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How To Control Grubs in the Lawn
How To Control Grubs in the Lawn
Being as we are now firmly into the spring and things are warming up across the country, it’s time to think about grubs in the lawn and preventing the damage they can impose.I am predicting that this will be a pretty bad year for grubs since we had a very mild winter across much of the country.One thing that a harsh, deeply frozen winter will do is kill off some of the population - but this year, we did not get that and in fact, just the opposite: a fairly mil...
Spring Lawn Prep for Warm Season, Cool Season & Transition Zone Lawns
The 2023 spring season is upon us and it isn’t even official spring yet! March 20 - June 21 is the official calendar spring - but the weather is way ahead of that!
How To Have The Softest Lawn in 2020
Hey there Lawn Care Nut!I know we are still in winter and your lawn is under snow and ice, so I made some content that I hope will brighten your day and get you thinking about the sunny days and blue skies ahead.In fact, do you know that the first official day of Spring is Thursday, March 19? That’s 39 days away give or take a leap year day in there somewhere.
So check this out: I made a fairly long video this week - full of tips - and I broke it all down for you in this email so you can dig...
Learn About Brown Patch and Large Patch Lawn Disease
It’s called Brown Patch disease when it infects cool-season lawns, and it’s called Large Patch disease in warm-season lawns but both diseases are caused by the pathogen Rhizoctonia Solani.Here is a video I made this weekend showing its effects on St Augustine and Zoysia:
The times it shows up are during seasonal transitions. In south Florida, it’s coming out of winter into spring, or like now, fall into winter.Here in my St Augustine and Zoysia, we were in the 80s with mild humidity and in t...
Warm Season Lawn Care Tips
How To Prevent Fungus In The LawnWhat’s up y’all - hope you are having a great week!Things around the south - they are a-changin'!I’m seeing temps that are really seeming more Fall right now which I’m sure is a welcome relief for many of you.That being said, your warm-season turf is going to put on the brakes, hard and fast.When this happens, don’t be concerned about it, instead, just change up your strategy.Take a look at Athens, GA soil temps just today as I am typing this:
The average at ...
Fall Brown Spots Could It Be Grubs
What’s up y’all, hope you are having a great week!Now that most of you cool season folks are out of your heatwave and actually getting into fall time, the emails on “how come areas of my lawn are not greening up?” are starting to come in.In this case, my first reaction is always to get down in the brown spots, especially along the edges where the green fades to brown, and pull up the lawn.If it peels up in chunks with no roots or can be rolled back like a carpet, chances are if you keep diggi...
What To Throw Down Right Now
Hans, Franz, and A Tale Of Two Turgid Lawns - What To Throw Down Right Now
“Hey Allyn, I recently relocated from Northern Illinois where I had a beautiful cool season lawn down here to Texas where I have St Augustine grass and I find that almost nothing I’ve learned translates. It’s like starting all over, can you help me understand why this is?” - Don L, HoustonThis question presents an opportunity for us all to learn something. I hear it often and so today I’m going to talk you through why ...
Lawn Brown Spots: Do I Have Fungus or Insects? How To Identify Insects and Disease
Lawn Brown Spots - Do I Have Fungus In The Lawn? How To Identify Insects and Disease
How To Cure Brown Patches and Lawn Disease Problems In The Summer
What’s up ya’ll and welcome to summer! And with that, we want to show you How To Cure Lawn Disease Problems and Fix Brown Patches In Your Lawn.
Essentially, this is a fungus that's starting to affect lawns across the transition zone and up into the midwest.Let’s take a look at Rocky Mount, NC. Beautiful country there where Paul, from Paul’s Prime Cuts, lives and works.This area is known as the Atlantic Coastal Plains and you will find Turf Type Tall Fescue there, Centipede, Zoysia, Bermuda, ...
Treat Yourself This Father's Day
Happy Father's Day Week to all the dads and sons out there! As you all know, yard work is one of the best ways for fathers and sons to work together and accomplish goals while building a healthy relationship. So first off, make sure you take time this weekend to reach out to your dad or son and get outside together.
Speaking to dads everywhere, I have some items discounted from now until Sunday that you could get and “Treat Yourself” this Father's Day. Since you can’t find Milorganite a...
How To Prevent Lawn Fungus & Disease
This is part 3 of a 3-part series on preventing lawn fungus and disease in your lawn.Part 1 is a podcast/video segment here.Part 2 is a video explaining the products used in the “Bullet Proof Lawn Disease Strategy”.Part 3 is this page going over the products and their costs (all products found at Home Depot - not sponsored)
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Let’s go:Lawn fungus and disease, they are going to be talked about quite a bit over the next several weeks, I can already feel it.Here in the air...
