Pros and Cons of Bermuda, Zoysia, Centipede and St Augustine Grass

Bermuda, zoysia, centipede and st augustine are common warm season turf grasses for lawns. Each of them has their pros and cons. I share some helpful info on these grass types as well as some lawn care tips for each grass type. I have have seen too many people waste money by planting the wrong type of grass in the wrong location in the yard. Understand the grasses before investing in sod or seed for your lawn. Enjoy the video!
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[@shanewhittemore]

Thanks Jason. Been watching you for about 8 years now. As a homeowner that loves my yard you have never led me in the wrong direction. You are a strait shooter with no BS.

[@oliver.79]

Here in south Florida (St Aug grass) I add 1oz of Bifenthrin with my pre-emergent application tank. I do use more Fertilizer in the summer, 0.7-0.8 lb per month for 6 or 7 months (close to 5lb per year). That helps to spread and cover any thin spots. The main difficult weeds here, besides crabgrass, are dayflower, nutsedge and kalinga. I usually spot treat with a mix of Image (or Tenacity which is labeled for St Aug farms), Certainty and MSM. Thank you!! Your info is always helpful!!!

[@jimshellenback-cc6wt]

Jim from Florida, been growing St.Augustine for 20 years. . Loves potassiium sulfate and micronutrients. Add bifenthrin to every application haha. Insects love it.

[@Gkrissy]

Let the wars of the cool season and warm season lawn begin!😂. I love how zoysia lawns thicken up and feel on my feet. I have neglected my zoysia lawn in the early season but I started to fertilize and she is getting thick and crowding out the weeds. I just have to handle creeping Charlie in 2 weak areas with some 24D.

[@phileisermann1257]

One additional benefit to centipede is that it is more tolerant of low pH soil. That can be important in certain parts of the country

[@lawncarelife]

Good point

[@Don-pq5gg]

Good, concise comparisons. Thanks

[@jamesgough1887]

Good video. Makes sense to me.

[@pagelservices]

holy great information! Thanks for this vid!

[@TexasRivermedic]

Thank you for the video. I’m in Texas and have a mixture of Bermuda and St Augustine; I’m going full St. Augustine. I find with St. Augustine, I have less weed and insect problems. I keep the height at 3-3.5 inches in the summer and mow 2-3 times per week to get the spread/thickness going. The active growth of St Augustine is great the hotter the temp gets. I also plug other area using a ProPlugger from my established lawn and this helps the spread tremendously.

[@travisschoen1344]

This guy is helpful

[@kybble]

My zoysia grass in central IL grows great, I don't water, feed, thatch, or collect it's clippings. It has survived multiple droughts and a trenching out for a water line fix lots of clay waste soil and bobcat tracks with no effect. I'm mowing it once a week and that's too long. I could cut this stuff every 5 days.

[@eric8851]

I am a little surprised you did not mention things like disease resistance, thatch accumulation and ability to tolerate high traffic. In the sandhills area of NC there is a fair amount of centepide as it does well in sandy soil with an acidic soil. Not my favorite but for many folks it is a fire and forget option. All in all a good overview though, thank you.

[@gimmeproof]

St. Augustine does not attract bugs that I am aware of.... we have both bermuda and St. Augustine in our pastures (the Augustine is such a slow grower that we filled it with Bermuda until Augustine catches up .... (not in our lifetime), but my horses love both. I wish we had an easy way (other than roundup) to get rid of the Bahia grass. I hate, hubby hates it, and horses hate it. any suggestions are welcome. p.s. I just love your channel. I've been through a few grass sites, and yours is BY FAR the best. p.s. I am in Texas. :-)

[@Slowmowlawnandhome]

I'm in NE Florida, almost all my lawns are St. Augustine, the chinch bugs are a nuisance but sod worms/army type worms seem to do the most damage, usually in previously heat stressed or excessively thirsty areas. A backyard with some oak trees can be swarming with moths and worms , hardly fertilized, no weed control and barely show damage all summer but a treated but overly sunny location that got too dry for too long in May can be wiped out in a few days in July or August from worms. The bugs seems unaffected by preventative granules but I've had luck with bifentrin or similar spray as soon as I see activity and just treat the areas around it even though labels usually say do the whole yard, but best method imo is preventive watering during the dry times and let the grass put up its best defense.

