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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!
Brown Spots In The Lawn In Summer
Today we are going to address late summer brown spots in the lawn. These brown spots can come from many things but when coming out of summer and heading into fall, there is some important detective work to do before you move forward with your strategy.These brown spot detective steps will not find every single problem, but they should give you some clues to at least get you closer to a solution.First off, you have to start bringing your lawn out of summer dormancy (assuming it went there). It...
Brown Spots EVERYWHERE - Your lawn is HUNGOVER
Cool Season Turf and Heat
I’ve used this term before but it’s worth a refresher: your cool season turf becomes “rain drunk” in spring. You could also call it “spring drunk” if you like. What I mean by this is the grass gets spoiled in spring with overcast skies (no direct sun), mild temperatures and rain, lots and lots of rain.Then, every single year, there comes a time when you get your first taste of the summer weather which is direct sun all day with zero clouds and temps over 80, up to...
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...
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...
LCN’s Turf & Tree Cocktail Menu (aka. How To Use N-Ext Products)
Warning: This guide is meant to make spraying the lawn fun. I am not telling you to ingest these products. The “cocktail recipes” in this guide are meant to be sprayed on your lawn or landscape. Always read labels. Have fun.
LCN’s Turf & Tree Cocktail Menu
(rated pg-13)Featuring: Nitrogen Extension Many of you have asked for various ways to use the N-Ext products from Greene County Fertilizer Company. As I have said in videos before, these products are all new to me here in 2018. But now ...
