I plan to do a renovation this spring. My yard is around 13,500 sqft and is common Bermuda with some improved common (Sahara) in a few places from a seeding in 2015 when I didn't know much about planting grass seed.
The main reason I'm doing a renovation is that my lawn is very bumpy. It will take a lot of dirt work to fix the issue. Walking arcossed the back yard every step is a elevation change right now.
I installed an irrigation system in June 2016, I did most of it myself with some help from my dad. Let me tell you a couple days of hard labor was worth every drop of sweat once you turn it on. Before it took me 2 days to water my lawn and now it takes 6 hours. The irrigation covers around 8,500 sqft. I left additional zones open for expanding the system at a later date. I would like to get the hell strip done this spring - summer it's just under 2,000 sqft.
My plan is to renovate the 8,500 sqft section that I would call my main yard. Once green up has began I will start spraying glyphosate and work on knocking down the Bermuda that is there now. I know it's almost impossible to kill Bermuda once it's established but I'm hoping multiple rounds of glyphosate and the dirt work will let the new grass take hold and have the advantage and choke out the lesser quality grass (which I've witnessed over the last growing season the Sahara take over the common Bermuda).
I plan on renting a Harley Rake and going over the yard leveling and smoothing out the soil. I'm also making a Land Plane to attach to my lawn tractor to level more once the ground has settled. I also have a drag mat and lawn roller I will be using.
I'm trying to secure some Latitude 36 Bermuda sprigs from a sod farm. So far not so much luck but I've talked to a couple different contractors and they were pretty confident they could purchase them for me if I needed them to. I will exhaust all options before I give up on the sprigs. If all that fails I will be seeding Riviera Bermuda. All the main dirt work will be the same for sprigs vs seed expect a few differences the day its goes down. I would much rather use sprigs 1. L36 is the highest quality Bermuda on the market and 2. You can use a pre emergent. I found online where you can buy Ronstar. It's a pre emergent that golf coarses use when they sprig. It's mode of action is different than many preM's as it doesn't affect root growth.
My plan is to try and have the sprigs/seed in the ground around the beginning of June. We have a lot of 100*F days in June and that will get the grass going strong. It will also give the grass a few months of growth before going dormant.
Here are some good articles for either sprigging or seeding.
Sprigging: http://www.stma.org/sites/stma/files/STMA_Bulletins/Sprigging_bermudagrass.pdf
Seeding: https://www.uaex.edu/publications/PDF/MP477.pdf
Oh and I forgot to mention being from Oklahoma and a fan of OSU Cowboys I made sure that they developed the grass I will have on my lawn. Latitude 36 and Riviera Bermudagrass are both at the top of NTEP rankings for vegetative and seeded varieties.
The main reason I'm doing a renovation is that my lawn is very bumpy. It will take a lot of dirt work to fix the issue. Walking arcossed the back yard every step is a elevation change right now.
I installed an irrigation system in June 2016, I did most of it myself with some help from my dad. Let me tell you a couple days of hard labor was worth every drop of sweat once you turn it on. Before it took me 2 days to water my lawn and now it takes 6 hours. The irrigation covers around 8,500 sqft. I left additional zones open for expanding the system at a later date. I would like to get the hell strip done this spring - summer it's just under 2,000 sqft.
My plan is to renovate the 8,500 sqft section that I would call my main yard. Once green up has began I will start spraying glyphosate and work on knocking down the Bermuda that is there now. I know it's almost impossible to kill Bermuda once it's established but I'm hoping multiple rounds of glyphosate and the dirt work will let the new grass take hold and have the advantage and choke out the lesser quality grass (which I've witnessed over the last growing season the Sahara take over the common Bermuda).
I plan on renting a Harley Rake and going over the yard leveling and smoothing out the soil. I'm also making a Land Plane to attach to my lawn tractor to level more once the ground has settled. I also have a drag mat and lawn roller I will be using.
I'm trying to secure some Latitude 36 Bermuda sprigs from a sod farm. So far not so much luck but I've talked to a couple different contractors and they were pretty confident they could purchase them for me if I needed them to. I will exhaust all options before I give up on the sprigs. If all that fails I will be seeding Riviera Bermuda. All the main dirt work will be the same for sprigs vs seed expect a few differences the day its goes down. I would much rather use sprigs 1. L36 is the highest quality Bermuda on the market and 2. You can use a pre emergent. I found online where you can buy Ronstar. It's a pre emergent that golf coarses use when they sprig. It's mode of action is different than many preM's as it doesn't affect root growth.
My plan is to try and have the sprigs/seed in the ground around the beginning of June. We have a lot of 100*F days in June and that will get the grass going strong. It will also give the grass a few months of growth before going dormant.
Here are some good articles for either sprigging or seeding.
Sprigging: http://www.stma.org/sites/stma/files/STMA_Bulletins/Sprigging_bermudagrass.pdf
Seeding: https://www.uaex.edu/publications/PDF/MP477.pdf
Oh and I forgot to mention being from Oklahoma and a fan of OSU Cowboys I made sure that they developed the grass I will have on my lawn. Latitude 36 and Riviera Bermudagrass are both at the top of NTEP rankings for vegetative and seeded varieties.
