Ok, so here’s the deal, I paid a large sum of money earlier this year for new sod, both back & front yard. I’ve done my research and I’m not sure if the Bermuda Grass in my back yard Is dead or dormant. The front yard is still green with some dormancy, so not concerned there. Some of my neighbors still have green yards. Any thoughts or feedback would be appreciated!
-Side note, I do have 3 dogs and the pic with the toys is the common area that they play in and run around.
by GoogleMe_TheGoat07
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it’s not dead
dormancy is complicated, too much to type but there’s some yt videos on it
read the bermuda bible in the meantime and enjoy the off season
Bermuda is next to cockroaches on the “this will survive the nuclear holocaust” list. Bermuda will look pretty dead in certain regions of the country any time your soil temps get lower than 55 degrees is one of the precursors, and references have been made to the Bermuda bible that you can read to see the other situations that cause Bermuda to go dormant, but I guarantee as long as you have a good lawn care program when fall rolls around it will bounce back faster then you expect.
Dormant, like a bear hibernating. Once the lows hit 50s, it goes to sleep and goes brownish. It doesn’t happen all at one time.
Now if it goes grey, that’s dead.
You can still work on the soil and put a pre-emergant to prevent winter/spring weeds.