What kind of surfactant do you use?

Usually jet dry for large apps but I do have a bottle of baby shampoo in the garage as well.

What's the thinking for using synthetic fertilizer before the roots have awakened? Also for other readers, this is bermuda, correct?

Correct it is Bermuda. I forgot to take pics of the scalped celebration out front, I'll do that soon. I use the synthetic for my first app of the year to Kickstart the green awesomeness--When do you think is a good target date?

remember me? I sodded my celebration Oct 2016. It has been greening up a lot the last two weeks. I dont think I need to scalp?

do you have any weeds? I have got a small amount, do you apply anything for that?

also - what fertilizer will you use?

Thanks!

It is ok to to spot spray weeds in the bermuda since its dormant?Will it hurt the bermuda?Mine is still brown with no signs of greening up yet

Randy you should be fine with spot spraying. What kind of herbicide are you planning to use? A traditional 3 way should serve you well. I spot sprayed some Speedzone a few weeks ago on a warm sunny day. Weeds took a bit longer to get a kill with cool night time temps but they did eventually bite the dust.

Reeljake,

I just dimensioned and sulfured my yard today. Expecting some rain monday night and tuesday.

I dont start synthetic fertilizer until around first or mid april depending on how spring greenup is going.

Howdy Phil, I do remember your project. The choice to scalp really depends on your preferences--If you don't mind some Brown stems in your Bermuda or plan to keep a high cut, probably don't bother. It's not a small job, even with a small lawn, but last year's lawn will not go away on its own. Luckily you have another month or so before your scalping window will close so there's no rush to decide. With celebration that window may be even longer, I can't believe how early it's greening up compared to the 419.

Randy, I believe in spot spraying about monthly thru the whole growing season, so go for it. I agree with turf life on the 3-way herbicide for these apps, but not for blanket apps--The 2,4D will weaken the bermuda a bit. For nutsedge & crabgrass I use sulfentrazone exclusively. The product I like is called sedge ender & has a preM mixed with it already.

My usual early season fertilizer is nitro-phos brand Imperial turf. It has sulfur & Iron with it, at a decent price. Sorry, missed that question earlier

When do you think is a good target date?

The wisdom I've seen in the past is to wait until you have mowed the bermuda two times to ensure the grass roots are all awake and can take up and make use of chemical fertilizer. That would push it back to some time in March at least.

What do you folks do with the clippings after scalping? Or does it not produce a significant amount of clippings? Can you leave them on the spot, let them root and grow more Bermuda out of them to thicken your lawn?

Trying to get acquainted since dchall said he sees bermuda and warm season grasses in our future :-)

Gotta bag it & either compost or dispose. I had 8 xl lawn bags full from about 4k Sq ft. I'm not sure it would grow, the crown & root parts stay on the ground so probably not. Its all leaf tissue & dead stems. Can't leave it on the ground or it will create bare spots from clumps shading out the stolons below.

what height did you scalp at? I just did mine these past couple days and looks like i went lower than you did

Mine is done at 3/4", but you can literally take it down to the dirt & it'll be back in a few weeks. Soccer fields & golf course are doing that regularly these days, it's called fraise mowing if you want to Google it. Once I get everything levelled again (with straight sand this time) I'll be going back to a 1/4" or so for my scalping