On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:27:20 -0000 in . com Foobar wrote:
[SNEEP]
Trim your quotes and have your response sanely interspersed
with the original so we can see which poster you are
responding to, or just don't quote.
Thank you for not top posting.

Clay soil is not the problem. Clay soil is very rich in nutrients. I
will take clay over sand any day.

They both suck.
Clay does extremely poorly at taking advantage of a quick heavy rainshower.
Sand sucks at retaining moisture.

It does require lots of effort. And I mean lots. How large is the
lawn and what is your budget? Do you have an irrigation system?

Bahia is a warm season grass as is Centipede. You cannot kill one
without killing the other. All things being equal, the Bahia grass
will probably win, until taken over by Bermuda. Southern Gold is
Fesue (cool season grass - Fescue).

A quick skim indicates that choosing appropriate herbicides and using
them appropriately allows one to control bahia in other warm season
grasses. You will weaken the other warm season grasses, but not kill
them. Depending on other work planned it is likely to be more pragmatic
to take a scorched earth policy, improve the moisture absorbtion
capabilities of the clay, and have the water reserves to establish new
grass..
Or one could plant mulch :-).


The problem with overseeding is that you will have to plant the Fescue
in the Fall when the Centipede is or wants to be dormant.
Establishing new turf requires time and alot of effort. The new seed
will need to be watered several times daily to ensure that it doesn't
dry out after germination.

Then again mixing the two could lead to the lawn figuring out which
works better in a given area.

Have you considered annual ryegrass?




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Chris Dukes
elfick willg: you can't use dell to beat people, it wouldn't stand up
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