m 53 and moved around the country with promotions from my job so I’ve had Centipede, Bermuda both common and hybrid, St. Augustine, and Empire Zoysia. I can make Centipede look nice when I used Lesco 15-0-15 with 2% iron. That fertilizer turned it pretty green for Centipede. 80% of my Centipede died last winter. The whole neighborhood has the same issues. The whole county across the bay from Mobile. I’ve never seen anything like it to this degree. I have always found Centipede easy to maintain and when healthy did good for me. But having a chance to start over this year, I simply want something different. Something that is more green. Bermuda and Zoysia have been the two I preferred over Centipede. I’m just mad at my Centipede and will acknowledge I’ve had some great looking yards with it, but that Lesco 15-0-15 made it be all it could be in my opinion. That particular fertilizer was a game changer on turning that grass a darker colored green.

I know it's not an option for most people but, centipede loves a reel mower. 5/8" cut. It stripes better than bermuda. Another advantage its really hard to scalp it like bermuda under normal mowing. You dont have the brown stems, you can go from 2.5" to 5/8" in the same day and its still green as can be.

I didn’t want to say anything, but there’s no way that’s healthy.

I scalp my Bermuda every year, but even then I do a pre-scalp first and put down potassium at the same time.