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folks, I'm trying to learn how to properly / sufficiently maintain my lawn without becoming a fanatic. My residence is in NE Cola, near the Lake Carolina community. The grass is of some of the finest "Bermuda" that the builder could buy (sarcasm). My front yard is not bad, pretty green with the normal use of Scotts fertilizer. I have applied the same technique to the backyard, but not as successful. I have some areas where there is just sand and has moss growing on the sand. I take this as the soil lacking or in too great an abundance of something.
Any thoughts? Approx. 1 month prior I had spread some pelletized limestone from Home Depot, with no noticeable difference.
One thing I did that really helped my yard was buy some of that grass that grows really quickly but then dies in maybe a month. I think it is rye grass. I put that down in the bare spots because I noticed nothing was holding any soil in place. After the rye grass sprouted, and the soil was held in place the bermuda was able to grow in. It really helped out. I just raked the bare spots a little to get the soil mixed and then put some rye grass seeds down...cheap and worked well.
I didn't know what I was doing on my first house and mixed grass types without knowing what the results would be. In retrospect I would have asked a landscaper for advice. Even though it may have cost a few bucks up front I'd have had a much nicer yard for probably less than the money and time I put in the long run. I hope my bad experience helps you out. If you want the guy I use now just pm me. Otherwise, best of luck.
After having re-seeded my yard several times with limited success, I would recommend sod over seed, especially if you have a brown thumb like I do. Also, Bermuda does best in full sun; that might be the problem in your back yard.
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I have Bermuda in my yard, and I put down Scott's Turf Builder about twice a year and water the lawn three or four times a week and it usually looks pretty good.
Unfortunately for me, bahaia, the two pronged devil, has pretty much decimated the centipede in both yards. I think I'm going to have to resod the front yard, eventually. I thought about putting down bermuda seed, but I've heard its pretty invasive.
folks, I'm trying to learn how to properly / sufficiently maintain my lawn without becoming a fanatic.
Ha ha ha! It's nearly impossible to care for your yard without becoming a fanatic. "Yardening" tends to grow on you (pun intended).
Anyhow, the first thing that you need to do is contact Clemson extension and send off a soil sample for analysis. The results will let you know what, if anything, you need to do to amend your soil before planting more bermuda next spring.
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