For 20 years now, I overseed my Bermuda grass with Scott Bermuda seed from Home Depot every other year . My lawn always looks like a beautiful carpet. I wish I could upload a photo. So you decide and trust it won't damage your lawn.

Get out of my head.... I was just talking to my wife about adding seeds to my Bermuda due to dead spots. She said no fertilize, I was going with seed. You backed her argument, I can't forgive you 😂. Now I have fertilizing work to do.

I almost thought I had messed up purchasing black jack for my Bermuda lawn overseeding project until Doc mentioned how well it will blend in with the hybrid Bermuda presently on my lawn.I got a 25lb bag coming in today which should be enough for my yard.Great information my lawn is already looking good with PGF complete,humichar and super juice.

Thanks Doc. It's my first year with Bermuda after a northern lawn -.that I overseeded every year. It was like a carpet. "Resisting the urge" is RIGHT! Already showing good progress.

@kyledrumm7093

4 жыл бұрын

Follow Docs lawn guide you will see amazing results.

Omg! This dude saved me from doing some stupid! I came to the video looking to see if it's safe to overseed bermuda grass, oh boy! This dude knows his stuff. Thanks for the tips I have sodded bermuda grass and from the video I have a hybrid type. I just wanted to have my lawn completely even since I have areas where you can still see the ground and other the grass looks stunning. But I think I will do the feed and drive method, and have my grass spread and thicken by itself. Thank for the video. I will definitely subscribe.

Thanks for this video. Was about to buy some Bermuda seed not realizing it would be common bermuda. Going to buy to PGF complete now. Thanks again.

Hello Doc. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I purchase a new home July 2020. This is will be my first Spring Season at my home. My lawn is filled with weeds bare areas of grass loss. I do not know what type of grass I have but I desire to have a Bermuda Lawn. I plan to put Pre-Emergent on my Lawn this weekend. Also, I will be reading the Bermuda Lawn guide. I live in Georgia and have a pet. I have a vision for a beautiful green lawn this summer.

Doc your the man, thanks for all your hard work! The Bermuda lawn guide is priceless it’s so helpful. Can’t wait for HumiChar to be back in stock can you please let us know if you hear anything!! Thanks

Centapied/some commo Bermuda in the back. I bought a bag of seed from Lowe's 2 years ago like a dummy. Went with the same strategy this year. About to aerate and carbon 8 1 8 after hitting it hard with Celsius. Just pushing the grass. Had a lot of weeds. Love the nose job reference 👍

Yeah I love your Bermuda I've been following you now for the last 3 years

For those needing seed, I’d like to give a shoutout to Hancock Seed Comp. in FL. 3 years ago I had to totally redo my yard, as it had nothing but weeds. I choose the Riviera hybrid , the customer service @ Hancock was great,& along with Docs program last year and this year I couldn’t be happier!! A side note if your looking for a particular type of seed and do not see it on their web page or it says unavailable , call them to make sure it is and discuss your options. As always THANKS FOR THE INFO DOC!!

@Chris72401

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I got their common Bermuda/Brown top millet mix and super fast germination on the millet and acted as a cover crop and prevented washing of the soil until the Bermuda germinated

I’m glad I watched this video. I almost overseed with Scotts Bermuda seed. I’m going to take your advise and push it instead. Thanks Doc!

@mariagarcia-eggly9833

4 жыл бұрын

Me too! But I can't get PGF in CA!

Great information Doc!

Thanks for the tips!

Thanks Doc. U are the Bermuda King... aka (BK)

Assuming you don’t have sod or the money to pay for it, seeding or overseeding with a quality named couch seed is successful if you do it right. We do Sportsfields and golf courses out here in Australia with Barenbrug seed and it’s great. Weeds agree need to be controlled, another way is wait until bermudagrass is in full dormancy and spray with a light rate of glyphosate using label directions. If you don’t mind the brown off bermudagrass is ok. Sometimes bermudagrass enthusiasts only show it when it’s out of dormancy which can be different to winter.

Here I was trying to see if there was some info that would kill that stuff off for good! I had a mulched area on a hill that needed grass to be stable. All I did was side discharge mow and shoot the clippings over there. 6 months later I had 6 more feet of grass. Now I have about a 1/10th acre to plant something useful (food crop) and I can't get rid of the stuff. Tried mowing it down to dirt, covering it with plastic - stuff won't go stop growing back.

Hey Doc. We're about to move to Kennesaw (hopefully) and the house has decent looking Zeon Zoysia. Anyadvice on Zoysia. Never worked with it. Same drill as Bermuda?

