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| Like a fool I decided to renovate my front yard. I have so far only worked on half of it, and regreting starting.
I am irradicating the bermuda and going with creeping bentgrass. We'll see how it does, hopefully it will croud out the sandburrs. Been loads of work so far and hope it turns out. Kiddo's want a nice carpet like lawn. I've done bent before at our previous house so I know the work involved. This is just on a larger scale, and hopefully a better bent cultivar. Will have about 1/2 acre when fully complete. Jeff |
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- Posted by gophermound none (My Page) on Tue, Oct 25, 11 at 20:59
| Scalped and tilled. I did not put the shots of dragging and burning between the 4 tillings. What a pain, but less roots to mess with. [IMG]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/JR719/2011-10-13100400.jpg[/ IMG] [IMG]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/JR719/2011-10-13123131.jpg[/ IMG] I borrowed a 3pt tiller that is 4' wide. Well, it only covered between the back tires so I had a lot of overlap. Still worked. |
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| I can't see your pictures at work but did you spend the summer killing the Bermuda? |
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| Lots of luck to you...growing bent, especially in a region where Bermuda can grow, is quite a challenge. I hope you have some golf course connections, and a cheap source of water. Where do you live? |
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- Posted by gophermound none (My Page) on Wed, Oct 26, 11 at 17:24
| I don't know what the problem is, the img tag is not working to post pics. Anyway, I spent 2 months using RU to kill everything off. Another 2 weeks tilling, raking and burning. Then the dragging... I did make a few hills and such to resemble a course, making sure drainage won't be an issue. I'm in Oklahoma, not the best place to grow bent. I've done it before with Penncross, but that was a pain. I am trying a new SR007 bent that is used in Texas. We'll see. I'll try a few other ways of posting pics. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/JR719/2011-10-13123131.jpg  http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/JR719/2011-10-13100400.jpg |
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| Well I give you a lot of credit, that's a lot of work, and there's no guarantee with bent. I hope you are not planning on cutting at green height, unless you have your own greenskeeper. |
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- Posted by gophermound none (My Page) on Thu, Oct 27, 11 at 22:27
| Thanks tiemco. I plan to cut around 1/2 to 3/4 inch. If the sandburs start popping up all over I may drop it down to 1/4 for a while and see what happens. Jeff |
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- Posted by gophermound none (My Page) on Thu, Oct 27, 11 at 23:27
Thought I would toss in a couple more shots. Here is a nice shot of smoldering piles of bermuda roots after the 3rd raking, tilling and burn.  And the little burns from a bunch of cottonwoods I had to take out because they mysteriously died. Funny how the exposed roots have perfect half inch holes drilled into them.... Anyone say TORDOL??? I went thru 3 quarts of bar oil!
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- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Sun, Oct 30, 11 at 1:25
| I think you have made a mistake or two. I can understand how and why the greens guys might have led you in the direction you took. Golf courses have soils, budgets, and equipment that you don't have access to. They till with a tractor, which it sounds like you used, too; however, they have a special topsoil mix of sandy loam that settles quicker than the soil you likely have at home. For a home you can do just as well without a tiller. The other issue is the first rule of gardening is to plant plants adapted to your area and soil. I think bentgrass in Oklahoma is a mistake. Realize that your experience is with bentgrass, but there are some incredible bermuda varieties. You still would have had to get rid of any common bermuda you might have. |
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