Return to the Lawn Care Forum
| Post a Follow-Up
bermuda grass
| | |
Posted by
colorfan45 nc (
My Page) on
Fri, Jul 22, 11 at 9:56
| Have a nice stand of common bermuda that is thick, healthy and kept pretty high for bermuda. Been mowing with a regular push mower. I will be getting a reel mower soon and would like to know how to go about getting it cut low without to much damage. Is it to hot to cut low now? Anything else I might need to know when doing this. Thanks |
Follow-Up Postings:
RE: bermuda grass
| | |
| If it is common Bermuda grass of unknown variety, I do not recommend you go low with it. There are a few, very of the improved seeded types that can go 1 inch or less. but unless you are certain you have one like P-77, Riviera, or Yukon and if you had one you would know it because you would have had to plant it. To get that golf course fairway look you really want to use a hybrid semi-dwarf type grass like Tifway-1 (aka 419), Tifway-II, TifSport, or a dwarf type like Sun Turf, TifGreen, TifDwarf, TifEagle or Baby. If you do, you have to wait until next very early spring to start. After threat of frost is past while the grass is still dormant, you scalp the grass down to just about ground level and remove all the debris. You then use a vertical mower to thin out the stolons that have formed a mat and remove any thatch build up. Then you top-dress with either coarse sand, pro mix, or quality top soil mix. |
RE: bermuda grass
| | |
| Uh, weed? Question: What is your second paragraph suggesting? Where does that process lead? With or without top dressing, I'm thinking it leads to a muddy spring with a good chance of crabgrass. And why the topdressing? To me topdressing is a golf course concept, not a home owner concept. |
RE: bermuda grass
| | |
| I tried using a reel mower on my bermuda and after about 2 times I went back to a gas mower. I couldn't push the reel mower through it. |
RE: bermuda grass
| | |
| tigerdawn, how long did you wait between mowings? Bermuda needs to be mowed 2 or 3 times per week depending on how fast it is growing. I tried a push reel mower on my St Augustine and could not get through it, either. But I have trees and lots of sticks in the yard. Even a small twig will stop a push reel mower. |
RE: bermuda grass
| | |
| Have a high quality push reel mower coming(Silent Cut) so I hope I will get the job done. |
RE: bermuda grass
| | |
| Uh, weed? Question: What is your second paragraph suggesting? Dave you are right I should have explained better. I am suggesting if they really want to go low, start in the spring before the Bermuda greens up by first scalp cutting, not to be confused with the blade digging into the dirt, just removing all the tan dormant grass from last years growth. Then determine if you have a thatch build up and a tangled wed of stolon's. If so and you want to go low, then you need to verti-cut to remove the thatch and thin uo the stolons. |
RE: bermuda grass
| | |
| Thanks weed. I see where you're going. But what is the top dressing for? Are we leveling at the same time? |
Post a Follow-Up
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in.
If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Lawn Care Forum
Instructions
- You must be a registered member and logged in to post messages on our forums.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review the contents and make changes.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- It is illegal to post copyrighted material without the owner's consent.
- HTML codes are allowed in the message field only.
- No advertising is allowed in any of the forums.
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
