Centipede:
| Centipede
was introduced by seed from China in 1919. Medium in texture with
a pale to medium green color, Centipede is slow growing but highly
aggressive grass that can be depended upon to produce a good, dense,
relatively weed-free turf at low maintenance levels. In spite of
its aggressiveness, Centipede is easily controlled and usually requires
edging only once a year around walks and flowerbeds. |
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Although
Centipede usually produces a good turf at low fertility and with little
management, it responds nicely to good care. It is incapable of producing
as high quality turf as the Bermudas and Zoysias, but it frequently
looks better than either because the "high-brow" grasses are
not getting the more exacting care they need.
Characteristics
- Easiest of all
the grasses to cut
- Reel or rotary
mower, if sharp, does an easy and attractive cutting job
- Does not look
scalped when cutting is delayed too long and excessive growth removed
- Greens up rapidly
after a brief drought with irrigation or rainfall
- Suited to acid
soils (pH range of 5.0 to 6.5)
- Should be fertilized
very sparingly
- Generally more
trouble-free than other grasses if watered properly and fertilized
sparingly or not at all
- Can be installed
when sod is dormant
With a worldwide
reputation for providing attractive lawn cover with the lowest maintenance
requirements of any grass grown, Centipede is the lazy man's grass of
preference.
This shade and drought
tolerant crab apple green turf is the dominant turf grass in lawns of
the mid-South. It can be quickly installed as sod.
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