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Kansas99 
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Posted: 17 Apr 2020 at 7:30am |
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Brian F(IL)
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Posted: 17 Apr 2020 at 11:00am |
Naw, you'll be fine. It might be a day or two before it sprouts though. 
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Posted: 17 Apr 2020 at 12:52pm |
Soil temperature should be a minimum of 55. Soil temperatures above 65°F are required for significant growth of rhizomes, roots and stolons. Optimum soil temperature for root growth is around 80°F. Plant Bermudagrass seeds when soil temperatures are consistently above 65° F Personally, I am not fond of seeded bermuda. I planted Wrangler, did not have very good success. It was supposed to be winter hardy but did not do well. Sprig bermuda seems to be more hardy.
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Stan IL&TN
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Posted: 17 Apr 2020 at 8:03pm |
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You won't see much until it gets hot or at least hotter than it is now.
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Kansas99
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Posted: 17 Apr 2020 at 10:05pm |
Kinda figured snow wasn't ideal for bermuda. Tossed a little seed out anyways not warm enough here to sprout corn yet. 
I actually do have a 75% bermuda 25% rye grass blend. I'm killing off existing grass so I just sprayed the grass that was greening up. Pretty sure the rye grass will sprout. The idea is that the rye grass grows until it gets to hot then the bermuda comes under the dead rye grass. Never tried it before but thought I'd give it a whirl. Last bermuda I planted around the farm about half winter killed and now water grass grows instead. 
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Posted: 19 Apr 2020 at 8:51pm |
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What is Bermuda grass used for? Not something you see around here. Ry grass gets seeded in new lawns it greens up quick, then the Kentucky Blue Grass takes over. After 1 or 2 cuttings the rye grass dissappears. Most lawns are blue Grass or a blend of several different blue grasses. South Central Iowa. Thanks guys.
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Ken in Texas
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Posted: 20 Apr 2020 at 5:45am |
Here in NE TX Bermuda is a native grass planted as a forage pasture and make hay. Most productive variety of Bermuda is Costal Bermuda propagated by planting green sprigs and praying for rain. Native Bermuda is a weed. Hard to get rid of . I'm having a problem with it now in a patch of corn.
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Kansas99
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Posted: 20 Apr 2020 at 10:47am |
Bermuda is not native to this area but it will survive winters here and even far further north. The only grazing bermuda here basically is irrigated pasture. However for farm/home yards I would say 1/3 are bermuda, 1/3 are buffalo(native), and 1/3 fescue of some sort. For a low maintenance easy mowing grass buffalo is by far the best, but the seed is expensive and is tuff to establish a good clean yard without lots of work, fescue is for those that want a well maintained yard that is almost green year round, but requires lots of irrigation or it will die out, bermuda is for someone like myself that doesn't want to do anything other than throw around some seed and never water hope it's dry and spends most the year brown so I don't have to mow. Like Ken said it basically is a weed, but it will take over your yard and you just have grass, when it's dry its brown and doesn't grow(my favorite yard) and as soon as it rains it will green right back up and look nice while it tries to grow into your house.
I should add that anybody that wants a nice yard, please don't pay attention to anything I say or do. 
Edited by Kansas99 - 20 Apr 2020 at 10:50am
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Stan IL&TN
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Posted: 20 Apr 2020 at 9:06pm |
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I'm fond of Zoysia. it is like walking on carpet and gets so thick it will choke out weeds and other grasses. I transplanted a patch of it onto my moms grave about 15 years ago and it is now about 30 feet in diameter as it pushes outward. In 100 years the whole cemetery will be covered.
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Kansas99
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Posted: 20 Apr 2020 at 9:19pm |
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Stan, isn't Zoysia similar to bermuda but grow under trees and such better than bermuda?
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Posted: 20 Apr 2020 at 10:56pm |
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i use Kentucky 31 fescue for our lawn. stays green year around, and don't turn brown or die when you drive on it. it's a clump grass but if sown real thick it'll come up narrow bladed grass.
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Posted: 21 Apr 2020 at 4:58am |
Shameless, a neighbor I have has some Kentucky bluegrass planted thick like that it looks nice, but he has to water pretty much none stop when it's hot to keep it going. He lost part of his yard a few years back when we went over 100 days without rain and 50+ of them were over 100 degrees, he just couldn't get enough water on it to keep it alive. I have a SDI system on the quarter with the filters right behind his farm yard and offered him my filter flush valves to hook up to sprinklers to get more water on it but he didn't take me up on it. After it died in places he told me he regret not using my flush water.
Like you say his grass is very thick and narrow bladed, you really don't think its fescue.
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