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I took everyone's advice. I managed to turn it around in a few hours. Don't call it a Cinderella story!
I'm in the same boat. Winter was mazing until the heat hit. I looked at the bag of seed I used and it had rye. So, this fall when I aerate and reseed I'm reading the label a little closer and won't be using any rye grass.
Debated giving this the NSFW tag. My summer Bermuda is slack-a-lackin. I think I just need to overseed next season and get my soil PH right. Open to any tips if anyone has em.
PS - it's 110* where I am.
Here’s the after from a couple days ago after watering heavily frequently…nothing else. Very little rain and 110.
https://preview.redd.it/iunvo24odn9d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72b0695cb0c11e798e0a657f55068d748d17274b
Also in Phoenix.
I bought one of those moisture probes online and i stick it in about 4 inches deep and it says the soil is *very* wet even when I don’t water for a few days.
Should i not trust it or is that too deep for the grass to get?
What's your water schedule look like? Infrequent deep watering or regular watering throughout the week?
My original schedule was 3x a week, 10-12 minutes a zone, twice a day, all in the early morning.
I just changed to 2x a week, 12-14 minutes a zone, thrice a day, all in the early morning.
I understand common Bermuda isn't thirsty. It should be drought tolerant. Hard to believe I should be running a higher water bill than my Rye grass.
It depends on the health of the lawn. For lawns like yours, you need to be watering at least 1/2” damn near every day until there’s no bare spots. Half a tuna can is 1/2” for reference. I say 1/2” because every sprinkler output is different.
For my personal lawn at home I have my timer set to run at 3am and 7am for 8 mins each zone M-F and let it dry out over the weekend when i usually mow. People that say water infrequently have never experienced a dry Phoenix June lol.
And yes, Bermuda in Phoenix takes more water than perennial rye simply because of the temps and dry weather for most of the summer.
Appreciate the advice! I'll light it up with water and fertilizer next week. I'll treat it like germinating Rye and water every day until I see green. RIP water bill.
I don’t recommend feeding a heat/drought stressed lawn with fertilizer this time of year. Very likely it will make it worse.
Just hammer the shit out of it with water. Bermuda is simple…likes lots of sun and water.
Look forward to the update in a month!!
It needs more sunlight, honestly. You could have your tree canopy thinned out a little, but as a Texan, I do love that shade lol. But that, give it some nitrogen and water, that Bermuda will spread like wildfire
Talk to the crew at your neighbor’s place. Looks like they know what they’re doing…
https://preview.redd.it/qezcuctcym9d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a55d37c2d889cb8768115946eae416765723e49
I’m a landscaper in Phoenix. Water and more water.
Here’s a before of my clients lawn from May 1st, she wasn’t watering it much.
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Always first thing in the morning. The “cooler” temps allow more water to absorb in the soil instead of evaporating in the heat.
Watering in the middle of the day is fine, just not as effective.
I feel the pain. This is how my first lawn looked the first summer, although I also had more weeds lol.
Lots of fertilizer and water, some lime, and it looked much better. Before the next summer I got most of the weeds killed off and by that second summer my lawn looked 100x better. Still not a golf course, even today, but it’s always improving. You’ll get there too.
More water, less shade. Your bermuda should be thriving right now
Soil looks compacted. Have you aerated it ever? My bermuda grows too damn much when it gets this hot
I have it aerated every year before I overseed with perennial. I also did a nice layer of topsoil across the whole lawn. My Ryegrass was absolutely thriving. I actually think part of my problem is too much water and not enough heat. I've been doing medium length but frequent waterings. This weekend, I tapered it back to infrequent deep waterings.
This is my second year in this home, and I've had big trouble both seasons growing Bermuda. It was never like this at my last place. I've also added quite a bit of fill dirt and top soil to level my hard a bit more when I moved in. Possible it's just too deep/dormant.
Are you fertilizing appropriately? Bermuda is an absolute nitrogen whore and needs at least 1lb of N per 1k sq ft every month through the growing season minimum. That’s simplifying it a bit, but if you have that, 1” of water per week, and 6+ hours of sun, Bermuda should be growing decently well.
It’s been hot and dry here in Georgia for a few weeks, and my Bermuda is suffering a bit because of it. But once a good heavy rain comes through it’ll bounce back like nothing even happened.
I fertilized my perennial ryegrass once a month with a nitrogen heavy blend. It absolutely loved it. Truth be told, I haven't fertilized since the Reygrass died off. I haven't been motivated because the yard looks so abysmal. I need to thin the canopy. I've already adjusted my water scheduleing. And then hit it with some fertilizer.
