How To Care for a Bahia Grass Lawn Part 3

How To Care for a Bahia Grass Lawn Part 3 - Sodding Bahia Grass

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10 ай бұрын

bahia grass project - learn what it's like to sod bahia grass.
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@Thelawncarenut 10 ай бұрын

Here is the first video in this series kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j86GmNaWu7KplZ8.html

@charlesmitchell9647 10 ай бұрын

Finally is right. Very happy for you and the homeowner. After you start throwing fertilizer it will come in beautifully.

@ccampo 10 ай бұрын

My wife and I laid about 5k sqft (15+ pallets) of Argentine Bahia sod a few years ago in the middle of July. Pure torture. It looked exactly like this. That being said, a month later and it was beautifully thick and green. Trust the process!

@idleminded1 9 ай бұрын

I seeded with bahia. I did it in late April. I raked the dead grass up and threw seed down. Watered 3 times a day for 3 weeks and it filled in nearly 💯. Used palm fert on the areas when i out the seed down to be a low level starter fert

@drewslawncare1913 10 ай бұрын

I'm going to FL tomorrow hopefully I can see some Zoysia and Bahia I've never seen any before. Cant wait!

@justencaron9209 3 ай бұрын

Love my bahia it's so soft and bright green. I did like st augustine but it was itching when walking bare foot

@Mark-zi2og 10 ай бұрын

A cool project to have followed, especially because I’m a cool season turf guy. I actually learned a lot through the process.

@johnforsyth8414 10 ай бұрын

We redid an old lawn in central florida. 10 yards of topsoil and moved it around to fill in low spots and put a thin layer over everything. We fertilized, seeded with Argentine Bahia, lightly raked it in, then top dressed with @ 12 bushels of peat moss Set the sprinkler for 10 minutes a zone several times a day. Seed took about a month to germinate. Waited until it was @ 5” tall to cut. Lawn looks great now.

@ranger2316 10 ай бұрын

Hey from Pinellas county. OK... you've convinced me... I'm sticking with my SA! That was some ugly looking sod for sure! You guys have paid your dues! Well done. I can't wait to see the results! I also can't wait for the water restrictions and Fert ban to be over... grrrr.

@CharlesBakker-em8lv 10 ай бұрын

I just bought 10 bales of peat moss at my local Lowe’s. It looks like you’re in Florida, as I am. I can’t believe you can’t find peat moss at Lowe’s or Home Depot. It’s such a basic staple in any gardening approach. I, also have the same experience with seating that you did and yesterday I succumbed to the pressure to sod. However, because of sod and visit the garden center that you’re purchasing it from and see the size that they have. Most sought that I have found in Florida has been cut and it looks good on the pallet but when you try to pick it up, it falls apart like a jigsaw puzzle. I believe that it’s a result of Bahia has deep roots and Saint Augustine and blue grass (from up north) have heavily knitting roots, and rhizome style roots. Check it out, it’ll help.

@allensadicario5196 10 ай бұрын

Always great show LCN thanks again

@Thelawncarenut 10 ай бұрын

thanks bro!

@davidcrowson4745 10 ай бұрын

Well done young man 👍

@GamerGee 10 ай бұрын

7:02 my friend got an actual good batch fresh and his was somewhat close to STA squares. But that’s rare

@joshraines 10 ай бұрын

This is exactly why I prefer St. Augistine...it just spreads so much more easily.

@happyman5389 5 ай бұрын

I'm going to refrain from commenting lol because when I do he already thought about it on the next video so far loving the experiment it's very thorough Hopefully he'll go to Arcadia or Okeechobee and find a bahia sod farm

@collaacb 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for talking about Bahia grass, it’s difficult to grow from the expensive seed at big box stores!

@Thelawncarenut 10 ай бұрын

It's not been easy but when it's thick and growing, it's pretty grass.

@brandon6768 7 ай бұрын

@@Thelawncarenutpurposely having bahia grass is definitely a Florida thing because here in north carolina that is a weed in lawns and you only see it on sides of highways. I’ve never seen a full yard of bahia here but it loves to creep into my customers Bermuda yards and then I smoke it with msm.

