Lawn care by grass type
Bermuda Lawn Care in Wilmington, NC
Bermuda is the grass on most Southern golf courses and athletic fields. It loves full sun and heat, spreads fast and recovers quickly from wear. It also goes tan when it goes dormant in winter, and it's hungry for nitrogen through the growing season.
What Bermuda is like
- Needs full sun and thins out in shade.
- Spreads by runners above and below ground, so it creeps into beds.
- Goes dormant and tan after the first hard frosts.
- Feeds heavily through the summer growing season.
Through the year
- Late winter
- Pre-emergent weed control before spring weeds germinate.
- Spring
- First feeding once the lawn has greened up and is actively growing, not before.
- Summer
- Regular feeding while it's growing hardest. Watch for armyworms.
- Fall
- Ease off nitrogen ahead of dormancy. Pre-emergent for winter weeds.
What to watch for
- Spring dead spot: circular dead patches that show up at green-up.
- Armyworms, which can strip a lawn in days in late summer.
- Winter weeds like annual bluegrass, which stand out green against dormant Bermuda.
How a GoGreen program helps
Every GoGreen program starts with an NC State soil test, so the fertilizer and lime your Bermuda lawn gets match what your soil actually needs. Each visit is timed to how Bermuda grows in our climate, with weed, disease and insect control built in.