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Question on ype of grass to sew or sod.

supafuzz
16 years ago

Our backyard has multiple personality disorder. It was originally Bermuda, but has not thrived as the front has. It's a fairly new house (8 years old), but we do have about a dozen medium sized trees scattered about the perimter that create some shady areas where Bermuda won't grow. Our east side has a whole row of 25ft evergreens for example. The west side of our yard gets a good deal of evening shade from our neighbors full-sized trees. As a result, crabgrass, some fescue and other things have taken over the bermuda on that side.

Ok here's the rundown:

*The lady before us had a "meandering garden" down the middle (about 300sq feet) that we want to seed/sod. This area is in the middle and the least-shaded area.

*We have patches of fescue on the fringes that seem to do pretty well in the shady areas

*We have 1/3 of our back yard where the Bermuda is really struggling due to shade in the evening hours??? Lots of weeds and crabgrass.

Questions we are struggling with:

Should we start filling that area in with Bermuda? Fescue? Something else? Can we overseed the areas where Bermuda isn't doing so well? Will fescue ever prosper in this environment, with Bermuda already there? Landscapers are amazed that our Bermuda is getting choked out. Anyone else have issues like this before?

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