seeded Bermuda grass yesterday

10 years ago

I reseeded a huge bare spot in my lawn yesterday with pennington's Bermuda grass seed. I was advised to do this at the nursery.

The existing lawn is a mixture of Bermuda, fescue and weeds. I live in orange county where we have no frost. The Bermuda in my lawn seems to better withstand the hot summers, drought watering and kids running over it. I have a hard time with the fescue. So I chose the Bermuda seeds.

Was it a mistake to seed Bermuda now? Will the seed sleep until sprouting in spring? Will the seed sprout and die? Or will it be OK and just grow slow?

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User
10 years ago
Where are you located?
jenbug7
Original Author
10 years ago
South Orange County zone 23. We do not get frost or any snow. Chill hours are 300-400. We have a long growing season. November and Decembers are nice. January and February can get into the 40's at night, this is the coldest it gets.
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reeljake
10 years ago
You should start looking for Bermuda sod--The seed is notoriously difficult, even in perfect conditions & those low temps will not help. It needs heat & lots of it
dchall_san_antonio
10 years ago
Orange County, FL?

Orange County, TX?

Orange County, CA?

Please name the community you live in.

USDA zones don't go to 23. Is that a Sunset zone?

Bermuda seed likes hot soil. If you are FL it will sprout late next May. If you are in OC,TX it will sprout in June. If you are in coastal CA it may never really sprout like it should. You'll get some germination, but nothing like you'd get in really hot soil. If you live inland a canyon in the coastal range, you might get temps warm enough to germinate in June or July.

That was irresponsible of a nursery to sell you bermuda seed this time of year. Sod would have worked perfectly. St Augustine sod would work perfectly, too.