If you are going the seeded route I would look at Arden 15 Bermuda.

Hancock Seed is in Dade County Florida.

They have great prices and customer service in my experience.

 

I found this ARTICLE on some chemical control of the Cogon Grass. I would definitely give it a go with one if not both of them to at a minimum weaken the weed as much as possible.

 

I found this ARTICLE on some chemical control of the Cogon Grass. I would definitely give it a go with one if not both of them to at a minimum weaken the weed as much as possible.

Thx, that exactly what I plan to do with it. Just got a 41gal trailer mounted sprayer.

 

If you are going the seeded route I would look at Arden 15 Bermuda.

Hancock Seed is in Dade County Florida.

They have great prices and customer service in my experience.

Thanks for the recommendation. I know of Hancock seed. Grew up in Dade City.

Have you grown arden15 in this area? Know of anywhere I would be able to see it in person?

I've not looked into seeding Bermuda with a no till drill, but I will be purchasing a land pride 606NT drill for food plots in the fall, so I'm assuming that could make seeding , and reseeding a breeze.

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@UFG8RMIKE

I am in NC so don't have any experience with seeding in Florida...but I would think your weather in Florida would give you a longer season which is a good thing.

Take a look at my lawn renovation journal in my signature and you can follow along where I seeded Princess 77 Bermuda as well as Arden 15. Arden is just and improved version of Princess 77 Bermuda with a little more cold tolerance and it suppose to germinate faster.

I remove all existing turf...then seed when your ground temperature gets to 70+ degrees.

You want to cover the seed just so slightly with topsoil for germination.

Make sure you watering watering a good amount per day. You don't want the ground to be soaked with water but you don't want the ground to dry either.

In 21 days you should have good germination.

I would rent a slit seeder if you can for seeding.

I seeded about 15,000 square feet give or take when I did m lawn renovation and I did not have an inground irrigation.

If you don't have inground irrigation I would seed the the 1/2 acre over 3 different seeding times. Or at least 2 different seeding times.

So you would seed 1/3 and acre water it daily get it up and going ....then move to the next 1/3 of the lawn.

1 acre of seeding without inground irrigation will be very hard to manage unless mother nature and rainfall help out.

Hope this helps! :thumbup:

 

ENC....

Thanks for the advice. I will likely have access to a 16k seed drill by the time the house is finished so this should make seeding a breeze. I currently have credits available for landscaping and sod, however only for a limited sqft of the total. I'm thinking I'll use those credits on irrigation for the entire 1 ac instead of just around the house like they budget in. Maybe I have them sod around the house, and I'll do the rest myself with seed.

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@UFG8RMIKE

Sod will be the nicer cultivar vs the seed.

I have 419 next to Arden 15 and they match pretty well...but I can definitely tell a difference.

Just FYI...

 

Can you get in and nuke the cogon now? You might be able to get in an neutralize it with something a little stronger than straight gly too as you have time before you need to seed/sod and there will be plenty of soil disturbance. Have you considered sprigging/plugging Bermuda? You could sod the areas closest to the house and then spring the remaining area from matching sod. By the end of the first season, you should have matching turf.

EDIT: Are there neighboring lots with the same problem? (Cogon) You may not be able to defend against the Cogon until it's controlled in sufficient radius to prevent the root system from encroaching. Excellent pre-emergent coverage year-round is going to be a must for sure.

 

Ya. The cogon is gonna be a bitch. They haven't broken ground yet. But itll be a mess as soon as they do. Hard part is the cogon goes all the way down to the water. (On a ski lake)

 

Never heard of cogon before this post. Been reading up a little and saw this map.

 

Cogongrass sounds a lot like Congress. They are both invasive and hard to get rid of