Take All Patch - Root Rot - Disease in St Augustine Grass Lawns

Take All Patch - Root Rot - Disease in St Augustine Grass Lawns

St Augustine grass friends - Lots of stuff happening in our lawns this summer, I know! I will have out a video VERY early next week showing all the dead spots I am seeing in St Augustine lawns right now, and the process you can go through to figure out what is happening with yours and why. This is because so many of the issues look alike! In the meantime, this here is what “take all root rot” looks like. The telltale sign is the dying grass AND the pale yellow blades around it. If I was to d...

How To Have The Softest Lawn in 2020

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

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...

How To Prep Your Lawn for Vacation & Fixing Gray Leaf Spot Disease

How To Prep Your Lawn for Vacation & Fixing Gray Leaf Spot Disease

I know many of you are still planning summer vacations away and are wondering about mowing leading up to, and just before you leave, in addition to what to do when you get back.  Next, I’m getting reports of disease in lawns - especially in the deep south where tropical storm rains pounded us in Florida - and have moved to Hurricane rains through the Mississippi and Louisiana Gulf Coast.

Lawn Brown Spots: Do I Have Fungus or Insects? How To Identify Insects and Disease

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

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, ...