[erdons]

Killed off my old common Bermuda lawn with 3 glyphosate applications. Then used a sod cutter to remove 2.5 inches of old sod and dirt, in some areas the yard was 6 inches higher than the concrete so i had to do multiple passes. Lawn is about 1000 sq ft total. Plugged with about 120ft of tifsport. So far everything has rooted and shown some minor spreading, the issue I'm seeing is lots of nutsedge popping up and a little bit of common Bermuda. Just want to be sure I can use sedgehammer to kill them without hindering my plugs from spreading, also would spot treating every piece of common that pops up with glyphosate be reccomended?

 

[Redtenchu]

Yes, and I would do as much as possible with a small paintbrush. I wouldn't do any kind of blanket spray until you're filled in a lot more.

 

[Iriasj2009]

Yes, and I would do as much as possible with a small paintbrush. I wouldn't do any kind of blanket spray until you're filled in a lot more.

+1!
Looks good erdon. Make sure you feed it well so that it spreads faster.

 

[erdons]

Been giving it weekly fertilizer feedings, 3-4 inch runners starting to show all around the plugs. I started to plug from each plug also. Did about 30 of them today after work.

 

[erdons]

Up close look at the plugs.

20 days in.

 

[FRD135i]

This will be cool to watch! Good luck

 

[erdons]

This is how the plugs looked on Sunday 2 days after they were cut.


This is how they looked today after work. Springing right back to life.



Some of my original plugs now have runners over a foot long. Going hit them with the weed wacker tommorow to trim them down and then fertilize with a 29-0-4. Temps in SoCal have been in the 80s during the day and 60s at night.

 

[rhollow1]

This looks great. I have a similar project going on in my backyard, but your grass is spreading a bit faster.

 

[erdons]

This looks great. I have a similar project going on in my backyard, but your grass is spreading a bit faster.

Weekly fertilizer applications will do wonders for spreading plugs. Are you fertilizing?

 

[rhollow1]

Just put some Milo down last weekend, but that is about it. Are you just hand spreading the fertilizer over the plugs?

 

[erdons]

Milorganite is slow release. Yes I'm using 29-0-4 fertilizer, hand sprinkling on each plug once per week after trimming each plug with my weed wacker.

 

[Tellycoleman]

Question?
Your not cutting the Stolons when you trim are you?
What are you using to fill the holes from the pro plugger?

 

[erdons]

Nope not touching the stolons, just trimming off the top to push lateral growth. As far as the holes are concerned just pulling the dirt plug first to make the hole then using that dirt plug inside the hole where I pulled the grass plug from.

 

[rhollow1]

Thanks. I have some urea 46-0-0, but I have bad luck hand spreading it. I just end up burning the spot. I have been mowing the plugs at 1in to help them spread faster. The rest of my yard is cut down to 7/8.

 

[Tellycoleman]

Thanks. I have some urea 46-0-0, but I have bad luck hand spreading it. I just end up burning the spot. I have been mowing the plugs at 1in to help them spread faster. The rest of my yard is cut down to 7/8.

That's because of your fertilizer choice. There is no way you should be using 46-0-0 if your lawn is just over 1000 square feet. Two handfuls of fert could be the 1 pound monthly limit for the entire yard.
Get a 16-xx-xx or go even lower.

 

[erdons]

Thanks. I have some urea 46-0-0, but I have bad luck hand spreading it. I just end up burning the spot. I have been mowing the plugs at 1in to help them spread faster. The rest of my yard is cut down to 7/8.

Gotta be careful with 46-0-0 urea especially with hand applications. I've used 29-0-4 and haven't had any burn issues. Either way though when going with plugging gotta be willing to be patient so no rush really.

 

[rhollow1]

True

 

[Shuffinator]

Excited to see what the outcome is here.

 

[raldridge2315]

@erdons If you will dissolve 0.5 pounds of that 46-0-0 in a gallon of water, it can be sprayed over 1000 sq.ft. That is the equivalent of 0.25 lbs. N/K. There should not be any burning resulting from that. Be sure to water it in. A weekly application will work wonders. A paint paddle in an electric drill makes it dissolve more quickly. See John Ware's You Tube video. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Allway-10-5-in-Steel-Spiral-Mixing-Arms/50427876.

 

[rhollow1]

Thanks! I just put down some 29-0-4.