re: Mix of Bermuda and Centipede to start...

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Why? I know nothing about grass, so I'm interested in this response.

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It’s personal preference really. All grasses have pros and cons. I dislike centipede because it has a dull color and is VERY slow to recover from damage. It’s just not a “beautiful lawn” grass. Again, don’t get me wrong, it’s a perfectly fine and acceptable lawn and there’s no general problems with it. On larger lawns it may even be preferred since it requires little fertilizer and grows slowly.

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You also said it's "cheap." I haven't been able to find it what I would consider cheap. Do you know of a place where I can get it in bulk at a good price?

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Centipede is going to be cheaper compared to Bermuda, Zoysia, or St. Aug. It can also be seeded if you’d like to go that route, although germination can be slow and unsuccessful. Most places I called Centipede runs around $130/pallet if I recall. Zoysia, for example is like $240/pallet.

For sod, I’d suggest Woerner Turf or Quality Sod. There’s plenty of places to get Centipede, but those are two of the most common suppliers. If you want to go Hydroseeding, Sprouts Seeding is in the North Walker area. I haven’t used them, but I talked to them about a year ago when evaluating hydroseeders.

Yeah, bermuda is terrible

Because he is thinking about common bermuda that grows in empty fields.

He mows it about once a month. I think I caught it post mow.

Man, I wish there were pictures and questions before you laid sod. A wide open full sun lawn would have done great with princess 77/Arden 15 bermuda seed.


Don’t pay attention to guys that drop by to say negative things about bermuda. They are clueless.

Where are you located? If you have decent soil in place find someone who can Harley Rake it. It will turn the soil, grade and get trash (rocks/sticks/root) out of there. Then when that is complete come back and see if with Arden 15 or the equivalent called Pyramid 2.

As the previous poster said, I was ready to be done with the clay mud up around the house. This was new construction, after 5 months of living here during the wet winter, my family was sick of all the mud and not ever playing in the yard. It was always my intention. To sod then seed. I don’t really care as much about variety or mixing and matching as long as it covers the mud lol.

None of that will kill Bermuda. Sethoxydim will. I like the Over the top 2 lable. But you have to be relentless putting it down because the Bermuda will try and com back if you don't get it all.

Technically a weed is anything that you don't want growing in your lawn, garden, or flowerbed. So St Aug and centipede are weeds as well. A bermuda lawn is not a weed.