@BigJerm47 10 ай бұрын

I just rented a sod cutter for my yard. It's nowhere near as bad as an aerator. It goes good once it's in the grass. The hard part is starting and stopping.

@hassenfepher 10 ай бұрын

Cool! Question: thatch. Maybe it's because my mower blade sucks, but I get hella thatch in my Bahia. Thoughts?

@MDO05 10 ай бұрын

Allyn Hane if you are reading this I’m wondering if you have any products I could use on Purslane or any recommendations? Thanks

@steveroberts4762 10 ай бұрын

I got a pallet of zoysia once that partially looked that way, was told that it came from a "dry" area of the field. I agree... NO FUN. 😫

@josephrottina1901 10 ай бұрын

Nice work big AL .👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@Thelawncarenut 10 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@christopherg1717 3 ай бұрын

Thank You so Much for This Video! I purchased 4 pallets of Argentine Bahia last week and was so disappointed with the quality, but it actually looked like yours in the video. So your video made me feel better. I will say that I am perplexed by my Bahia sod having what I would call "straw" growing in it. It looks like maybe a large clump of dead Bahia but is very thick like straw and would hurt to step on barefooted. What should I do with these clumps? There are a lot of them in the 4 pallets of sod I put out. Should I cut these out and then try to seed the holes which would be about the size of a 4 inch diameter circle? Or would you just wait and mow it down in a month and see what comes up?

@Jz1551 11 күн бұрын

Is there a part 4 yet?

@artieartya 10 ай бұрын

It’s so funny that the seed project didn’t work, but I have beautiful st Augustine grass and all our common areas are Bahia grass and every time I keep getting Bahia grass infiltrating into my beautiful Saint Augustine grass. seeds just keep blowing in

@gmooney57 8 ай бұрын

Liquid iron okay in November down in Florida ? What to use to thicken up the same grass?

@Thelawncarenut 8 ай бұрын

Liquid iron won't thicken up your grass. If you want something that will thicken it up and that also contains chelated iron, try this: thelawncarenut.com/collections/yard-mastery/products/24-0-6-flagship-with-3-iron-and-bio-nite%E2%84%A2

@Boodieman72 10 ай бұрын

Did you try using a slit seeder?

@feetheweasel 10 ай бұрын

Question...just got done dethatching w/ power rake. Do I seed then fertilize or fertilize then seed?

@Thelawncarenut 10 ай бұрын

doesn't matter really, just do them both same day and start watering, all good!

@mikeo8890 10 ай бұрын

Try aeration and amending the soil.

@nevinkinzel 10 ай бұрын

Seems like it would do better with plugs since it doesn't stay together but will spread.

@GamerGee 10 ай бұрын

4:06 man. I just want to rent one that cuts every 4 feet but most cutters that are rented just cut they don’t cut patches like the big commercial ones

@ashleymarie19855136 4 ай бұрын

So I am about a mile from the gulf myself. Our "dirt" is sand. I've been researching for a year now. This morning I planted Argentina Bahia seeds. I got the Scott's brand along with Scott's turf builder. I tilled up the dirt because my backyard is nothing but "dirt" and a few patches of weeds. I'll let you know how the Argentine grass does. The bag says you can see results in as little as 7 days but can take up to 21.

@TheRealBurgNerd 2 ай бұрын

Results?

@troutman1951 10 ай бұрын

I was getting nauseous looking at those pallets of crumbling pieces of sod. That just seems unacceptable. Hope this project turns positive, because it looks like my worst nightmare!🤮😵‍💫🫣😱😩☠️👎

@Striperman 10 ай бұрын

Hey Al I have used both mechanical aerators and sod cutters and yes they are a good work out but a manual sod cutter is like being in boot camp. I did 1700 sq ft by hand two separate times. First time in one day at 51 yrs old and the 2nd time at 64 years old but over a 5 day span so I wouldn't end up in the ER again 🥵🤢🤕🤒

@trevormuggeridge4560 10 ай бұрын

Great advice mate, don’t want the Striperman in the ER , space it out . 😎

@Striperman 10 ай бұрын

@@trevormuggeridge4560 Happy belated Father's Day mate. Hope you enjoyed your day with family . Spring is in the air 👍💚🦸

@trevormuggeridge4560 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Keith, I had a great day . Enjoy your day . 😎

@williammeyer9801 10 ай бұрын

What did you do with the leftover sod?

