The Riviera Bermuda Photo Results are In!

[Venturewest]

I just wanted to follow up with some photos of a completed Riviera Bermuda grass hydroseeding job I did on 3 acres. Some of you might remember helping me with some questions regarding hydroseeding bermuda.

I hydroseeded this about Aug. 18th '07. I took this photo on Oct 3rd '07.

I had the property shallow tilled with a tractor tiller. We then hydroseeded 1.5 lbs per 1000'2. The sprinkler has 32 zones so the seed was watered 4 times per day for about 10 minutes per time. I used a starter fertilizer 10-20-10.

The homeowner has since fertilized twice.

I am really impressed with the growth and spreading in such a short time this late in the season.

Thanks for all your help, and I hope this helps anyone thinking of hydroseeding bermuda.

[hoskm01]

The sprinkler has 32 zones so the seed was watered 4 times per day for about 10 minutes per time.




So they were watering for 21 hours per day?



At any rate, it looks great, good even coverage.

[Venturewest]

Yeah through the establishment period they were. Probably the first month or so. 10 minutes on a rotor is pretty light watering, it could have actually used more. Pretty windy sight too.

[Lawnworks]

Looks great... got a closeup of the bermuda... I havem't that blend down here in the south. Is it a thicker blade?

How much did you get for a 32 zone system? What kind of controller, heads, wire did you use? How long to install?

[Venturewest]

I had a sub contractor install the irrigation. It was about 20K for the whole system. Hunter PGPs, 3 acres so there were lots of them. Also alot of beds with 12" pop ups. A well was installed specifically for the system, has a 3 horse pump. It was fairly expensive in itself.

The riviera is finer bladed than U3. Very, very nice bermuda in our transition zone.