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