@NineteenHand 10 ай бұрын

It looked like there were two plus pallets leftover. I'm not sure if they had already done the easement.

@trevormuggeridge4560 10 ай бұрын

First Aussie 😁. Another great video Al. 🤠

@mariebee3146 2 ай бұрын

How can i kill crabgrass in my bahia? Just had some pretty bad quality bahia sod laid and there's a ton of crabgrass that's suffocating my bahia.

@xvrickhchips 10 ай бұрын

It looked like there was A LOT of left over sod. Where did it all go?

@Thelawncarenut 10 ай бұрын

had to take it to the dump. Another huge PITA.

@user-un4tt3nb8i 10 ай бұрын

dO YOU know anyone in the Ft Myers area that can ehlp me with my bahia I got it going well but need more help with the weeds etc

@happyman5389 5 ай бұрын

Also i guess you shouldve seeded with nitrogen and seeds should be about half an inch deep

@lawnpanda 10 ай бұрын

Two things: Excellent Bahia call out. I bet the neighbors were like "WTF" was that....Also, for a video this length, you gotta expect more than ONE call out....

@Thelawncarenut 10 ай бұрын

😂

@LawnDad 10 ай бұрын

That definitely looked painful to lay. 😂

@AdmiralTwitchy 10 ай бұрын

Don't know why anyone would pick anything other than bermuda if they lived in the south. It's the best grass there is

@ignacio..9 10 ай бұрын

Shade…

@JKNitro-vt5qs 3 ай бұрын

bermuda is high maintenance....you have to keep it sprayed regularly or weeds will take over in no time. my favorites are st aug, zoysia, and centipede since they mostly keep the weeds out all on their own. With those 3 you will get some weeds in the spring but once the weather warms up all the weeds die off and the grass chokes them out. You can put down pre-emergent in mid feb to help with that part though if you want. While bermuda is the most common grass type found in the south (mainly because it's cheaper than the others and easy to grow from seed) it really isn't properly taken care of 90% of the time in most yards. For it to really shine it should prob be only mowed with a reel mower at 1" or less which is what they do on golf courses...again leading to the more maintenance thing lol....reel mowers are expensive to keep the blades sharp and replaced as necessary....also to use a reel mower your yard has to be very flat and level which is more time, effort, and money to accomplish. You can use a rotary mower on bermuda and mow at like 2" and be ok but you will have to keep the yard sprayed for weeds on a regular basis. Every bermuda yard I've seen that isn't sprayed always has a lot of weeds in it. If you look at st aug, zoysia, or centipede yards in the summer they will have very few weeds in them.

@GamerGee 29 күн бұрын

I’d do zoysia over bermuda but st Augustine is better.

@ROBinJVILLE 3 ай бұрын

im in jax, and when people have a nice bahia lawn, its freakin beautiful. such an odd grass. can look like absolute filth, or perfect depending on who cares for it

@jamiemittermuller6470 10 ай бұрын

I never seen Bahia grass. Don’t think would grow in the UK. Why would anyone sod or decide to use Bahia grass when it looks rough after you finished. Other sods you get the instant impact. Is it more resilient to the heat and drought than st Augustine or Bermuda because of the rhizomes? Thanks Allyn I appreciate the videos and the info shared

@danielmorris6584 6 ай бұрын

Low maintenance- once established

@BrandanTheBroker 2 ай бұрын

I miss bahia but not trying to sod or seed it 😅 was better off just letting my neighbors lawns overtake mine

@howtodothings8415 7 ай бұрын

What variety of Bahia is this?

@Thelawncarenut 7 ай бұрын

Pensacola

@howtodothings8415 7 ай бұрын

@@Thelawncarenut thanks!

