Now I need suggestions for creating a lawn where my trees were.

[Snattlerake]

Thanks to Dalton Stout with Stout Tree Service my trees are gone.

Two big trees one a hundred year oak that had decades of acorns dropped and no grass. The dust was so bad when I mowed the neighbors couldn't tell if I was mowing or farming.

The trees haven't been picked up yet so I have time to plan.
I have a lawn tractor and a pull behind 30 gallon sprayer with booms.

I also have the local gas company contractor going to bore in a new gas line to the house. This is going to tear up a good portion of the grass I already have as they have to start boring about 7 ft down. I have to wait on this to be done too.

I know the stump grind shavings have to be removed but you cannot get them all and it will require a heavy nitrogen fertilizer to counteract the decomposition.

I want a fine blade Bermuda grass that goes dormant in cold and hot weather not a Fescue or Ryegrass. No Bufalo grass because I'm severely allergic.

Anyone here have suggestions for a grass species?

Seed or sod?
Watering is no problem unless we go to rationing again.

I can also fab a tine dethatcher or small drag behind implement and i have a large tiller.

 

[MacFromOK]

Good old-fashioned native bermuda grass does great from seed. They're tiny, so you don't really have to do much other than scatter 'em and run a sprinkler.

My favorite lawn grass.

 

[Shadowrider]

Just get your soil prep done. Bermuda is a grass that grows like a weed. I'd get the pH right, lay down a dusting of milorganite and lay sod on top of that and hit it with the water. That's just what I did on a patch where my storage shed was and the sod basically never knew it had been cut. Took right off and is the nicest bit of bermuda I have even though I fertilize and water the rest just like it.

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Sod is instant. But there's nothing like growing your own lawn from seed. Bermuda is pretty easy going, it's a weed, so it'll grow in hard soils. No need to till, just scratch your prepped surface with a hard rake, spread your seed, cover with a generous 1/4-3/8" layer of peat moss, keep it moist.

There's a growing window you need to hit for maximum result, second week of May is prime. Get those long warm days without baking it off. Mild June will let it set.

Water it 3 times a day to keep it moist, but not so much it puddles. Let the grow 4" tall, then cut it back to 3". Start watering the same but only twice a day. Let it grow to 4", cut it to 2", ween back to once a day watering in the morning. Repeat the grow/cut. After that 3rd cut, aim to water twice a week, deep watering half an inch at a time. Be sure to always bag your clippings for a few weeks, then you can start mulching again when you know you can't smother it.

Starter fert is a good idea, but an organic slow release nitrogen fert along with it will pay green dividends.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

If soil temp isn't warm enough, you will have trouble getting seed to germinate. In Oklahoma, established bermuda is usually growing and mowed several times before bermuda seed will germinate. Use sprigs or sod if you want to get started as soon as it warms up enough bermuda is growing.

 

[SlugSlinger]

If soil temp isn't warm enough, you will have trouble getting seed to germinate. In Oklahoma, established bermuda is usually growing and mowed several times before bermuda seed will germinate. Use sprigs or sod if you want to get started as soon as it warms up enough bermuda is growing.

I planted my Bermuda lawn from seed. As mentioned, Bermuda has a specific germination window. Plant too early and the seed will not germinate, plant too late and the freeze will kill the germinated seedlings.

This is a good guide for lawn care.

 

[Snattlerake]

Can you apply fertilizer mixed with the roundup?

 

[CHenry]

Can you apply fertilizer mixed with the roundup?

yes
Get a sack of bermuda seed at Lowes and I have a seed broadcaster you could use. Apply in June and water enough to keep it wet without washing the seeds away. 10 day germination time if its kept wet. Easy Peasy. I put in an acre lawn this way. THAT was not so easy when it came to watering as it was a real dry June. $350 water bills were still cheaper than Sod.

 

[Snattlerake]

yes
Get a sack of bermuda seed at Lowes and I have a seed broadcaster you could use. Apply in June and water enough to keep it wet without washing the seeds away. 10 day germination time if its kept wet. Easy Peasy. I put in an acre lawn this way. THAT was not so easy when it came to watering as it was a real dry June. $350 water bills were still cheaper than Sod.

Is your broadcaster the crank type or the wheeled one? I have the crank type and I'm looking for pull behind tools. If I cannot find any I'll make my own.

 

[Fyrtwuck]

I hate yard work. Lay a concrete slab and paint it green and be done with it.