Benefits:
Quirks:
MAINTENANCE: (for best results)
Spring:
•“Buzz cut” Celebration and bag the material. Then keep at 1-2” for the spring and summer.
•Apply a 1-0-1 ratio fertilizer
•Apply pre-emergent herbicide
•Don’t overwater. Give approx. 1” per week
Summer:
•Maintain mowing height 1-2”
•Don’t overwater
•Be alert for armyworms. Apply insecticide if needed
Fall:
•Apply “winterizing” fertilizer: 1-0-2 ratio.
•Raise mowing height for winter but don’t go over 2”
•Water less
•Apply pre-emergent herbicide for winter weeds
- Beautiful blue green color, soft texture
- The most shade tolerant Bermuda grass available
- Tolerates heavy traffic well and when injured recovers more rapidly than other grasses (on many athletic fields now)
- Highly drought resistant, but also responds to irrigation in dry periods.
- Very good spring green up and fall color retention
- rotary or reel mower can be used
- Aggressive enough to compete with weeds- Minimal need for chemical weed control..
Quirks:
- Can go into summer dormancy when irrigation is withheld; upon return of moisture supply, will green up again.
- Warm Season Grass (Goes dormant in winter and turns brown, though roots are still active.
MAINTENANCE: (for best results)
Spring:
•“Buzz cut” Celebration and bag the material. Then keep at 1-2” for the spring and summer.
•Apply a 1-0-1 ratio fertilizer
•Apply pre-emergent herbicide
•Don’t overwater. Give approx. 1” per week
Summer:
•Maintain mowing height 1-2”
•Don’t overwater
•Be alert for armyworms. Apply insecticide if needed
Fall:
•Apply “winterizing” fertilizer: 1-0-2 ratio.
•Raise mowing height for winter but don’t go over 2”
•Water less
•Apply pre-emergent herbicide for winter weeds