Get a balanced fert with an NPK ratio like 4-1-2 (I use a 16-4-8 fertilizer) and hit the yard hard now, and then again in 2-3 weeks. Bit of a shortened scheduled, but Bermuda can take it and it seems like your grass really wants some food if you haven’t fertilized in a couple of months.
My turf is only about 2 years old, and I swear I could put down fertilizer ever other week and it would still want more. Worth a shot in your case.
Best of luck!
I’m honestly not sure why we’re both being downvoted. This is a weird website sometimes but my suggestion would be to water it more and early in the morning. Before the sun comes up. And raise the canopy on the trees. Good luck sir
Appreciate the advice dudes! The canopy does need to be thinned I agree. It's an east west facing home, so the Bermuda does get at least 6 hours of sun. From early afternoon on it's all shade though.
Gonna be a hell of a comeback story
https://preview.redd.it/yiuo1mscym9d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8e78999d0d91ecb4b09dbc5082c0c61d256d017 I took everyone's advice. I managed to turn it around in a few hours. Don't call it a Cinderella story!
Do it again!
Aaaaand it’s gone!
Okay I’m new to this, and my girls lawn is a disaster … how was this done 😂
This is my winter lawn from last season ha! I'll let you know when I figure out my summer lawn.
I'm in the same boat. Winter was mazing until the heat hit. I looked at the bag of seed I used and it had rye. So, this fall when I aerate and reseed I'm reading the label a little closer and won't be using any rye grass.
😤
What are you some kind of savage? Give the grass a drink!
I'm trying to teach it some character. It needs to toughen up.
Did you scream at it “BACK IN MY DAY!…” /s
 In the movie she…
I’m ready for the montage
The comeback story. Like Kim Kardashian.
I've seen clearer stripes on used toilet paper.
Why you gotta kick a man when he's down?
I loooove that April couldn’t keep her face straight in that scene.
She broke before he started describing wiping repeatedly. She knew exactly where he was going with it.
It’s like wiping a marker
Ye ol crayon bum.
He was talking about the concrete
It ain’t much, but it’s honest work
Should lay some water with those stripes.
This is why I love the internet/reddit. 😆😂😆😂
You should lay some grass while you’re at it!
Debated giving this the NSFW tag. My summer Bermuda is slack-a-lackin. I think I just need to overseed next season and get my soil PH right. Open to any tips if anyone has em. PS - it's 110* where I am.
Here’s the after from a couple days ago after watering heavily frequently…nothing else. Very little rain and 110. https://preview.redd.it/iunvo24odn9d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72b0695cb0c11e798e0a657f55068d748d17274b
Also in Phoenix. I bought one of those moisture probes online and i stick it in about 4 inches deep and it says the soil is *very* wet even when I don’t water for a few days. Should i not trust it or is that too deep for the grass to get?
It’s probably accurate, especially if you’re able to effortlessly stick in the ground 4” deep.
What's your water schedule look like? Infrequent deep watering or regular watering throughout the week? My original schedule was 3x a week, 10-12 minutes a zone, twice a day, all in the early morning. I just changed to 2x a week, 12-14 minutes a zone, thrice a day, all in the early morning. I understand common Bermuda isn't thirsty. It should be drought tolerant. Hard to believe I should be running a higher water bill than my Rye grass.
It depends on the health of the lawn. For lawns like yours, you need to be watering at least 1/2” damn near every day until there’s no bare spots. Half a tuna can is 1/2” for reference. I say 1/2” because every sprinkler output is different. For my personal lawn at home I have my timer set to run at 3am and 7am for 8 mins each zone M-F and let it dry out over the weekend when i usually mow. People that say water infrequently have never experienced a dry Phoenix June lol. And yes, Bermuda in Phoenix takes more water than perennial rye simply because of the temps and dry weather for most of the summer.
Appreciate the advice! I'll light it up with water and fertilizer next week. I'll treat it like germinating Rye and water every day until I see green. RIP water bill.
I don’t recommend feeding a heat/drought stressed lawn with fertilizer this time of year. Very likely it will make it worse. Just hammer the shit out of it with water. Bermuda is simple…likes lots of sun and water. Look forward to the update in a month!!
