9/6/2016 10:09 AM
They want their cake and eat it too. Been tasked with finding solution to same issue. There isn't one. Pick your poison. Pure stand Bermuda doesn't play well in early spring. Pure stand cool season suffers in late summer. Overseeded Bermuda, whether it be Rye or Blue, has issues in shoulder seasons when you seed and when you transition. There is no way around it in the transition zone. And, don't believe all that hype about new varieties of Bermuda that green up earlier and stay green longer...might be a week or two on either end at most, and that doesn't solve the issue. We've decided not to overseed (at least for now). I've been working with iron, pigments, dyes, and paints to extend growth into the fall and speed green up in the spring. I've also dug up a little research using gibberellic acid and alfalfa tee in the cooler months to keep Bermuda growing. This will be my first season experimenting with the gibberellic acid and alfalfa. I don't expect anything to make much of a difference in March, but at least I can say we trying something.