Hey Doc! Quick question, I live in Texas and we are experiencing some 100+ degree days for the last weeks and continue for the rest of the summer. I have 2-month-old sod and I started to notice some brown spots that I assume are just dead Bermuda. My landscaper did a pretty crappy job leveling the soil before installing the sod, so I need to level my lawn again (Not a big lawn, 500sf), should I go ahead and overseed while I'm at it? I am using Get Sunday products and bought a Bermuda Patch kit that includes seeds and organic seed starter... Thanks a lot!

I just got hydro seeding done last week. Please suggest the best fertilizer with NPK to put after 4 to 6 weeks. I was told the hydro seeding already had starter fertilizer. I live in Minnesota. Appreciate your help.

I saw where you recommended the Pennington hybrid seed Arden-15 on the site. Can I mix this seed in with the common pennington seed? Take your time Doc. I know you are swamped particularly this time of the year. Keep it going.

Hey doc! Really get a lot from this videos and I work for TruGreen in Texas. Do you have experience/challenges with larger yards and bigger equipment? I use a turfco and I can’t tell if the yards are improving as fast as I expect.

Doc, are the shrubs in the front of your landscaping, Boxwoods??? Yard(s) are looking good!!

What do you think about cutting the runners in the lawn to help the running to go different directions and fill in faster. Something like taking the edger and running passes in the lawn or ever a shovel and just state poking in the lawn.

Doc, i looked back and it looks like you used the blackjack seed when you put it down. How does it seem to be taking on the more shaded areas? Was curious to know if it's shade tolerant or not. Obviously not 100% I have only roughly 4 hours of sun on both sides of my house so was hoping to thicken up the grass with trying some. I mostly have bermuda 419 which is hybrid

Doc - when we purchased our home we had 1) weeds!!!, 2) common bermuda, 3) hybird bermuda, 4) fescue and 5) an unknown something else. The home owner had just heavily reseeded the week before we purchased. Since that time, the fescue still comes up in late Jan when its starting to get warmish and the two bermudas are competing with each other. Forgetting all the rest because Im sure someone has some similar type of situation, what do you when you have two types of bermudas competing? Do you - as you did on the rental lawn - do a spray to kill it all off and then seed again or???

So I have Bermuda and I’m not totally sure what kind. Can I start throwing out some hybrid seed like Yukon and have it slowly start to take over?

A good portion of My front lawn under the tree shade is basically bare clay... not even weeds grow on it. Would you recommend not overseeing bermuda when there? My nackyard lawn looks to be common bermuda to begin with. Would you recommend seeding hybrid Bermuda like blackjack on it? Per this video it appears that way.

Hey Doc, I have a question. In Oklahoma, most of my Bermuda lawn is beginning to have an even spread of greening as a sign ready to scalp. My house is sort of on top of a very small mound within a culdesac, and I have noticed the very center is a 10 yard radius that seems to always green last every year. Currently hardly if any green within just that spot even though it receives the most daylight as far as my front yard goes. Any ideas on why or tips to help keep even growth? That spot does not have any obstruction from the sun in the late afternoon to evening.

Any thoughts on over seeding Bermuda over Fescue? Will the Bermuda take over?

Took some before pictures today to see if I noticed the difference of when I lay my chemicals. As much as Truegreen begged me to give me a decent price I am curious to see how it would look like if I did it myself.

@xcess7433

4 жыл бұрын

I feel ya. I have someone that does mine and I’m thinking of just doing it myself and following Doc’s lawn guide.

@CH-xo8ss

4 жыл бұрын

You won’t be disappointed , I have never seen a yard serviced by these big companies look anywhere close to what mine has been on Docs program. Good luck with it, follow his vids,& you’re good to go

can you use pre-emergent while planting stolens for bare spots? If not, how long after using pre-emergent should I wait? Thanks for saving me from overseeding!

What if you already have common bermuda grass . Just fertilize and live with it ?

Doc, just got my Super juice in the mail. No instructions for hose end sprayer. What are your recommendations for hose end sprayer applications / ratios ? Thank you.

Well I've already overseeded with Bermuda seeds. I will just have to wait to see what happens. I used Scott's weed and kill in January and it really messed up my lawn, leaving portions of my lawn dead to the roots, looks really terrible so I overseeded with I think the common Bermuda seeds last week. I can see some growths now. I just want to wait it out and see how it turns out. Best luck to me😃😃😃

@Esmeralda-ls5gr

4 жыл бұрын

We did the same lol

Was watching lawn tips and he was saying it's possible to scarifie and scatter the clippings and it will root I thought that was cool .

