HGT barengrug Everest and Nuglade in Charlotte NC

rdebnam2 · Jul 17, 2022

Any direction provided is appreciated. Last fall I renovated with HGT, Nuglade, and Everest. Before I get killed ....I now know all those cultivars provided me with a Skittles taste the rainbow colored lawn. After a brutal drought it appears the HGT is going to survive. While as you can see nothing else is going to make it. It has me really wanting to amend my soil and redo it with HGT solely. My question is really if I plan to do only HGT... Should I nuke the entire lawn or try and overseed using HGT since 50 percent appears it will survive. Is there a down side to either way? If so any input provided will be appreciated... I really don't want to add fescue because I would like to cut 2 inches or below in the future... And if there is a new cultivar that will provide HGT like performance with a darker color. That would be welcomed as well

Green · Jul 17, 2022

Several thoughts:

How do you know which grass is green and which is brown, and which is the HGT?

If a lot of one or two types do die off, why not let the lawn fight it out itself (with overseeding/reseeding in truly dead, large spots)? In other words, why kill the good stuff?

rdebnam2 · Jul 17, 2022

Truthfully i dont know. based on HGTs reputation of being a lighter green. I just made an educated guess...with the other two being a truly dark green. The lawn that remains is mostly light to medium green. and that can only be the Barvette that is in HGT. I see your point on letting it fight itself out. and that is definitely under consideration. I guess my question if i go that route. do i treat the entire lawn as i normally would in a renovation except do not use glyphosate phase... scalp the entire thing, aerate, top dress and only seed the bare areas?

needtoknow · Aug 20, 2022

Is it possible the other bluegrasses were just dormant? You had some pretty drought tolerant cultivars there, which doesn't mean they avoid dormancy, but that they survive it. How's it look now?

SnootchieBootchies · Aug 25, 2022

I did HGT with Mazama a few years ago and the color is pretty uniform. Maybe not as dark as Mazama alone, but it's pretty damn dark. In NC, you're going to be fighting an uphill battle with KBG regardless of your cultivar unless you're willing to water like crazy. I'd start overseeding that with TTTF here on out.

HGT barengrug Everest and Nuglade in Charlotte NC

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