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St Augustine Grass Tips For Winter
Your St Augustinegrass in South Florida struggling during the winter? It's all too common and it pains me to see it. Folks see some brown areas and want to know what is causing it. Is it disease in the turf? Are insects chewing it up? Is it lack of water? What causes St Augustine to get these brown blades this time of year?
See this picture of brown St Augustinegrass with some green scattered throughout? I get pictures like this almost daily from panicked homeowners wondering what is happenin...
Will Brown Grass Come Back?
St Augustinegrass friends, don’t panic. The fall is a tough time for our lawns and we all have areas, or even very large sections, that look like this:Photo here.This is from my stage right section, Floratam St Augustine. What you see here is a bunch of sinks that just 2 weeks ago were plump, green and growing strong. We had a tropical storm go through that dumped rain on us for days and days. It was also the 34rd warmest September on record.
Then just about 10 days ago things dried up. And...
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
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...
Florida, Texas, Gulf Coast Fall and Winter Pre-Emergent Schedule
I wrote this plan specifically for “South Florida” as a winter pre-emergent and soil plan, but many of you could still benefit from incorporating a lot of this into your plans as well.
Watch The Videos
First off, make sure you watch the video I put out just this past weekend outlining the basics of the Florida Pre-Emergent Plan.
I’m not going to get into the watering portion in this written guide, so just make sure you get down at least 1” of water a week anywhere in Florida.Even if your tur...