Does it make a difference what kind of Weed and Feed & Fertilizer I use between the two different types of Bermuda?

Doc, how do you get rid of common bermuda in a hybrid bermuda lawn? Previous owners of my house must have put a patch of common in our back yard (3ft x 5ft). It sticks out like a sore thumb and is ugly compared to the hybrid bermuda. Whats the best/easiest/cheapest way to fix it? Dig it up? Kill it? Then plant the runners?

If you have large bare spots can you do plugs and heavy fertiliser ?

Been staying pretty strict on the Bermuda schedule. Just started noticing a lot of St. Augustine popping up. Almost over night invasion. Any suggestions or tips? The Bermuda was really just started to look good. Just fertilized this past weekend.

What do you think about winter rye overseeding Doc?

I have the opposite problem, my yard was overrun with Bermuda (i am in NY) so i killed the yard and reseeded last year, the problem is my neighbor didn’t and our yards are connected. Any tips i can use to keep the Bermuda in my neighbors yard from overtaking mine? I was hoping tenacity might help since bermuda doesn’t like it I’ve read.

Good info

Is it too late to apply pre-emergent? (We’re behind, I know). We’ve applied weed killer, now preparing to mow and aerate.

Do you have a guide on how to go from a bad fescue lawn to Bermuda? Should you just go the sod route or can you get the soft Bermuda look by seeding? N.C. weather.

What about Bermuda and areas that are dying due to lack of sun, do you mix in blue jack, or zyosia

suggestion on what to use if super juice is not available?

Hey Doc, My yard is newly sodded as of June 2019. There is a mixture of hybrid and common Bermuda in the yard. Is there a way I can help the hybrid grass take over, short of constantly pulling common Bermuda when I see it?

If you've never had hybrid bermuda before in your lawn and have common bermuda with some centipede, can you seed hybrid bermuda? And how is your recommendation to do that?

Doc do you have Tifway 419 bermuda?

Can i over seed my centipede grass with Arden 15?

What can I do with bermuda seeding off and not growing? Just had the sod put in this spring and it is not doing well at all. Drip irrigation is underneath and runs every other day 2 times a day.

Doc I can't find that Pennington Arden 15 hybrid Bermuda grass. Pennington gave me the # to SiteOne landscaping here locally. And they carry Lesco Sunstar and Lesco dune bermudagrass. They say it's hybrid. Answer whenever possible.

I was just about to reseed my Bermuda too. I was wondering why all those lawn reseed videos are all on transition and cool weather grass types.

Hi BYD..my back yard is 90% bare and half of it is under shade,and the Bermuda is not growing up. I tried your steps in one if your videos last year to revive it but it seems my back yard is dead and useless..ans i dont want to use sods. There is an area near Jones creek Emory hospital that has a grass that is always gown and green the entire year! Please what kind of grass that stays always green even in winter. I want to do this in my backyard. Please can you tell me what kind of grass is this and can I do it in my backyard instead of the dead Bermuda.. Hope you can explain this to me and if you can make a vedio on how to cultivate a yard and the process for seeding it and the steps from a to z many thanks always for your great videos! Please waiting for your reply

Hey doc how do you get rid of orchard grass in Bermudagrass...

hi I'm from Australia, im just wondering is Bermuda and couch grass (pronounced cooch) the same type of grass?

So the key to a good lawn is to live beside you and not take care of it, until you get sick of looking at it and take over.

Is it too late in the year to lay down Bermuda seed to establish before winter in southen virginia?

What type of bermuda seed do you have in your yard? I want to go with a hybrid like Blackjack because I understand it is good for overseeding. Or should I wait until next year to start it over?

@mickeywalker2272

4 жыл бұрын

I too went with black jack, I scalped killed all my grass. Seems only the centipede died. After 10 days I have sprouts.

How do I tell what kind of grass I have?

I have hybrid Bermuda in my house, I have some areas unless I water everyday doesn't stay green, also have area as if though they were growing on top of carpet I can pinch pull up from the dirt, I have thatched, removing a full trailer 6'X8'X3' of dead grass and roots, I have looked for help and haven't found it, I hope that you can help as I am getting ready for next spring to remove it all and replace it with fescue if I can't fix it, back breaking work I don't want to do, also it has moss, I've used different moss killers and all they do is make black spots all over the excessive layers of roots make it difficult for the water to penetrate to the dirt, since my lawn has slopes, takes lots of water runs off before it soak the soil. I live near the golf and most of the small community have Bermuda and the moss,

Great info here! How would one go about developing a new home construction lawn where the builder used a basic “contractors mix” of seed?

