Is this bermuda seed head?

Elan Ram

2 years ago

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Guys, I thought I seeded hybrid bermuda but this appears. Is this bermuda seed head?

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Elan Ram
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2 years ago
dchall_san_antonio
2 years ago
You may have seeded a hybrid of the various seeded varieties. Seeded bermuda varieties get seed heads. If you want the "seedless" hybrid, then those don't come from a bag. They are only sold as sod and sometimes stolons.
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@dchall_san_antonio - Thanks for the information. I have fiskars manual mower which only goes as low as 1 in. We just had a newborn coming into our family and with another toddler, I was getting overwhelmed mowing twice a week. So I thought it will be better to mow one step higher if I was going to mow once a week. I didn't know I should water every 5 days when temps in the 100s. I do have some dry dead patches from being drought while we were gone vacation last week. Temps were around 107 for 5 ~ 7 days and I wasn't here to turn on the sprinkler manually. The sprinklers are set to water only on wed because of the water regulation. But I will know next time when it gets very hot (over 100s) I will water 5 days interval. I guess only thing I am missing is to mow 2 times a week at 1 inch. I couldn't afford to buy gas reel mower and I thought fiskars manual mower would have been nice upgrade from craftsman gas mower. But anyway, seems like it is not something I need to treat or anything like that. I guess I will try to change my mowing frequency. @reeljake - Thanks for the information. Nobody around me mows themselves. They all have lawn service, which comes once every week. They mow very short with their gas reel mower. But no one has seed head coming out like I do. So I was just packing and researching online. If they will not harm my grass, then I guess I will just stop worry about them.
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Elan Ram
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2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Hello @dchall_san_antonio, I noticed someone mentioned no hybrid bermuda seed are sold in bags. Hybrid bermuda are only available as sod. Not sure how true is this.. Mine is called Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
dchall_san_antonio
2 years ago
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers is the scientific name for all common bermudagrass. The seedless hybrids of bermuda would look like Cynodon dactylon x transvaalensis which would be Cynodon dactylon (common bermuda) crossed with Cynodon transvaalensis (South African bermuda). These crossbred varieties are seedless, so you'll never find a bag of seed. These plants are so different from common bermuda that I would call them a mutation, but scientifically that word is reserved for other purposes.

There are improved varieties of both common and hybrid bermuda. In my previous post I loosely stated that you had a hybrid of the seeded varieties. A better way of saying that would be that you have an improved version of the seeded varieties. Again, there are improved versions of both seeded and hybrid.

The most common seedless hybrid is Tifway 419, also called Tif 419. It was developed in Tifton, Georgia, if that helps you with the naming of the variety. There are many Tif varieties in the catalog. They are all crosses with the C. transvaalensis variety from South Africa.
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Elan Ram
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2 years ago
Thanks @dchall_san_antonio. Great explanation. 👍☺️

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