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Common Bermuda
 
Description
Texas Native Bermuda - or Common Bermuda - is a medium-textured, warm season perennial species with a creeping growth habit. It spreads by stolons and rhizomes and can grow where you don't want it! Once Common Bermuda is introduced or mixed into another variety, it is virtually impossible to eliminate. It grows rapidly during late spring, and summer, remains green into late fall and goes dormant after a hard frost.
 
Characteristics
Hot Weather Tolerance: Excellent
Shade Tolerance: Low
Wear Resistance: Excellent
Salt Tolerance: Very Good
Recovery From Injury: Excellent
Winter Color: Dormant
Mowing Height: 1/2" - 1 1/2"
Use: Lawns, Golf Courses
 
General Care
Fertilization:
Needs 5-7 lbs. of Nitrogen per 1000 sq. ft. for optimum growth: once in early spring and again in the fall.
Watering:
Water every three days, ensuring that 3/4" of soil beneath the surface is sufficiently soaked.
Mowing:
Needs to be mowed about every three (3) days during the growing season
Fungicides:
Tolerant to the following herbicides: 2-4D, MSMA, Daconil, Pennant.

*Source: Texas Turfgrass Research


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