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Bermuda Barespots
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gregnga GA (
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Sat, Jun 2, 12 at 11:34
| Any suggestions why I cannot get Bermuda to grow very well here. It is not in the shade and gets plenty of sun.
What could I do to get Bermuda to grow better here.
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RE: Bermuda Barespots
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| I can't see the picture here at work but must be something wrong with the soil or no water |
RE: Bermuda Barespots
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| It gets as much water as the rest of the yard which is doing fine. I have a lawn service that feeds/treats the yard as needed so one would think that they would be providing whatever nutrients it is in need of when they feed the yard. |
RE: Bermuda Barespots
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| It gets as much water as the rest of the yard which is doing fine. I have a lawn service that feeds/treats the yard as needed so one would think that they would be providing whatever nutrients it is in need of when they feed the yard. |
RE: Bermuda Barespots
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| If everything is identical then I have no idea. If it were me, I'd get a soil test from that area and go from there. |
RE: Bermuda Barespots
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| I think I can answer this as it looks just like a shady area transition zone. Bermuda does not tolerate shade. |
RE: Bermuda Barespots
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| If you notice, the area in question is at the bottom of a slope. I am thinking maybe the water is running down the slope and washing the good soil out. In the picture you can see I have some ground hugging junipers. I am hoping once they get larger, they will stop some of the water running down the slope. Don't know what your thoughts are on this theory. |
RE: Bermuda Barespots
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| Looking at the picture very closely i'm noticing small twigs on the ground and what looks to be oak tree leaves on the area around the yard so im guessing there is another tree that is not in this picture. Thus this is leading me to believe that you have a shade issue. Has this area always had this problem? |
RE: Bermuda Barespots
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| Tell us what plenty of sun is? How much sun does that area get? Is that area on the north side of anything? Even bermuda on the north side of a chain link fence can be thinner than the south side. |
RE: Bermuda Barespots
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| If you notice, the area in question is at the bottom of a slope. I am thinking maybe the water is running down the slope and washing the good soil out. In the picture you can see I have some ground hugging junipers. I am hoping once they get larger, they will stop some of the water running down the slope. Don't know what your thoughts are on this theory. |
RE: Bermuda Barespots
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| It really looks like it is thinned by shade but you might have a lack of beneficial fungus in the soil, also. Washing the good soil out is probably not the problem; however, since it is at the bottom of a hill, does water ever accumulate in that dead area? Do you ever have standing water? How often are you watering and for how long? The rest of the lawn does not look that great either. You might want to reconsider the value of your lawn maintenance guy. It should be deep green and very dense when you look straight down on it. |
RE: Bermuda Barespots
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| I have a couple of questions: 1. You stated that this area is at the bottom of a hill. Is this the area where water collects after regular watering or after rainfall? 2. You stated that you have a lawn service that treats/feeds the yard as needed. Have they applied any herbicides or other lawn products to your yard within the last 120 days (since mid February)? If so, what products? One of the ideas I am considering is that IF your lawn service applied a product to your yard just prior to a significant rain event, and IF this bare area is where water collects, then what you are seeing now may be a possible result of those factors. All I'm trying to do is gather additional information to help you find the cause of your bare ground. |
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