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why my bermuda is soo tall
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Thu, Jun 2, 11 at 23:00
| Hello all,
can someone help me, my bermuda I think thats what it is, gets very tall compared to my neighbors I am talking about the seed head.. here is a pic.. I have a company that fertilize my lawn so don't know why is this or maybe normal.. thanks
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RE: why my bermuda is soo tall
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| Probal because you do not mow frequently enough or low enough. Are you mowing 2 times a week at 1-1/2 inches or less? |
RE: why my bermuda is soo tall
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| no, only 1 time at 1-1/2" but neighbors I think they do it also weekly .. and they don't get those big seed heads :S |
RE: why my bermuda is soo tall
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| Lower grade of Bermuda? Also you may not have the same grass as your neighbors. |
RE: why my bermuda is soo tall
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| And another thing...I know some people who were better able to manage bermudagrass seedheads after they sharpened their mower blades. They were mowing with a dull blade. How sharp is your mower blade? |
RE: why my bermuda is soo tall
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| same company does the neighbors so I don't think is the blades, but I did have an area with new grass and I don't have that problem. front looks ugly with all those seed heads, what can I do to take care of this problem if it is bad grade bermuda?? thanks |
RE: why my bermuda is soo tall
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| Well, off the top of my head, I can think of three things you can do if it's a lower grade Bermuda: 1. Mow a little lower and more often.
2. Hit the lawn with round up and start over
3. Give it an extra dose of high N fertilizer. The first two suggestions are guaranteed to work. The third one might not but it's cheap enough to try. Even if the lawn has already been fertilized, you don't know what they used. My guess is the standard 3-1-2 ratio. Maybe it just needs more N. Bermuda is a nitrogen hog and it's hard to use too much of it. Just water it. Of course, if you do add the N and water, you'll have to mow more often, which leads back to #1 above. :) |
RE: why my bermuda is soo tall
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| Yikes! Those are tall. The tall ones are characteristic of common bermuda (low grade). The reason the hybrids were developed was to get rid of the tall seed heads. Some don't have seeds at all and can only be grown from existing sod. Other seeded varieties just have slower or lower growing seed heads. Round up is the solution to common bermuda. There is a process involved. You can't spray it once and think you got it all. Texas Weed can help you with details if that is what you want to do. Bermuda seed needs hot weather to germinate so NOW is the time to start planning a bermuda renovation. |
RE: why my bermuda is soo tall
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| I changed my front yard from common bermuda to Princess77 several years ago. I started with the Round Up in late August or early September. I figured that the lawn would be dormant soon anyway so I just got to look at brown grass a little sooner. The timing gave me all winter to prepare the lawn for seeding in late May/early June of the following season. |
RE: why my bermuda is soo tall
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| thank you all for the info, the other questions is, can it be crabgrass stalks??? < Uploaded with ImageShack.us |
RE: why my bermuda is soo tall
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| No, those seedheads in the earlier photos are definitely bermudagrass seedheads. |
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