[Iriasj2009]

I will start killing my Bermuda this weekend with 2 rounds of roundup 10-14 days apart and will be seeding PRG for the winter. 1st or 2nd week of May, I will spray round up and rent a sod cutter to remove the turf. Will be laying Tifgrand Bermuda right after.

Planning on mowing the rye between .5"-.75" as long as I can keep up with the mowing. Rye grass grows so fast.
I will be needing guidance and recommendations.

I will be posting a lot of pics!

I was maintaining at .4" but I stopped mowing week ago and fertilized it heavy to really get her growing right before the kill.

PS. House is getting a makeover as well.

 

[Ware]

Looks good - only a member of TLF would kill a 99th percentile lawn. :lol:

I am overseeding PRG in my back yard this year, and hope to maintain in the 5/8 - 3/4" range. Depending on the weather, I hope to get that project going within the next couple of weeks.

I'm excited to follow your progress! :thumbup:

 

[Redtenchu]

Excited for you Iriasj!

 

[Iriasj2009]

Looks good - only a member of TLF would kill a 99th percentile lawn. :lol:

I am overseeding PRG in my back yard this year, and hope to maintain in the 5/8 - 3/4" range. Depending on the weather, I hope to get that project going within the next couple of weeks.

I'm excited to follow your progress! :thumbup:

We will never have the perfect lawn at least In our eyes, but it doesnt mean we can stop trying haha. Im sure me and all the members on here are anxious to see how your backyard winter project turns out! Looks like I'll be overseeding late October.

 

[Iriasj2009]

Excited for you Iriasj!

Thanks but honestly I wish I didn't have to start over. I think the celebration would have eventually took over but that process could of taken several years. Perennial rye grass is a beautiful grass but given the shorter days and renovation itself, I'm not as excited for the project. I feel I've been renovating the last couple years and im now ready to just mow and maintain lol. I'm expecting a great rye lawn tho

 

[Guest]

Looking forward to following this. I've been interest in tifgrand and tiftuf for awhile. I'm curious to see how you like this. The celebration you have is beautiful.

 

[Iriasj2009]

Looking forward to following this. I've been interest in tifgrand and tiftuf for awhile. I'm curious to see how you like this. The celebration you have is beautiful.

Thank you firefighter. Celebration gets super dark in color once it gets above 1/2" and I would highly recommend it. Im also curious on how the tifgrand will perform

 

[Guest]

I know from reading they celebration does well or better than other Bermuda's in shade. Do you have any comment on that? Seems tifgrand is suppose to do well there too.

 

[pennstater2005]

Looks good - only a member of TLF would kill a 99th percentile lawn. :lol:

I am overseeding PRG in my back yard this year, and hope to maintain in the 5/8 - 3/4" range. Depending on the weather, I hope to get that project going within the next couple of weeks.

I'm excited to follow your progress! :thumbup:

I was thinking "why would you take a picture of your lawn from so far away"? Good luck and I you could probably rent a sod cutter and sell off your existing lawn :lol:

 

[Iriasj2009]

I know from reading they celebration does well or better than other Bermuda's in shade. Do you have any comment on that? Seems tifgrand is suppose to do well there too.

I'll eventually give my review on how the tifgrand holds up in the shade vs celebration.
Celebration does exceptionally well but with 2 conditions, it needs at least 4 hours of CONTINUOUS sunlight and needs to be mowed no less than .75" but it looks best at 1". I have a few spots that I tried to mow it below .5" and it was struggling. Right now I stopped mowing and my shady areas are about 1"-1.5" tall and it looks great. Not super dense up close but it looks full. I'll take some pics tomorrow. Here a pic of a shady area taken earlier this summer.

 

[Iriasj2009]

Looks good - only a member of TLF would kill a 99th percentile lawn. :lol:

I am overseeding PRG in my back yard this year, and hope to maintain in the 5/8 - 3/4" range. Depending on the weather, I hope to get that project going within the next couple of weeks.

I'm excited to follow your progress! :thumbup:

I was thinking "why would you take a picture of your lawn from so far away"? Good luck and I you could probably rent a sod cutter and sell off your existing lawn :lol:

Lol Thanks! I just got done talking to my neighbor and he was like "dont kill, instead, put it in my backyard".

 

[Iriasj2009]

My wife being silly, I'm glad that we liked the color of the house. Trim, windows, shutters, should be completed tomorrow. I was able to get home early enough to catch the sun hitting the lawn. It's about .75"-1". It's the greenest it's looked all year.

 

[Iriasj2009]

This morning I spot sprayed most of the sedge that broke out. Tomorrow is the big day. I will use a combination of round up+fusilade+surfactant to begin the killing process. I'm sure all my neighbors will be nodding their heads again and thinking, what's is he up to now... then my wife was trying to talk me into keeping what i currently have lol.

I might have to drag all that brush to an empty lot down the street if the city doesn't pick it up within a month. Because of hurricane Harvey, they are backed up. I had called before dragging all that to the yard and was told that they were on schedule but apparently they are not. Just for anyone wondering lol

 

[scarlso2]

Wow the house and the grass look great! Can't wait to see the results

 

[J_nick]

Good luck man :shocked:

 

[Iriasj2009]

Playing with the morning dew right before I put her to sleep. There's no turning back now

 

[Iriasj2009]

Good luck man :shocked:

Thanks man!

 

[Iriasj2009]

8days post spray. Mowed down to .5" on Wednesday/Thursday. I will be setting the groomer down to .10" and HOC to .25" and will give that a try. Then I will fertilize and water it well for the next 2 weeks.

 

[Iriasj2009]

 

[J_nick]

Man that looks like crap :lol: