St. Augustine /Bermuda mix

tink – posted 27 May 2005 00:05

I have a SA/bermuda mix in my front lawn. I would prefer to have all bermuda. I thought that if I were to reseed with bermuda it would hopefully choke out the st. augustine. One: Will this work? Two: What would be the best variety of bermuda for the heat and the cold of Fort Worth TExas

mrfishaholic – posted 09 June 2005 07:30

I have same grass mixture, and would like to know the answer on this one too! Please let me know if someone pm’s the answer to you

Tungsten33333 – posted 09 June 2005 20:30

Well I’m currently building a house in Midlothian, about 20 miles south of FT Worth and I’m planning on sodding with SA Palmetto.

Remember, Bermuda needs plently of sun so if you have trees then SA might be a better option.

SA usually requires that you mow high (3 inches) but with bermuda grasses, you can cut low (less than 2 inches), that would slow down SA grasses somewhat.

Tungsten33333 – posted 09 June 2005 20:32

try Burmudagrass Yukon variety. It looked great on the paper. Check it out at http://www.bermudagrass.com/info/yukon.html. Supposedly one of the best cold tolerant burmudagrasses.

tink – posted 09 June 2005 21:01

I found out about a product I believe by Fertilome called Bermuda Weeder that will kill out everything but the bermuda

tink – posted 09 June 2005 21:04

yukon does look good. Ive done some research on it. But found that it is hard to find in the stores

Tungsten33333 – posted 10 June 2005 09:39

Tink-

I know. I haven’t seen a lot of things in stores that I saw online. www.seedland.com is where you can order Yukon seeds from. You can google it and look for the best price online. Good luck.