Garden Care Guide

Bermuda Grass Care

Prefers full sun, is drought tolerant and suitable for heavy use. Ideal especially for hot regions such as the Aegean and Mediterranean. Maintenance is moderate, and it spreads quickly.

Half-hardy

Monthly care calendar

Timings are for a temperate Northern Hemisphere climate. In warmer areas tasks start earlier, in colder areas later; in the Southern Hemisphere shift them by six months.

January
  • General care: Collect leaves and loose debris that would smother the turf, without scraping the surface. Avoid heavy traffic on frozen or waterlogged ground. Skip if: the surface is frozen, muddy, or waterlogged.
February
  • General care: Collect leaves and loose debris that would smother the turf, without scraping the surface. Avoid heavy traffic on frozen or waterlogged ground. Skip if: the surface is frozen, muddy, or waterlogged.
April
  • Fertilizing: Base the rate on a soil test recommendation (2.5–5 g pure nitrogen/m²). If there is no soil test, wait a few weeks after the lawn has fully greened up, then calculate only the pure nitrogen amount as a starting range; convert the product amount using the nitrogen percentage on the label. Skip if: the lawn is still partly dormant, there is drought or heat stress, or nitrogen was applied in the last 4–6 weeks.
  • General care: Keep the lawn at 2.5–5 cm using a domestic rotary mower (2.5–5 cm/m²). Never remove more than one-third of the blade length in one cut; use a sharp blade. Skip if: the lawn is wet, wilting from heat stress, or a newly established area has not yet rooted.
May
  • Watering: Apply the total weekly water, including rainfall, deeply to the root zone (20-25 L/m²). If surface runoff occurs in one application, split the amount into shorter cycles. Skip if: effective rainfall plus irrigation over the last 7 days totals 20 L/m² or more, or the root zone is still moist at about 5 cm depth.
  • Fertilizing: Base the rate on a soil test recommendation (2.5–5 g pure nitrogen/m²). If there is no soil test, wait a few weeks after the lawn has fully greened up, then calculate only the pure nitrogen amount as a starting range; convert the product amount using the nitrogen percentage on the label. Skip if: the lawn is still partly dormant, there is drought or heat stress, or nitrogen was applied in the last 4–6 weeks.
  • General care: Keep the lawn at 2.5–5 cm using a domestic rotary mower (2.5–5 cm/m²). Never remove more than one-third of the blade length in one cut; use a sharp blade. Skip if: the lawn is wet, wilting from heat stress, or a newly established area has not yet rooted.
June
  • Watering: Apply the total weekly water, including rainfall, deeply to the root zone (20-25 L/m²). If surface runoff occurs in one application, split the amount into shorter cycles. Skip if: effective rainfall plus irrigation over the last 7 days totals 20 L/m² or more, or the root zone is still moist at about 5 cm depth.
  • General care: Keep the lawn at 2.5–5 cm using a domestic rotary mower (2.5–5 cm/m²). Never remove more than one-third of the blade length in one cut; use a sharp blade. Skip if: the lawn is wet, wilting from heat stress, or a newly established area has not yet rooted.
July
  • Watering: Apply the total weekly water, including rainfall, deeply to the root zone (20-25 L/m²). If surface runoff occurs in one application, split the amount into shorter cycles. Skip if: effective rainfall plus irrigation over the last 7 days totals 20 L/m² or more, or the root zone is still moist at about 5 cm depth.
  • General care: Keep the lawn at 2.5–5 cm using a domestic rotary mower (2.5–5 cm/m²). Never remove more than one-third of the blade length in one cut; use a sharp blade. Skip if: the lawn is wet, wilting from heat stress, or a newly established area has not yet rooted.
August
  • Watering: Apply the total weekly water, including rainfall, deeply to the root zone (20-25 L/m²). If surface runoff occurs in one application, split the amount into shorter cycles. Skip if: effective rainfall plus irrigation over the last 7 days totals 20 L/m² or more, or the root zone is still moist at about 5 cm depth.
  • General care: Keep the lawn at 2.5–5 cm using a domestic rotary mower (2.5–5 cm/m²). Never remove more than one-third of the blade length in one cut; use a sharp blade. Skip if: the lawn is wet, wilting from heat stress, or a newly established area has not yet rooted.
September
  • Watering: Apply the total weekly water, including rainfall, deeply to the root zone (20-25 L/m²). If surface runoff occurs in one application, split the amount into shorter cycles. Skip if: effective rainfall plus irrigation over the last 7 days totals 20 L/m² or more, or the root zone is still moist at about 5 cm depth.
  • General care: Keep the lawn at 2.5–5 cm using a domestic rotary mower (2.5–5 cm/m²). Never remove more than one-third of the blade length in one cut; use a sharp blade. Skip if: the lawn is wet, wilting from heat stress, or a newly established area has not yet rooted.
October
  • General care: Keep the lawn at 2.5–5 cm using a domestic rotary mower (2.5–5 cm/m²). Never remove more than one-third of the blade length in one cut; use a sharp blade. Skip if: the lawn is wet, wilting from heat stress, or a newly established area has not yet rooted.
November
  • General care: Collect leaves and loose debris that would smother the turf, without scraping the surface. Avoid heavy traffic on frozen or waterlogged ground. Skip if: the surface is frozen, muddy, or waterlogged.
December
  • General care: Collect leaves and loose debris that would smother the turf, without scraping the surface. Avoid heavy traffic on frozen or waterlogged ground. Skip if: the surface is frozen, muddy, or waterlogged.

The care advice on this page is general and for information only; it is not professional advice. Plant age, soil and your garden’s microclimate can change the outcome. Plant protection products are mentioned only as general information; they are regulated, and the choice, dose and timing must be decided by a qualified professional under local rules. Consult a landscape architect or agronomist before applying.

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