I have a new centipede yard. I laid it in two batches of sod, 7 pallets each. The last batch has probably been down for 3 weeks now.
It's doing very well and looks good enough to me for a yard I've only had since March. I always had fescue in the past so I'm in the middle of a learning curve right now with the centipede.
I have a good handle, I think, on cutting, fertilizing, thatch control, and watering. What I'm not so sure about, however, is herbicides to use. I don't have a ton of weeds, but I do have some. I'm terrible at identifying weeds. I'll attach a picture of one of the weeds I have the most of popping up. Most people in this area have to fight Bahia coming in also, and this property has some sand spurs in other areas, but not (so far) in my front and side yards where I have sod.
I'm not certain when and how many times a year to apply pre emergent. I also read that you guys are using "celsius", which I have never heard of. Most of the people I know locally that are trying to cultivate a nice centipede yard are using 24D, of which I do have some but have not used it yet. I keep reading to be cautious about 24d with centipede, but I know a few folks using it who say it hasn't killed any of their centipede so far.
I almost want to get myself a sprayer with "wings" on it to spray a large width at once and just dust the whole thing a time or two a year with selective herbicide, in addition to pre emergent. Is that a bad plan? In my head that sounds easier than trying to spot spray all the weeds I can find.
I have a lot of these guys ^^.
A few clumps of these ↓↓
I don't currently have a whole lot of any sort of weed problem, but I'd like to learn how to keep it that way!
It needs a top dress and level, but I want to wait until next year to tackle that.
The first batch of sod was terrible and did not do get well. It was a hard fight to save it
It's doing very well and looks good enough to me for a yard I've only had since March. I always had fescue in the past so I'm in the middle of a learning curve right now with the centipede.
I have a good handle, I think, on cutting, fertilizing, thatch control, and watering. What I'm not so sure about, however, is herbicides to use. I don't have a ton of weeds, but I do have some. I'm terrible at identifying weeds. I'll attach a picture of one of the weeds I have the most of popping up. Most people in this area have to fight Bahia coming in also, and this property has some sand spurs in other areas, but not (so far) in my front and side yards where I have sod.
I'm not certain when and how many times a year to apply pre emergent. I also read that you guys are using "celsius", which I have never heard of. Most of the people I know locally that are trying to cultivate a nice centipede yard are using 24D, of which I do have some but have not used it yet. I keep reading to be cautious about 24d with centipede, but I know a few folks using it who say it hasn't killed any of their centipede so far.
I almost want to get myself a sprayer with "wings" on it to spray a large width at once and just dust the whole thing a time or two a year with selective herbicide, in addition to pre emergent. Is that a bad plan? In my head that sounds easier than trying to spot spray all the weeds I can find.
I have a lot of these guys ^^.
A few clumps of these ↓↓
I don't currently have a whole lot of any sort of weed problem, but I'd like to learn how to keep it that way!
It needs a top dress and level, but I want to wait until next year to tackle that.
The first batch of sod was terrible and did not do get well. It was a hard fight to save it
