| There are many different types of lawn grass | | | | grasses. The grass may go to seeding while |
| for different types of growing zones. | | | | other grass in your lawn is much shorter. |
| Whether you're starting to buid your lawn or | | | | Make sure you use grass that all grow at the |
| reseeding the lawn, choose the grass best | | | | same speed in your lawn, or you'll have to |
| suited to your climate. Warm season grasses, | | | | mow more often than you'd like. The best |
| such as Bahia grass, can handle droughts much | | | | cutting height for Bahia grass is when it is |
| better than cold season grasses. | | | | 2". You should mow Bahia grass when it's |
| | | | just 3" tall. |
| Bahia grass has got a tough, coarse texture | | | | |
| and flat grass blades. It does adapt easily | | | | Bahia grass is also very good for high |
| to a wide range of soil conditions, but it is | | | | traffic areas in your lawn. High traffic |
| certainly a warm season grass. This grass | | | | plot with thinning spots are ripe for weeds |
| spreads slowly by short rhizomes, but once it | | | | to grow. You need to plant durable, traffic |
| takes hold it will grow thick and requires | | | | resistant grass in these high traffic areas. |
| only little care. It pushes out the weeds | | | | Bahia grass is a warm season grass which will |
| without creating any thatch. And it does | | | | handle high traffic areas of your lawn. |
| need frequent mowing. Bahia grass is very | | | | |
| prone to mole crickets, dollar spot, and | | | | During hot, dry spells, the kind of weather |
| brown patch. Keep the lawn mower's blades | | | | that Bahia grass can tolerate, it's still a |
| sharp so there are no ragged or any uneven | | | | good idea to water the lawn deeply and then |
| cuts. The popular cultivars of Bahia grass | | | | leave it alone to absorb the water for |
| are Pensacola and Wilmington. | | | | several days. This encourages the grass to |
| | | | grow deep into the soil. By watering the |
| Bahia grass is excellent for dry areas, as it | | | | lawn to a depth of about 6 inches and then |
| is extremely drought tolerant. It tends to | | | | not watering again for several days, you are |
| grow long roots that reach out to all | | | | encouraging the grass roots to develop in the |
| available soil moisture. | | | | ground, instead of near the surface. |
| | | | Saturating this layer of soil activates deep |
| Some older varieties of Bahia grass grow tall | | | | root growth that protects your lawn during |
| very fast, much faster than some popular | | | | the dry spells. |