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| We purchased a builder spec home, that was sodded with Bermuda.
One thing that I noticed is that the sod doesn't reach the edges of the house (flower beds, sides of house). There is about a 6 inch gap between the edges of the brick flower bed and the sod. It's like they started the sod 6 inches away from everything. Is this common? Can I cut strips and lay it down in those sections? Did someone cut some corners here? |
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| I'm no expert but I've heard bermuda will spread anywhere, so it will most likely spread independently to those areas. How long have the spots been empty for? |
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- Posted by EmptyWallet none (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 11:55
| About 2 Months. |
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| I have Celebration Bermuda so I am familiar with growing bermuda. If you fertilize, water , and mow properly that bermuda will crawl over and into everything. Most likely the builder gave a six inch buffer to your flower bed to keep it from growing in there. When was the last time it was fertilized and what did you use? |
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- Posted by EmptyWallet none (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 12:29
| We moved in June 1st. I fertilized with 13-13-13 from Lowe's on June 5th or so. I haven't fertilize since then. I was going to fertilize with the same thing this weekend. |
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| where exactly in Texas are you. the 13-13-13 is good for a vegetable garden but not bermuda what do you mow with, how oftern, what height. |
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- Posted by EmptyWallet none (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 14:48
| I'm in East Texas, Tyler to be exact. Push Mower, once a week, 3 inches high. Water 3 times a week, and it's been raining like crazy. I don't bag it. LOL, reading here it seems I'm doing EVERYTHING wrong. They don't have a Lesco supplier in Tyler, you have to buy it at Home Depot. Thing is, I have NO time to mow during the week. Weekends only. So how and what should I do to make my yard look great with weekend mowing only? |
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| Dont' take what I say personally but I am just going to put it out there. Google "Bermuda Bible Texasweed" It has great info of what to do throughout the year. East Texas. Probably acidic soil. Is it clay, loam, or sand. I'll be honest and say Bermuda is not a mow it high and once a week type of lawn. It is very labor intensive. You can get your stuff at HD but you have to read the labels and not have the HD staff tell you what to put on it. Water once a week for a long duration. You want those roots to grow down and not across. Came back after the bermuda bible reading and we can fill in the blanks. |
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