@kyledrumm7093

4 жыл бұрын

Replace ASAP. Easier now then after the grass has established itself.

My lawn was ruined from concrete construction should I reseed or sod?

I have a med size pit bull and he destroyed a 5 foot buy 3 foot section of my back yard by peeing so now I'm trying to get it back togeather what should I do? It's just dead

I am in California and have bermuda sod. I cant order the super juice. since it can't be shipped to California. is there a good alternative I can use.

Super juice is out of stock. When do you expect to have more?

My confused, I think.. I’m in ga with Bermuda grass. Starting in March...do I scalped my yard, then put pre emergent and fertilizer and add hybrid seed if needed than water ?? I’ve never scalped my yard so that’s a little scary.

Can you put down post emergent weed killer and lawn insect killer at the same time???

What if you already reseeded with common?

That common Bermuda looks a whole lot better than the patch

If store bought Bermuda seed is common Bermuda and bermuda sod is hybrid Bermuda, then what’s the regular Bermuda that grows wild on its own in peoples yards?

If I over sead my centipede yard with Bermuda will the Bermuda take over? I am going for an all Bermud yard..

Problem is I have no idea what grass I have at the moment 😭

I need to kills the weeds in my backyard ,Bermuda lawn. I have dogs that live in my backyard. Any recommendations on pet safe weed killers. I’ve heard spray weed killer ,let it dry a couple hours then it’s ok for dogs? Just doesn’t sound right.

Doc how do I send you a picture of my lawn. Don’t what theses weeds are. I think it is clump fescue.

Hey, Doc! Question... what’s your opinion on buying organic liquid sea kelp and either adding it to my super juice I already have or just using it as an additional supplement? I know super juice has sea kelp already in it, but was curious on your opinion! Thanks, Boss!

@HowTowithDoc

4 жыл бұрын

Don't bother. Plenty of kelp in SJ and there isn't a SIGNIFICANT visual benefit from it.

Doc....I can't take it anymore....you got shave!

Doc, when I built my house I planted my side yard with common Bermuda. The front yard is hybrid. As you said the two types of Bermuda don’t blend as well as I would like. If I overseed with a hybrid seed would this help the blend? Or would it be as waste?

@HowTowithDoc

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, some will take and blend in. Keep it short.

Hey doc, I have an isolated bare patch I am trying to reseed (don’t really have a choice) ..... you spoke about outsidepride who make Arden15 etc. do you have any opinion on Johnston seed co. out of Enid, OKlahoma ?

@kyledrumm7093

4 жыл бұрын

Kapil Kirpekar keep in mind If you over seed with a different breed the grass will look different. As long as your okay with that.

Before I discovered your channel, I unfortunately, reseed my lawn with the box store bermuda product and now I notice the difference between the hybrid and common bermuda grass. You are right, it looks stupid. Anything, I can do to repair this mistake?

@kyledrumm7093

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately you’re going to have to replace it by re- sodding if you want pure hybrid and all to look the same.

BUT if you have common Bermuda grass now form what the home builder installed, couldn't you over-seed with common Bermuda

Idk if I have Bermuda sod or not. I am trying to get a Bermuda lawn here in north Texas but not sure how to go about it. I watched the recovery video of the lawn that was 95% weeds and started to approach my lawn that way but I’m u sure if I have Bermuda at all.

@coryCuc

4 жыл бұрын

I'm in Arlington and I am wanting to do the exact same thing.

@Shipleyt19

4 жыл бұрын

I would bet you have Bermuda... Texas is to hot for anything else. Do as Doc said, light coats of PGF every three weeks and you’ll be amazed

@JM-yx1lm

4 жыл бұрын

Common bermuda has a bigger blade and hybrid (sod) is a much thinner blade. I'm also in North Texas

What would you recommend when your lawn is supposed to be Bermuda but is being overtaken by St Augustine? I like St Augustine but when it's mixed with Bermuda, it looks really bad and I'd really like to keep it a Bemuda lawn.

@kyledrumm7093

4 жыл бұрын

I use to use MSMA to fix this but they banned its use. That stuff was amazing. Wish I could get my hands on that stuff now. Funny how anything that really works gets banned.

