azmonkey – posted 06 May 2004 13:05
I’ve lived in Idaho, Utah, and Arizona. Up north, everybody has ryegrass. Down here, everyone has variations on bermuda. All you guys further east, where it’s wetter, shadier, cooler, etc., have other kinds to choose from–zoysia, fescue, bluegrass, etc.
What am I missing out on? I love the way ryegrass feels on my barefeet. I’ve never encountered a bermuda that isn’t a least a little prickly.
So what are the other grasses like? Are they all soft like rye? Stiff like twigs? Soggy?
Mouse – posted 06 May 2004 13:55
I’m in texas, Most people have either bermuda or st a down here.
I made a bad choice last year and planted fescue, I loved the feel of it until it burnt up in the sun.
cohiba – posted 07 May 2004 07:03
azmonkey, For me its either Creeping Bentgrass cut at 1/2″ or Kentucky Bluegrass cut at 2″.
For what its worth…….
Harbormaster – posted 07 May 2004 13:00
We have been using Bermuda 419 for years on athletic fields. In the last two years I have started using Seashore Paspalum and am convinced this is the ultimate turf in Southwest Florida.
josepht – posted 09 May 2004 21:56
Well up here in North Carolina it has to be good old fashioned fescue
And I know clover is a sign of an unhealthy lawn (low nitrogen) but that growing in fescue feels the best on bare feet right now
Oh and we cant forget the wild onions that just got thru growing wow the smell of a fresh cut fescue lawn with some chopped onions makes my blood warmer than grandmas fried apple pies
Ok now I see fescue does get more weeds than any other grasses so Why do I love it so much???
Must be that smell
tommy – posted 09 May 2004 23:31
Usually warm season grasses are not as soft as cool season varieties….but some of the hybrid bermuda’s are soft under foot if well maintained. Under watered, under fed, and thatchy bermuda lawns are very common however, and this is probably the type bermuda you have walked on. My favorite grass is the strains Poa reptans you see growing here and there in Poa annual putting greens. Its exceptionally low growing and dense- dark green with far less seed heads. A bunch of research is going on with this type of grass, and many seed companies will probably be offering their own version soon!