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Princess 77 Bermuda Lawn Renovation.

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I started my lawn renovation of my old lawn which was a mixture of common Bermuda and some Zenith Zoysia along with some spots of Centipede April 3rd of this year.

The only thing I did before this year was apply some were around 400 to 600 pounds of Lime last year and into early 2019 to raise the PH of my soil.

So on April 3rd the first glyphosate round was applied.

From there the lawn received right much water through out the month and I ended up applying 3 rounds of glyphosate to the yard over the next 3 weeks...and one last round 2 days before I seeded.

My front and back yard is around 14,000 square feet and the start date to seed was going to be middle of May to 1st week of June.

However...my front yard had died off so well vs my backyard and local soil temps were holding around 65 to 70 degrees I decided to seed my front yard on May 3rd.

May 3rd seed went down but due to my schedule I was headed out of town so I couldn't start properly watering until about 24 hours later.
 
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quattljl said:
I just started my Bermuda reno a couple weeks ago and have the same purple coloring on some of my seedlings. I put down Scott's starter with weed preventer and was thinking it was the mesotrione causing the discoloration. I did do a soil test before I started and my P levels were super low so that would seem to confirm what Alex_18 is saying.
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#32 ·
Was watching an old LCN video from when he did the reno on his "Frankenlawn" and he pointed out that the purple tips could also have to do with colder than normal temperatures for Bermuda germination (he was doing his reno in the fall). Looking at the weather for my location last week, we were in the mid 70's for highs and mid 40's for lows so that also could have something to do with the discoloration you're seeing. Either way, looks like it's coming in good now.
 
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#33 ·
quattljl said:
Was watching an old LCN video from when he did the reno on his "Frankenlawn" and he pointed out that the purple tips could also have to do with colder than normal temperatures for Bermuda germination (he was doing his reno in the fall). Looking at the weather for my location last week, we were in the mid 70's for highs and mid 40's for lows so that also could have something to do with the discoloration you're seeing. Either way, looks like it's coming in good now.
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Thanks for the info!

I think your right as well.

It seems by not using a starter fertilizer with phosphorus as well as the 3 nights of cool temperatures we received in my area along with the constant wet environment possibly was the cause.

Walking around the lawn today it looks like most of the purple is gone.

We have had a bunch of weather in the 90's that has definitely helped as well.
 
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#34 ·
Quick update. I'm at day 23 of watering.

And I'm pretty sure the first 2 weeks I overwatered way too much.

Parts of the lawn are coming along nicely but the majority of it is bare dirt.

We haven't had much rain so the seed hasn't washed away but I read so much about not watering enough that I think the lack of results is overwatering.

That being said I reseeded some areas about 4 days ago and reseeded some other areas last night.

I also have cut back of my scheduled watering to 2 times daily.

I'm not sure if all the seed I initially put down is just way behind schedule from constant watering...or if it's rotted?

Maybe someone with more experience can offer some advice?



 
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#37 ·
Have you put down any fertilizer yet? The over watering may have something to do with it also, but I think it was a mistake not to put down fertilizer when you seeded (just my opinion).

I put down seed and starter fert on the same day, May 4th, and it's growing like crazy now. I mowed for the first time Saturday evening and yesterday evening when I was out moving sprinklers, I noticed it already could use another mow (check the pictures in my journal). I should also note that I put down an application of N-Ext RGS and Air8 the same day I seeded.
 
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#38 ·
quattljl said:
Have you put down any fertilizer yet? The over watering may have something to do with it also, but I think it was a mistake not to put down fertilizer when you seeded (just my opinion).

I put down seed and starter fert on the same day, May 4th, and it's growing like crazy now. I mowed for the first time Saturday evening and yesterday evening when I was out moving sprinklers, I noticed it already could use another mow (check the pictures in my journal). I should also note that I put down an application of N-Ext RGS and Air8 the same day I seeded.
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When it was first seeded we slit seeded the yard and put down fertilizer.

However it was not a total complete fertilizer...because it didn't have any phosphorus in the fertilizer.

On the 14th day I put down a complete starter fertilizer which helped the Bermuda grass color change from purple to green.

I applied another .5 pounds per 1,000 square feet of a complete Starter Fertilizer Yesterday...to assist the reseeding.

The question...I am wondering is what happened to all my seed?
 
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