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Tifgrand Week 1
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caseyc3 NC (
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Fri, Aug 26, 11 at 11:32
Here are some before and after shots it's looking great, rooted and growing well! Thanks everyone for the advice...
Street view install day
Street view current day
Top down view install day
Top down view current day
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| wow! Looks really good. The only thing i noticed was that the grass will eventually creep into your flower beds so i would suggest that you either put some sort of edging around them or use your string trimmer to edge the beds so that they will keep there shape. Other than that its looking great keep up the good work. Do you have a reel or a rotary mower? |
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| Thanks Tex! I will definitely be edging with the trimmer and have to figure out some kind of eding, the mulch goes everywhere :( I've got a Mascot reel mower on the way. I was thinking about mowing when I get it probably weds. That'll be at the two week mark from installation... Is that too soon? It's growing well and rooted, there are little seed heads popping up all over the place especially in the shaded areas |
RE: Tifgrand Week 1
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I'll be interested to see how a manual push mower will fare on hybrid Bermuda. I never could make it work.
Jon |
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| I had to do the same thing in the front of our two beds, IMO it looks better trimmed with the trimmer. I'm curious to see what the Tifgrand looks like when its been reel mowed, our yard was far to large to make it practical to mow by reel. Its been so hot here that i've kept it a 2" and we've had 72 days of temps 100 or above. You should keep us updated with pics after you get it reel mowed so we can be jealous of you. lol |
RE: Tifgrand Week 1
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| Decorative concrete border would work best to keep bermuda out. A lot easier to use string trimmer without the mulch mess. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Concrete border
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I have a Bermuda 419 lawn and I mow it with a rotary mower. It looks beautiful and all my neighbors envy the lawn. I cut it at around 2-3") and I don't have any issues with scalping. What most people on this Forum will not tell you is that the shorter you cut the Bermuda, the more water it will need to keep it looking healthy and good. So a 2-3" Bermuda will not need as much water as Bermuda that's kept at 1" or below. The trick to cutting Bermuda with a rotary mower is a very sharp blade. In fact, almost a razer-sharp blade. The hastle with reel mowers and sharpening the blades (or finding someone who does it, and then it costs you $100 or more) is not worth it if you use a bit of common sense and have the soil relatively well leveled. Bermuda grass at 1-2" is a good looking lawn if maintained properly. By the way, why did you choose tifgrand over, say, Bermuda 419? It looks good by the way. And edging may work for a while around the mulch beds but Bermuda tends to creep underground too and may just go under the edging eventually.
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| Thanks Peter, do you live in Heritage WF by the pond? I was talking with a neighbor who has an awesome 419 lawn there the other day and he was using the Bermuda Bible to get it that way :) he was also mowing with a rotary mower... |
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No, I actually live in a subdivision close to Heritage. I drive through Heritage on a weekly basis though and some of the lawns there are just gorgeous. Now that's awesome pride in your property. I have personally never read the Bermuda Bible but I did read a number of turf maintenance articles from NCSU. Those tell you all you need to know about grass care in NC. Check out their website at:
www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/. I personally chose Tifway 419 because My lawn gets sun from 7 am to 8 pm during the summer months so it was a practical choice from that standpoint. The maintenance is high though if you want a good looking turf. I guess I will have to go with Supersod next spring because they seem to be the only turf grower locally who offers Tifgrand Bermuda sod. Their sod though is not very good quality because they do not give you a lot of soil with the turf (sod) so you have to be careful when you roll it out. The flip side to that is that there is shorter rooting time for the sod.
And you are fine using rotary mower. Again, common sense, a sharp blade, and reasonable expectations based on the materials you are using all apply when using a second best choice to cut Bermuda sod.
Cheers. |
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