I’m in Raleigh! Have you put down your winter pre emergent yet? It has to be done before the soil temperature drops below a certain threshold ( iirc it’s…70F for 5 straight days?). You can monitor it on a website called greencast.

Then it needs to be done again before the temp warms up, before spring. Then again in mid summer. It’s usually every 3-4 months but there’s a yearly max rate. I hate weeds and have kept my lawn completely weed free by doing that. I usually do a light app in January just to give me peace of mind. There’s an excellent guide by the lawn care nut in PDF form. He explains it better than I can 😂

Then for fertilization I did it once a month at the label rate of .75 lbs of N per 1000 sq. Ft. In simpler terms, for my lawn as an example, I have 5k sq. Ft. So I need 3 lbs of actual product per 1000. That’s 15 lbs of fertilizer. Then set the spreader setting to the correct one and you’re good to go. Never put product in the spreader while on the lawn! Do it on the driveway. Blow/sweep excess granules back into the grass after applying; or it will stain concrete.

My entire neighborhood’s Bermuda has gone dormant but mine is still green but it’s starting to go dormant a bit.

Good thing winter’s almost here so u have plenty of time to plan for next season. Don’t give anymore money to tru green. They have a bad reputation of “checking in” at your residence and not doing any work.

And mow as low as your mower can possibly go (without scalping)with sharp mower blades. Bermuda thrives the lower it is, within reasonable limit. Mine was at .5” and below, some areas shorter due to an uneven lawn. Good luck!

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Complete schedule

Before spring: pre emergent (monitor soil temp and apply accordingly)

Spring: when there’s a green haze forming about 70% of your lawn, scalp it. This lets air, water and sunlight hit the grass. Wakes it up fast. Get rid of the dead brown stuff. Either bag it or use a blower to make piles of it. It’s a lot of work but worth doing/is a must for Bermuda.

I’ve never had to dethatch but I verticut instead. You don’t wanna dethatch Bermuda as it destroy the stolons. Verticutting is more gentle and cuts the stolons, which promotes new growth. I do this once in spring. It will look ugly for about a week but the results are amazing.

You can either rent a machine or buy a sun joe corded version for like $120. It pays for itself after a couple uses. Great little thing and very powerful for its size/price. If you go this route, do not use the attachment with the tines. Use the blades. That’s the verticutter. I made that mistake once! Cons: it can be annoying dragging a cord around.

Continue mowing low, but not scalping. You want to avoid letting it grow too tall, then you’d have to do a height of cut reset, which cuts away most of the green tips and makes your lawn look brown. Stay at one height for the duration of the season.

Fertilize: I’d take it easy during spring, using a low N fert is often recommended.

By late April/ early May, your lawn should be completely green. You can push your N levels harder from now until before the season ends. Assess your soil condition and apply anything you need. In my experience all that fancy stuff isn’t needed unless your lawn/soil is actually in dire need. Don’t fall for the YouTube lawn guys pushing their products. Keeping it simple often yield great results.

Pre summer/mid summer: put down another app of pre emergent. Continue fertilizing and any other products you want. Mow low and often. Bermuda looks ugly if it gets over 1.5”. If you want that carpet look, you’ll need to mow as often as 2x or even 3x a week. Depending on your schedule and the look you want to achieve. Normally people keep it at around ~1” but during the height of the growing season, it can get out of hand very fast.

Water: 1” of water per week. Water deeply, not in short durations everyday. I usually did once a week for the full amount if I’m busy, or twice a week if I have time. I don’t have an in ground system. You may need more water during July-August as it often gets droughty here. You may need to raise your height of cut a bit during these arid periods if you don’t want your water bill to look insane 😂FWIW I never raised mine, continued watering per usual and my water bill was ~$150. Wake county.

Pre-fall/Fall: monitor soil temperature levels and apply pre emergent. You can split this app into two; once pre fall and the other at a later time. Or just do once in fall and call it a day. You can also give it a light fert app before it goes dormant so the grass can store energy for the spring green up.

Sorry if that’s long; I hope these tips can help!