Why won't my new bermuda grow on the slope in my yard?

8 years ago

Ok guys a pic is included, it's the best I have now because I just thought to ask this and I'm at work, but you can kind of tell that the bermuda I overseeded my centipede with on June 1st is growing well in all but two places. You can just slightly tell that it's a light brown on my slope.

The places it won't grow well are on the slopes to my drainage ditch and in the low areas running left to right (can't really tell in the pic). These low areas are very odd, they run parallel with the original sod the house had, and seem to have sunk in over time. I'm in coastal nc and have a very sandy, clay soil under the original centipede sod... It seems what might have happened is these areas settled more than the surrounding area and when I used the power rake I'm guessing the rake may not have loosened the soil as much in these areas.

If I'm wrong let me know... I can't use a power rake again on this new grass so any fixes to this second issue are welcomed. It may be completely unrelated to the power rake but I don't know.

Thanks for the help in advance! I want this grass growing in these areas . Also all these areas got equal amounts of water, where power raked and starter fertilized when I overseeded

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pbguy420
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8 years ago
Here's one picture
pbguy420
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8 years ago
Here's another... The center is my drainage ditch which I have another thread on how to grow grass in
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pbguy420
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8 years ago
Anybody?
dchall_san_antonio
7 years ago
Good thing you posted again. What happens with this forum is if you post a new message and leave it alone, it will remain at the top of the forum for several days while people decide whether they want to reply. What you did was immediately post more pictures. That released your message to drift down through the milieu of new posts right away. Your post today bumped it back to the top.

You overseeded with bermuda on June 1 and less than a month later you are concerned about it not filling in. Is that correct? I would say, come back in a month and see if you have the same questions.

How are you watering now? How often and for how long?

It is time to fertilize with organic fertilizer. I would suggest using Milorganite as the bag rate. Milorganite is an organic that will not hurt your grass and will improve your soil. Typically centipede grasses thrive in the poorest of soils, so the Milorganite will be a good first step in reviving it. In August you can probably start in with the Bermuda Bible recommendations on fertilizer. With that soil you might want to alternate monthly feedings between organic and chemical for a year.

All this fertilizer and water will kill off any vestiges of centipede you might have still hanging on.
pbguy420
Original Author
7 years ago
Yes I know it has only been a month but my confusion is why most areas are growing at a rate that seems like 4 inches a week, (I've been mowing 2x a week in these areas to keep it manageable, and then the whole slope area it didn't really take well, if the bermuda did sprout there it's a very light green when compared to the rest of the yard and it grows less than .5 inch a week... Just wondering what the difference is

I'll put some milorganite down as soon as this tropical storm passes. Thanks for that
dchall_san_antonio
7 years ago
When you water does it seem to go out evenly?
On the slope does it seem to sink in quickly or do you get runoff? Runoff must be managed carefully.

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