[@TexasRivermedic]

Agreed with the best defense. When needed I alternate Bifen IT and Lambda; Suspend SC is also great

[@mr.glennlandscapes354]

Very informative. Here in southern part of nc, centipede is the most common on older lawns. Builders mostly use Bermuda because it is cheaper sod on the new homes. I have been landscaping for 40 years and centipede is my preferred grass. I use a pre-emergent on centipede lawns if they have had crabgrass problems but for most weed control, 2 apps of celsius does the job. We add some low nitrogen high iron fert and ger great results. Thanks for your knowledge

[@mlee9049]

Building a new house here. Mind if I ask why you like Centipede grass?

[@mr.glennlandscapes354]

@mlee9049 once established it is the easiest to take care of, plus it will grow in light shade. Bermuda will not tolerate shade. I have seen Bermuda sod placed in the shade and within 5 years it is gone Plus I personally like the bright green color of centipede better

[@mlee9049]

@@mr.glennlandscapes354 Does it turn brown in the winter? I'm in North Florida. Thanks for your reply and help.

[@jamesjames9149]

Hi everyone , I would like to know whats a good height to cut bermuda grass in summer time ? I usually let nature handle the watering here in rural east texas .

[@waynetec13]

Hey, Jason. Your lawn filled in quite nicely from those tossed sod squares! I've got a Zoysia lawn, and I have serious issues with dallisgrass. Aside from hand pulling or glyphosate spot treating, is there a product I can use on my lawn to help kill the dallisgrass? It's my biggest issue in my lawn.

[@lawncarelife]

I use the high rate of tribute total and the high rate of dismiss

[@nestorsojo9528]

Florida… we just have a very diverse ecosystem of everything depending where you are you might be on the menu so watch out.

[@evangoshert5817]

What if you did a fescue under your trees? I know my tall fescue does well in summer under my maple. Gets maybe 4 hours of sun a day. I live 30 minutes north from baltimore.

[@lawncarelife]

Too hot here in my area

[@karl3313]

I have Centipede grass in my yard here is South Alabama. One thing for sure it is NOT drought tolerant. It does NOT like city water. When we have rain it crawls like crazy and greens up nice. Centipede needs 1" of rain a week to look good. I cut my lawn at 3" and I know that's not recommended, but my yard looks better than anyone's on the block. My biggest problem is dealing with Mole Crickets and Grubs. When your neighbors don't care about their lawn, guess who's yard the insects are coming to? I use Fipronil and Merit/Dylox 6.2 to control the insects. Another problem is trying to keep Bahia grass out of my lawn. I've found no chemical to kill it, so I dig it out.

[@jonathanlucas3342]

Metsofulron will kill it.

[@karl3313]

I bought some Mansion at SiteOne. We'll see what happens.

[@michaelpugh609]

Hey Jason I have about six acres that is being taken over by Cogon grass. Is Roundup the only way to stop the Cogon grass?

[@lawncarelife]

I'm not familiar with that weed

[@karenwestby-gibson758]

We have worked so hard over the 13years of being at our current address. We need professional help!!! Our lawn is a mixture of centipede, Bermuda and zoysia topped with tons of weeds. No one we have found can help advise us what to do.

[@bextar6365]

Can you tell me where to purchases ARUNDO DONAX grass ???

[@lawncarelife]

I do not know

[@livendi3229]

You didn’t say anything about weed control for Saint Augustine. Can you please put that here in the comments?

[@lawncarelife]

Depends on what way you're trying to control. Avenue South is fairly popular. Metsulfuron is also effective. Changeup is also labeled for St Augustine at 16 oz per acre

[@livendi3229]

Thank you sir.

[@SyrianStallion]

How’s the dog?

[@bobbyfisher6343]

My Centipede Lawn looks better than anything I’ve seen on this channel

[@lawncarelife]

That's great