Feeding Centipede Grass

The natural reseeding of a centipede lawn.
Feeding centipede grass. If you have purchased the scotts turf builder annual program apply the spring product now. By this point your grass is busy and using up stored energy so you need to keep it well nourished. Centipede grass loves hot wet weather to germinate. In fact too much fertilizer can harm them.
However in order for centipedegrass to grow well it needs at least 6 hours of full sun. Centipede grass grows in soil with ph 5 to 6 5 favors. Centipedegrass eremochloa ophiuroides hardy in u s. It will help your lawn.
Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 7 through 10 is often called lazy man s grass. Always read labels before. Centipedegrass eremochloa ophiuroides is a slow growing apple green colored coarse leaved turfgrass that is adapted for use as a low maintenance general purpose turf it requires little fertilizer infrequent mowing and will tolerate moderate shade. 1 look for products labeled for southern lawns and grasses such as pennington ultragreensouthern weed feed 34 0 4.
This weed and feed which was designed specifically with centipede grass in mind supports lawns in two ways. When a child is conceived it generally takes 9 months to emerge. As with bahiagrass centipede grass is sensitive to some ingredients commonly used in weed feed products. First the carefully crafted blend of iron nitrogen and other trace elements slowly releases into the soil nourishing the lawn for an extended period of time and promoting greener fuller grass.
Centipede grass should be fed once in mid spring and again in mid summer with a lawn food that releases its nutrients slowly over a 6 to 8 week period of time like scotts turf builder southern lawn food. Mow centipede lawns as needed to maintain a recommended grass height of 1 1 2 to 2 inches. Centipede grass lawns require very little nitrogen. Apply late spring lawn fertilizer once between april and june 6 to 8 weeks after the early spring feeding.
Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 7 through 8 depending on the cultivar is a warm. That is when it will germinate the fastest secondly keep in mind that these plants are much like a child. Same with centipede grass except it only takes 4 6 weeks if conditions are right. Weed and feed is difficult with centipede grass because the grass does better with a late application but weeds are more affected by an earlier application giving a narrow window of time for good results.
Centipede grass is easy to maintain and gardeners prefer it in the southern u s. For more information on fertilizer check out our fertilizer 101 article.