bermuda or st.augustine?

wahoo – posted 10 July 2004 05:54

We’re buying a new construction home in central Texas. Due to my employment, we will only live in this house for 1-3 years and the will have to move and will rent it out. The lawn will have a sprinkler system also.

The builder has agreed to sod the yard for us. My wife, who is native of Texas, I am not, says that St.Augustine grass is very tempermental and since we will be not be there to care for the grass a few years from now, we should go with Bermuda.

Does anyone have any advice on which grass we should choose in this situation?

tommy – posted 10 July 2004 13:03

St Augustine can have problems at times, and some people do not like the course texture, but generally its a pretty solid choice. Bermuda is not completely trouble free, but its finer textured,(especially the hybrids), and less expensive.