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How to Prepare Bermuda Grass for the Winter
How to Prepare Bermuda Grass for the Winter. Bermuda is not a high-maintenance grass. Preparing your Bermuda lawn for the dormant winter months takes little effort, but if it is not done properly, your lawn will need more work in the spring. A fertilizer application during the fall will make the roots stronger during the winter, so your grass will...
Bermuda is not a high-maintenance grass. Preparing your Bermuda lawn for the dormant winter months takes little effort, but if it is not done properly, your lawn will need more work in the spring. A fertilizer application during the fall will make the roots stronger during the winter, so your grass will come up stronger in the spring with less weeds.
Things You'll Need
Granular fertilizer 22-3-14
Halts
Fertilizer spreader
Lawn mower
Rake
How To Prepare Bermuda Grass For The Winter
Fertilize your lawn in mid-September but no later than mid-October with an NPK rating of 22-3-14. (NPK stands for nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium). Use a fertilizer with some Halts, which keeps weeds from growing in the lawn during the long winter months. Potassium is the important one here. The potassium will stimulate root growth during the winter. Use a fertilizer spreader to get an even spread.
Mow your lawn to a height of one inch after the first freeze.
Rake and remove any grass clippings and leaf debris.
During the winter your lawn still needs to be watered, just not as frequent. Water once a week in areas that do not receive snow.
Tips & Warnings
Bermuda lawns do not die during the winter; they are just dormant. The roots still grow below the surface.
If you do not use a fertilizer spreader, you can burn your lawn with too much nitrogen in one spot.
