Need to plant some grass
 

We just finished our house pad and I need to plant some grass on it so the dirt doesn't wash out. I would like to plant St. Augustine, anbody ever planted seeds and had success with it? I refuse to plant Bermuda grass because I like short grass and can't stand Bermuda grass.

i think you can only get st.augustine in plugs or sod

Crap, that's what I was afraid of.

If you need quick coverage (especially with winter around the corner) I would go with the sod method, especially since we have been in a drought. Once the rain does come your dirt work will be eroding without it!!!!

If I happen to hit the powerball or lotto I'll put sod but other than that I need to plant seed. I'll probably just plant some winter rye then worry about establishing good grass in the spring when the rye dies.

You can get st augustine seed but it is expensive as hell. also it is very fine and you have to mix it with sand to spread it out. Go with the rye grass and then you can plant a variety of grasses like zoyesia? that grows very well even in shaded areas.

thats what i'm gonna do.. plant winter rye and in the spring plant bermuda

I'm goin' with ryegrass where I had my yard redone from all the cement pouring. Come warm weather, the other grass will take over.

Ive never seen st augustine seed. Centipede yes,but no st. aug.

If you know someone with some land that has st.agustine on it you can rent a sod cutter for $75 a day,just cut you out some strips and roll it up.If i am not mistaken all of them landrys from longside had st.agustine in their yards.

Yea that's what I have in the yard at my house on Longside. It's also in the yard where I'm building, I just wanna make sure it comes up.

I just did some myself,i just put a little water on it and it is doing fine.

I would get a zoyisia (sp) or centipede. If you want something really nice for the winter. Bluegrass. But it will die once the late spring gets here because of warmer temps.

I want something that I can keep short. I hate long grass like bermuda with a passion.

I have a test stand of zoysia in my yard, and it is beautiful after 3 yrs. I would go st aug before centipede. Centipede is pretty when it is healthy,but is finicky. St Aug is good and tough. If you have st aug already, it should come back up around the edges as long as you dont add too much dirt. You may want to get a few pallets and just strip sod your new dirt and let it spread from there.

I hate bermuda too, unless its tifway bermuda, thats what they use on golf courses,its kinda like a dwarf, with a prettier texture.

I always wondered about the "longside" part of your ID. :cool:

Check out this info from Auburn University, it may give you some ideas Ross.

http://www.ag.auburn.edu/agrn/turf/homelawns.php

So do you think that since I still have St Augustine in the back yard that it will creep onto the house pad?

I'm looking at that zoysia, I like alot of the stuff I'm reading about it. Can you plant that by seeding or does it need to be sod?

Thanks for that link Raymond, they have some good info on there.