What kind of Lawn grass is this? (West: home, live)

[Mirror45]

Hello:

I just purchased a home and the lawn needs some work.
It has 2 different types of grass that I can tell, and some wonderful crabgrass (sigh).
What is your best guess of these 2?
Just got the irrigation system fixed, so they will be getting a regular watering.....
Thank you!

[EDS_]

Saint Augustine

[Mirror45]

Thank you, both or just the second picture?

[FalconheadWest]

First picture looks like basic Bermuda. It's a weed grass that takes little water. St. Augustine takes a lot of water.

[TheOverdog]

First picture looks like basic Bermuda. It's a weed grass that takes little water. St. Augustine takes a lot of water.

I have st augustine and haven't found the water requirements between bermuda and St Augustine to be different at all. In fact, I tried to get rid of my St Augustine by replacing it with bermuda in areas I had major dirt work done, and the existing St Augustine has almost completely overtaken the new Bermuda. I don't find St Augustine to be good grass at all, but it does well in TX on just rain once established. It's not comfortable to walk on without shoes and doesn't take traffic at all -if you regularly walk on it you will get cow paths.

The only positive aspects of it in my opinion is that it is a low grower and stays green in drought conditions, like every August.

[2URGSE]

1st pic looks like Bermuda, 2nd is St. Augustine.

some key differences:
- st augustine is more shade tolerant, so it can grow in partially shaded areas (4 hours of direct sun a day)
- bermuda needs full sun (at least 8 hrs a day) or it'll slowly thin out
- bermuda likes to be mowed lower. when mowed low, it'll grow more dense
- bermuda has a higher fertilization requirement (1lb of nitrogen per 1K sq ft per month during the summer).

[DitsyD]

Originally Posted by TheOverdog

I have st augustine and haven't found the water requirements between bermuda and St Augustine to be different at all. In fact, I tried to get rid of my St Augustine by replacing it with bermuda in areas I had major dirt work done, and the existing St Augustine has almost completely overtaken the new Bermuda. I don't find St Augustine to be good grass at all, but it does well in TX on just rain once established. It's not comfortable to walk on without shoes and doesn't take traffic at all -if you regularly walk on it you will get cow paths.

The only positive aspects of it in my opinion is that it is a low grower and stays green in drought conditions, like every August.

Now see, I love St. Augustine grass. Can't stand to walk on bermuda without shoes, but i find St. Augustine to be soft on bare feet. It doesn't need mowing quite as much either.

Different strokes for different folks.

[EDS_]

I couldn't get the first pic to open yesterday and assumed it was Saint Augustine since the second pic is clearly Saint Augustine.

The first pic is definitely thinned out Bermuda grass of some type.

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I agree with Overdog. I've had both and Saint Augustine does not require more water to keep looking decent. It may be that if allowed to brown and thin Bermuda will require less water to keep the roots alive until the next year but IMO I'll take a Saint Augustine yard over Bermuda every time.

[Grainraiser]

If you have St Augustine and Bermuda grass in your yard the St Augustine will takeover the Bermuda grass. I had a Bermuda yard while neighbors on each side of me have St Augustine. It took 3 years but I now have a St Augustine lawn.

[unknown00]

Originally Posted by FalconheadWest

First picture looks like basic Bermuda. It's a weed grass that takes little water. St. Augustine takes a lot of water.

100% disagree. Bermuda requires a lot of water during hot months. Same if not more than every other type

Originally Posted by DitsyD

Now see, I love St. Augustine grass. Can't stand to walk on bermuda without shoes, but i find St. Augustine to be soft on bare feet. It doesn't need mowing quite as much either.

Different strokes for different folks.

really? lol me (like other people here) completely disagree with you...bermuda so much easier to walk on