A couple pictures from the project.

 

Great video. Anxious to follow the progress.

 

Yeah thats pretty cool. I mean moving KBG plugs is great but that you can't even see the difference from where you pulled sprigs.

 

I read somewhere that the clippings from when you verticut could be used as sprigs. Don't know where I read it and don't know if its fact.

 

I hope the sprigging process works good for you Red and it fills in fast. :thumbup:

I read somewhere that the clippings from when you verticut could be used as sprigs. Don't know where I read it and don't know if its fact.

This is true, as you are removing the stolons and rhizomes from the ground which is how bermuda grows and spreads. I have no idea what the success rater would be but it is an alternative you can use to fill in larger spots. You just need to water and fertilize them like you are seeding or just laid new sod.

 

Great video.

 

Awesome red! Maybe this is your plan but, , I wouldn't worry about leveling anytime soon. Just get that Bermuda growing and to fill in, then you can start leveling little by little. Feed it lots of fast release N.

 

Awesome red! Maybe this is your plan but, , I wouldn't worry about leveling anytime soon. Just get that Bermuda growing and to fill in, then you can start leveling little by little. Feed it lots of fast release N.

100% correct, Any leveling I do now will get washed away in the next rain. I plan on giving updates weekly until it's filled in and leveled.

 

Awesome job Red!

I've plugged like that in a few spots around the house too, works great especially when the temps get higher.

JB

 

I wonder if tackifier would work on plain old soil. I'm gonna have to get some dirt and a hose and experiment on the kid's slide this summer hahaha

 

I wonder if tackifier would work on plain old soil. I'm gonna have to get some dirt and a hose and experiment on the kid's slide this summer hahaha

Haha I was talking with Red this weekend and said " I bet Grassdaddy will send you a little bit of the tackifier"

 

Yes give me an address. I can't promise it won't get stopped by the postal inspectors and us both get arrested (its a white powdery substance lol) but I've got plenty

 

Thank you for the offer!

I think for the purpose of this free repair project, I plan to only use water and fertlizer.

I may change my mind later

 

http://turf.arizona.edu/ccps303.htm

Read the part about Stolonizing it could help you out :thumbup:

 

Keeping it wet between rain storms, hoping the storm this weekend doesn't wash too much away.

 

How long would this take to fill in with minimal effort on your part if you were an average homeowner? I have no idea how fast warm season grasses creep.

 

How long would this take to fill in with minimal effort on your part if you were an average homeowner? I have no idea how fast warm season grasses creep.

Here are a couple pictures from my yard last year. First pic is on June 12th the bare spot is where I removed a large cedar tree. The second photo is the same area on September 26th. I only did a handful of plugs and sprigs, monthly fert and it got watered like the rest of the yard.



It could have covered faster if I would have did a grid pattern with the plugs like Red has done. I also could have pushed the N much more than I did but was happy with the results.

 

How long would this take to fill in with minimal effort on your part if you were an average homeowner? I have no idea how fast warm season grasses creep.

Minimal effort, that would depend a lot on the weather and soil conditions.

I'd hate to put a date on anything, as I haven't done a repair this large before. I think it's safe to say "Bermuda Grass would recover from damage much quicker than most grasses used in lawns today."

 

How long would this take to fill in with minimal effort on your part if you were an average homeowner? I have no idea how fast warm season grasses creep.

I planted a whole lawn with a similar method to Red's. Within 6 weeks you could call it a lawn, within 8 weeks it was a lawn and by 10 weeks I had to scalp it down as it was growing over concrete from all the urea I gave it!

 

A couple update pictures. They might look dead, but what has actually happened is a defensive mechanism. The plant has put all energy into root production, wait and see what the next 2 weeks bring.

 

Good to see that they're still there after all this rain.

 

Thats crazy. I wonder how many try this and assume its dead lol

 

+ 1

Not gonna lie - I would have thrown in the towel and dropped some sod already, but that story wouldn't be this much fun.

 

I'm glad see they made it through this weekends storms. Already seeing some green im the middle of the picture :thumbup:

 

Great video!
I really like the look of those Bermuda grass lawns, super nice!