@myleschap7364 10 ай бұрын

I don't want to think about the water bill after a project like this

@Thelawncarenut 10 ай бұрын

yeah that was pretty bad lol.

@kroark80 10 ай бұрын

Looks like a nightmare to do. But didn’t give up looking forward to update.

@ReelNewwt 10 ай бұрын

Thinking about switch to Bahia. So tired of st aug it’s the worse

@JKNitro-vt5qs 3 ай бұрын

why? I love st aug

@RichAbe23 10 ай бұрын

I’ve seen Bahai grass sod and it looked nothing like what you guys had. This looks very bad.

@LKNDIY 10 ай бұрын

What are some of the benefits of Bahia?

@Someguy1357 10 ай бұрын

Good question, because I'm wondering why anyone would bother with it, unless it's local to the ecosystem.

@tphoskin 10 ай бұрын

Maintains the best of local greases without irrigation. That's why they use it on highways or non irrigated lawns.

@Someguy1357 10 ай бұрын

@@tphoskin Interesting

@LKNDIY 10 ай бұрын

@@tphoskin great info. I had never heard of it before I started watching LCN

@ryanesposito5755 10 ай бұрын

Its a weed. Would never try and grow this grass

@pinkylegg 10 ай бұрын

My question is how can I kill Bahia in zoysia?

@MrFergusonLawn 10 ай бұрын

This poor homeowner 🤣 Man, with the seeding then to get that pallet of mess....that guy might be on suicide watch haha.

@MichaelCrose 10 ай бұрын

You and I are going to be disagreeing about Bahia grass. First of all I'll agree you're sod looked like crap. I would be interested in knowing where you bought it. I retired out of this industry a few years ago but I will tell you that I have laid a lot of Bahia sod over the years. At my last house, I had a beautiful St Augustine front yard with irrigation. The backyard did not have irrigation and I had five kids and a couple of dogs running around out there so St Augustine was not the best choice. After killing all of the existing weeds and grass in the back we had 11 pallets of Bahia sod brought out. You can buy Bahia sod that stays together. By the way, I don't know if it's the case now but most Bahia that we used to buy came from pastures. The advantage of Bahia grass is that it is very drought tolerant and takes a lot of traffic. it also takes very little fertilizer. 1 lb of N per 1000 sq.ft. per year has always done the trick nicely for me. During the growing months, you're going to need to supplement with iron to keep that nice dark green.

@Matt-kw6gl 10 ай бұрын

Bahia just seems to be a terrible grass to work with whether it’s seed or sod. You guys persevered though, well done.

@gg80108 3 ай бұрын

Looks like the wild pigs got it.

@44ryang90 2 ай бұрын

I just came to say I can't see the word Bahia without yelling BAHIIIIIA! in my head. It's bot that I choose to do it, it's that I physically can't. I've been brainwashed to saying it that way because of how many videos I watch.

@dylan8285 10 ай бұрын

I hope u paid part off his water bill for your seed experiment 😬 Also I wonder how they seed Bahia for fields they must mix the seed with something else like annual rye for quick ground stabilization

@fouroakslodging 10 ай бұрын

Why Bahia.. if it is what we have in Nc. I hate it.. a drop of rain and you get a 1-1/2 foot jump in seed heads… I hate it!.. it does grow where nothing else will grow, but be prepared to mow 2 times a week!

@ashleymarie19855136 4 ай бұрын

It's because of the fact it grows in sand which over here where we live we don't have dirt. It is literally sand from being so close to the beach. Bahia is really the only one that will grow in it. Plus it is drought resistant

@SuperZoopanda 4 ай бұрын

Don't scream in to the camera

@DugEphresh 26 күн бұрын

End of story, Bahia sucks! thanks as always my dude!

@WithTheBears 10 ай бұрын

So why does anyone want this stuff? Seems to be way too big of a PITA. And if some dies you cant reseed, you have to sod again? No way im hell

@2-4outdooradventure53 10 ай бұрын

No one does for an ornamental yard. Bahia is a pasture grass because it grows fast and drought hardy. It puts on a 1-2 foot seed heads very quickly in summer. Looks like crap and hard to cut. google it