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Bahiagrass |
- Description
- Low maintenance grass for infertile soils.
- Medium to coarse leaf texture.
- Cultivated varieties: 'Pensacola' is the
most popular variety for lawns, with 'Argentine' second.
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- Maintenance
- Apply a complete fertilizer in the spring
(after the last frost) and in the fall.
- Fertilizers including Iron (Fe) help
prevent yellowing. Or supplemental iron apps can be made,
usually during the summer.
- Worst insect problem is mole crickets.
- Mow at 3 to 4 inch height.
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- Establishment
- Plant in the spring or early summer
months.
- Best established from sod or scarified
seed.
- Less desirable results from sprigs
and plugs.
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Bermudagrass |
- Description
- Medium green, vigorous, dense turf.
- Not recommended for home lawns, more
commonly used on commercial sites and golf courses.
- Most widely used warm season grass.
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- Maintenance
- High maintenance grass
- Higher levels of fertilization are
required than with most warm season grasses (3 to 6
applications)
- Mow at 3/4 to 1-1/2 inch height. Reel type
mowers provide the cleanest cut.
- Nematodes are usually the worst pest.
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- Establishment
- Plant in the spring or early summer
months.
- Sprigging is most common, but also sod and
plugs. Common varieties are planted with seed.
- Varieties include Cheyenne, Sahara,
Sundevil, Jackpot and FloraTex™
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Carpetgrass |
- Description
- Low maintenance, medium textured, dense
turf
- Grows on wet, acidic soils, and doesn't
tolerate dry or salty conditions.
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- Maintenance
- Mow at 1-1/2 to 2 inch height.
- Do not over fertilize, especially with
nitrogen.
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- Establishment
- Plant in the spring or early summer
months.
- Seed or sprigs.
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Centipedegrass |
- Description
- Pale green with medium texture
- Low maintenance, slow growing
- Fair shade tolerance
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- Maintenance
- Low fertility requirements. Subject to
centipede grass decline so don't overfertilize, especially with
nitrogen and phosphorus.
- Don't fertilize too early or too late in
the year.
- Nematodes can be a serious problem.
- Mow at 1-1/2 to 2 inch height.
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- Establishment
- Plant in the spring or early summer
months.
- Best by sod or seed, also planted with
sprigs and plugs.
- Varieties include Oklawn, Centennial,
Tifblair, and TennTurf.
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Seashore Paspalum |
- Description
- Dense, dark green turf with good wear
tolerance.
- Tolerates saline conditions and low light
during extended rainy periods.
- Poor shade tolerance.
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- Maintenance
- Mow at 1 to 2 inch height.
- Few insect and disease problems.
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- Establishment
- Plant in the spring or early summer
months.
- Plant with sod or sprigs.
- Varieties include Salam, Sea Isle 1 and
Seaway.
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Augustinegrass |
- Description
- Dense, green to blue green turf.
- Grows best in fertile, well drained soil.
- Some salt and shade tolerance.
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- Maintenance
- Mow at 1-1/2 to 4 inches -- use lower cutting
heights on high maintenance lawns.
- Fertilize 2 to 6 times a year, after last
spring frost and not too late in the fall. Supplemental iron
apps can be made to prevent yellowing, usually during the
summer.
- Chinch bug is the worst insect pest.
- St. Augustine Decline Virus is a serious
problem in some areas.
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- Establishment
- Plant in the spring or early summer
months.
- Sodding, sprigging or plugging, not
usually seeded.
- Varieties include Bitterblue, Delmar,
Floralawn, Floratine, Floratam, Jade, Palmetto, Raleigh and
Seville.
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Zoysiagrass |
- Description
- Fine to medium texture.
- Moderate drought tolerance.
- Good salt, shade and traffic tolerance.
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- Maintenance
- Mow at 1 to 2 inch height, best cut with a
reel type mower. Height recommendations vary with species.
- High maintenance turf, 3 to 6
fertilizations per season.
- Very susceptible to nematodes.
- Heavy thatch producer that requires
periodic verticutting.
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- Establishment
- Plant in the spring or early summer
months.
- Slow to establish.
- Sod, plugs and sprigs.
- Seed needs light to germinate -- cover
with erosion cloth, but don't cover with soil.
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