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Wed, Aug 3, 11 at 15:13
| I'm thinking of renovating our yard next year with TifGrand. I know its fairly new to the market, but it has been available for a season or two. How soon does TG go dormant and turn brown in the Fall and how soon will it green up again in the Spring? We get some shade, so I'm thinking TG may be our best bet for Bermuda. I've always had Fesuce lawns because I like the green in the winter, but I've grown tired of fighting the battle all summer to keep Fescue alive here only to loose a bunch and have to reseed every Fall or Spring and then have to fight the weeds that invariably invade the thin areas. |
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- Posted by texas-weed 7A (My Page) on Wed, Aug 3, 11 at 17:09
| Like any Bermuda it will go dormant after your first frost and will green up when the night time temps do not dip below 60. |
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- Posted by Homechicken 7b/metro-Atlanta (My Page) on Wed, Aug 3, 11 at 18:28
| Thanks TW, I read somewhere that it stays green longer and greens up earlier than some other varieties of Bermuda, so I guess a better question would have been has anyone actually noticed their TifGrand staying green longer and greening up earlier than other Bermudas. Even in the Atlanta area with our usually mild winters and early summers, sometimes it seems that Bermuda is brown and ugly for much longer than its actually green. I want to try it for the reasons stated, but its going to be a shock when I look out my window and see a brown ugly lawn in the winter. |
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| How much full sun do you get? Green longer and earlier, maybe a week or two on each side. Will still be brown for months. |
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- Posted by Homechicken 7b/metro-Atlanta (My Page) on Thu, Aug 4, 11 at 13:44
| It varies, one small area, about 250 sq. feet, beside the house only gets about 4 1/2 hours a day, maybe a little more in the middle of the summer. The farther along in summer we get the longer it gets direct sunlight. It only gets 2 1/2 to 3 hours of direct sunlight in the dead of winter, but hopefully that'll be OK since the Bermuda will be dormant? Also the north side of the house pretty much gets full sun all summer, except for the 3 of 4 feet next to the house, but that's flower beds and shrubs anyway. During the winter though, there's virtually no direct sun until you get about 10 - 15 feet from the front of the house. Those areas are the main reason I'm consdering TifGrand. The rest of the yard generally gets 6 hours or more. There are a couple of trees I'm going to take out and that'll allow a little more light in. This was the first home we purchased and I've learned a few things to avoid next time. Next time no house in a cul-de-sac at the bottom of a hill. Your yard collects leaves from the entire street during the fall and winter. No house facing due north, or south, or even close. Facing at a 45 degree angle to the sun's path will give more sunlight to all sides of the house, hopefully eliminating areas that are too shaded by the house to grow grass. No woods or significant amounts of trees within at least 50 feet of the house, especially tall pines that bend and snap during an ice storm and land on your roof, or oaks that shed tons of leaves. |
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- Posted by Andy 7A/B(dtelawncareandy@gmail.com) onSat, Oct 1, 11 at 23:56
| We have installed about 20 pallets of tifgrand this year. It was the first year that I offered it to clients. Its a good grass, but I've already lost a stand of about 400sq ft on one lawn--its in very heavy shade. Do not expect your shade problem to be completley solved because of tifgrand. If you are concerned about brown during the winter, try to overseed in the fall with annual rye, it will germinate very fast and stay green until the bermuda comes out of dormancy. Know how to do it before you do it...read about it--there are ways to trick the bermuda and to trick the rye. During the fall, cleated iron will give you longer color, or any fert with iron. We use cleated iron, as it comes in a liquid and I can deliver it with my 100 gallon sprayer. Also, for the same price as Tifgrand, you can buy emerald zoysia, which in my opinion, is a better grass and handles shade pretty well. Mow the grass high in shaded areas too--3'' or so; gives more surface for the leaves to receive sunlight and conduct photosynthesis. Source: College graduate horticulturalist with specialization in landscape management; professional landscaper. |
Here is a link that might be useful: One of my website pages, look at the bottom for links about tifgrand
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