The Bermuda you have is starving to death and being robbed by the Rye Grass you over seeded with. Do not over seed Bermuda, you are only asking for problems exactly like you have now.. Get fertilizer down now and apply more fertilizer every 30 to 45 days up until October. You Bermuda will not be healthy, happy, or recover until late May or June when the Sun and Heat burn up and kills off the Rye grass.

Pick them when the 'wings' have turned brown but the center, thick part of the seed is still slightly green or red.

Cool :) I started 6 nagas a week ago in a baggie and so far have 3 sprouted with a little help from a light bulb. Those are a beautiful. Kathy

Dear Betty and Daisy , welcome to the beautiful Upper Cumberlands. The climates can be different. Crossville is z6 and Cookeville is z7 and Sparta perhaps a degree or two warmer than Cookeville. When its raining in Sparta or Cookeville in winter , its most likely snowing in Monterey or Crossville. Enjoy the valley ! You can grow cold hardy palms in Cookeville and Sparta if you think you may miss them in your old home places. Sable Minor and Needle Palm do very good here , both are smaller bush like palms . Musa Basjoo (Japanese Fiber banana) are great banana trees that can live here and needs no winter protection except for perhaps some mulch over the clump when it falls down in dead winter during the first couple of years you have it planted. Winters are mild , damp and short with a couple of good hard freezes thrown in for good measure ( kills the bugs and insects..lol) The Chinese Windmill Palm (not chinese fan) does great here and its a trunking palm but you must mulch the palms here in winter. If you do decided to plant these tropicals , come back here next fall for proven proper winter protection . You wont be planting tropicals now , its too late. The Sabal Palmetto x Birmingham is another hardy trunking palm tree for Cookeville and Sparta areas , Hardy Camellias, Hardy Gardenias and Hardy Lantata strains will survive here. The old people around here say ; you can just about plant anything around here if yer willing to throw a box over it during cold / bad spells..LOL. McMinnville ( west of Sparta on the US 70s turnpike ) is the nursery capitol of the United States. There is a nursery on every corner , dont miss that place next spring . Im from Livingston about 15 minutes north of Cookeville on the 111 and one of my favorite nursuries closed recently due to retirement of the owners....I sure would have liked you to see our favorite here in Livingston. We have a day lily farm with over 1500 varities here , maybe in the spring you can visit it. Nashville has a few great nursuries... one of my favorites ( but a bit pricey) is Bates. You can see their complete inventory on-line by going to www.batesnursery.com and a good tropical nursery , yet again a bit pricey and 3 hours south of us (North Atlanta) is Randys. www.randysnursery.com Closer would be Savannah Nursery in Columbia,Tennessee (just south of Nashville on I-65. They have tropicals priced fair and have what you need for this cimate. Here is a photo of my Sabal Palmetto , the state tree of Florida and South Carolina but seems happy here : Here are two that are trunking that were planted out several years ago from 3 gallon pots: Here are some Chinese Windmill Palms that you might like in your yard: Here is a favorite windmill that seeds alot every fall: Desert Yuccas can live here if planted on mounds , here is a bad pic of Yucca Elata , state flower of New Mexico: and here is a photo of my moms Washingtonia Robusta (Mexican Fan) palm . It has to have protection from the winter dampness but seems to do well........Thats right , I throw a box over it...LOL. Sorry to tropical you'all to death but having lived in Miami for many years , I needed something to remind me of changes in latitudes and changes in Attitudes.......its 5 oclock somewhere :)