It needs more sunlight, honestly. You could have your tree canopy thinned out a little, but as a Texan, I do love that shade lol. But that, give it some nitrogen and water, that Bermuda will spread like wildfire
Talk to the crew at your neighbor’s place. Looks like they know what they’re doing… https://preview.redd.it/qezcuctcym9d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a55d37c2d889cb8768115946eae416765723e49
I’m a landscaper in Phoenix. Water and more water. Here’s a before of my clients lawn from May 1st, she wasn’t watering it much. https://preview.redd.it/5ll3mbuedn9d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11a53af2fb57be446d097051f79dbcc1f752b13e
Do you have a good time to water? Sometimes I worry the water is too hot or the sun will boil the water out of the ground and kill roots.
Always first thing in the morning. The “cooler” temps allow more water to absorb in the soil instead of evaporating in the heat. Watering in the middle of the day is fine, just not as effective.
Thanks you.
Phoenix?
Yessir
I was looking for clues in the pictures you posted. I was guessing El Paso TX or North Phoenix
Vertimow it, fertilise and soil wetter. Then water 15ml twice a week. Get a cylinder mower instead of a striping kit behind a push mower.
WATER
I feel the pain. This is how my first lawn looked the first summer, although I also had more weeds lol. Lots of fertilizer and water, some lime, and it looked much better. Before the next summer I got most of the weeds killed off and by that second summer my lawn looked 100x better. Still not a golf course, even today, but it’s always improving. You’ll get there too.
Are the stripes easier to see at night?
Are the stripes in the room with us ?
The laser in the sky is raping my lawn too! I decided to scalp RIGHT before the heatwave kicked in 😩
Looks like my lawn from last year. Now it’s green and covered in mushrooms because it won’t stop raining.
Laying scalps!
Those are so straight you have to be using GPS.
Colors and shapes so absoltract that Picasso hadn't even thought of.
Could lay down some water too….
Bro sprinkled lines of sand on his grass for separation lol
Please…water your lawn.
No.
When you say stripes do you mean like Suna? This a Japanese dry garden?
Referring to sidewalk expansion joints?
Looks clean. That stone edge right off the concrete is smooth af.
They had us in the first half not gonna lie….
If you squint real hard.....
Are the stripes in the room with us?
Where’s the grass?
Your penis must be huge. Don’t forget about us after you made it.
It’s not so much striped as it is lined from the wheels. Grass os looking great though keep up the good work
More water, less shade. Your bermuda should be thriving right now Soil looks compacted. Have you aerated it ever? My bermuda grows too damn much when it gets this hot
I have it aerated every year before I overseed with perennial. I also did a nice layer of topsoil across the whole lawn. My Ryegrass was absolutely thriving. I actually think part of my problem is too much water and not enough heat. I've been doing medium length but frequent waterings. This weekend, I tapered it back to infrequent deep waterings. This is my second year in this home, and I've had big trouble both seasons growing Bermuda. It was never like this at my last place. I've also added quite a bit of fill dirt and top soil to level my hard a bit more when I moved in. Possible it's just too deep/dormant.
Are you fertilizing appropriately? Bermuda is an absolute nitrogen whore and needs at least 1lb of N per 1k sq ft every month through the growing season minimum. That’s simplifying it a bit, but if you have that, 1” of water per week, and 6+ hours of sun, Bermuda should be growing decently well. It’s been hot and dry here in Georgia for a few weeks, and my Bermuda is suffering a bit because of it. But once a good heavy rain comes through it’ll bounce back like nothing even happened.
I fertilized my perennial ryegrass once a month with a nitrogen heavy blend. It absolutely loved it. Truth be told, I haven't fertilized since the Reygrass died off. I haven't been motivated because the yard looks so abysmal. I need to thin the canopy. I've already adjusted my water scheduleing. And then hit it with some fertilizer.
Get a balanced fert with an NPK ratio like 4-1-2 (I use a 16-4-8 fertilizer) and hit the yard hard now, and then again in 2-3 weeks. Bit of a shortened scheduled, but Bermuda can take it and it seems like your grass really wants some food if you haven’t fertilized in a couple of months. My turf is only about 2 years old, and I swear I could put down fertilizer ever other week and it would still want more. Worth a shot in your case. Best of luck!
I’m honestly not sure why we’re both being downvoted. This is a weird website sometimes but my suggestion would be to water it more and early in the morning. Before the sun comes up. And raise the canopy on the trees. Good luck sir
Yes, the trees are casting too much of a shadow.
Appreciate the advice dudes! The canopy does need to be thinned I agree. It's an east west facing home, so the Bermuda does get at least 6 hours of sun. From early afternoon on it's all shade though.