Well crap I did everything doc said not to do last week :(

So basically it takes all summer to fix it

Can I kill fescue out of my Bermuda lawn?? I don’t have any shade trees. But Fescue is thriving over Bermuda right now even when I cut it at 1in. My yard is about 50/50 fescue/Bermuda.

@zacherypotwine2466

4 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to do the same thing. I used some "Image Kills Nutsedge" product which is also suopposed to either kill or supress grasses like Fescue. Too early to tell the results for me, but its the only reasonably priced product to do the job.

So I live just off of a salt marsh, and my 3/4 acre yard is primarily common bermuda with tons of clover and a few bare spots. Can I overseed with common bermuda to fill the bare spots?

I notice you don't seem to answer any questions but will ask in hopes you do .. I had common Bermuda and put down sod in new area. They don't match as you point out they wouldn't as sod is hybrid almost always. This seems like an instance where it makes sense to overseed ( I have blackjack seed) so that I can attempt to blend in hybrid everywhere. Agree there?

@HowTowithDoc

3 жыл бұрын

Do when we have the time... 70 - 80 hours a week wears one thin. Yes you could if you can keep both cut very short.

@USMC198907

3 жыл бұрын

@@HowTowithDoc thanks for the reply! Letting it grow for a few weeks so I can let it get established then will cut short.

Wow, I feel foolish for buying Scott's Bermuda grass seeds. I guess that was wasted money. I wish I saw this video first!

@DUBS720

4 жыл бұрын

I used Scott’s seed last year, and Doc is right, for a while you can tell the difference when looking at it. Luckily a year later the hybrid Bermuda blended it in, so now it all looks uniform.

Hey Doc, I need some advice. I leveled parts of my yard the other day. After leveling I applied some Bermuda grass seeds. Should I apply grass clippings over the seeds?

@alan30189

4 жыл бұрын

Joe Marrone - Follow the instructions that came with the seed. If they didn’t give instructions, check the internet, unless Doc gets back with you.

@caveman5831

4 жыл бұрын

I personally wouldn't cover the seeds with grass clippings..

@stanleyhenry3700

4 жыл бұрын

I would just sprinkle some miracle grow potting soil over it no grass clippings.

I'm going crazy here. I've read your page inside and out. I love your videos and they are all very helpful but this is what I need help understanding. We have common bermuda and I have no doubt we can fill it out nice and green but it's thick and unattractive. My neighbors have really fine bladed bermuda. That's our end goal. On your site it says if you do reseed and you keep up with your watering and mowing schedule the two will battle it out and typically the hybrid will win. We want Hybrid. Overseeding it is the only path to that right?

@HowTowithDoc

4 жыл бұрын

There's no saying that the fine Bermuda will WIN for sure. I might lightly spray the entire lawn with a grass killer first. Kill the common... Wait a few weeks and rains, then reseed with high quality seed like blackjack yukon tif etc. Sad and painful but about the only REAL way to convert it.

@carolinawoodcompany9474

4 жыл бұрын

How To with Doc If I dethatch before laying down the new seed do you see that as an option to have the fine seed win? Will I have wasted my money if I don’t kill the grass?

@HowTowithDoc

4 жыл бұрын

I still think a LIGHT spray of a grass killer is in order. Common is pretty tough stuff.

Waiting for HumiChar! 😫😫

Doc, the Lawn Care Nut from Florida really trashed Bermuda grass in his latest video. Could you set him straight? I have Bermuda in my front yard and St. Augustine in the back so I like both.

@HowTowithDoc

4 жыл бұрын

Bermuda takes skill.

@kyledrumm7093

4 жыл бұрын

james sams St Augustine is trash in my opinion. No offense. Looks like controlled weeds to me. I grew up playing golf in Texas. I’m spoiled with the look and feel of manicured Bermuda. Docs right. Bermuda takes skill. When’s the last time you teed it up at a golf course off of St Augustine The most beautiful turfs in the world are thin bladed grasses.

thats nice except that my HOA doesnt have a few months.. they want it done NOW. so seeds or new sod is only route for all of us with evil HOAs (which is everybody basically)

Well crap what if you already have

Doesn't really look like an issue though, some weed & feed and mowing and then you have your solution? Show us a real challenge in terms of a lawn full of crabgrass or something.

You "took over" the rental as in you bought the house/ rent the house as a tenant just to have the lawn?

@HowTowithDoc

4 жыл бұрын

Just started fixing it...

I am so glad that doc doesnt live in my neighborhood because i am pretty sure my lawn would be in several of his videos as DONT DO THIS!!

Already added a shit ton of Bermuda seed to my grass, uh oh 🤣