Posts Tagged ‘St. Augustine’
Lawns – Planting from Seed
If you have a lawn, you want it to look nice….but you also don’t want to spend a fortune getting it established. For this reason, many homeowners decide to plant a lawn from seed. The process is do-able by one...
Mowing Heights for Lawns
Mowing Height for Lawn Grasses in Georgia Mow your lawn when the actual grass height exceeds the recommended height by one-third. For example, mow fescue when it grows to 4 inches tall. The easiest way to measure grass height is...
St Augustine – Fertilizing
Lawn fertilizer is manufactured by many companies. Each manufacturer uses a slightly different blend of plant nutrient chemicals to arrive at a final product. • Chemicals such as urea, ammonium nitrate, urea formaldehyde and ammonium phosphate provide the nutrient nitrogen...
Take All Disease
I am very pleased with my St. Augustine lawn. Despite dire predictions, it has not yet frozen in winter but it has spread handily in moderate shade. A problem that was discovered in 1991 by folks in Florida and Texas...
Take-all Patch – Control with Manganese
Take-all patch has become a problem for St. Augustinegrass, zoysiagrass and bermudagrass lawns. It seems to be related to soil pH (acidity) problems as well as manganese deficiency. I asked Alfredo Martinez, PhD, Extension Plant Pathologist to comment on an...
Image Herbicide Products – Labels
It is difficult to keep up with all of the situations in which herbicides can and cannot be used. Here is the label for the Image for Crabgrass Control (containing MSMA) product. Here is the label for the Image Kills...
Creeping Charlie (Ground Ivy) – Control
Q: I have a pesky weed which I don’t have any idea what it is or where it came from. I feel like it showed up because of my poor soil. I have dug up this weed, made sure no...
Chinch Bug – Control
Q: We put in new St Augustine lawn in May. In September, I noticed some yellow patches. At first I thought chinch bugs so I put out insecticide. The spots are not solid yellow but have some green in it....
Nutsedge – Control in Lawns
Q: Our community has a problem with nutsedge in the lawns. Our landscape company recommended a product called Basagran. They used it on a test area but I was not very impressed. The company says it requires two applications, but...
St. Augustine Grass – Growing
Q: I heard that you are cultivating a St. Augustine grass in your yard. I have had good success with it over the past forty years in a lawn near Stone Mountain. I have not seen any cold damage over...
Lawn – Failure to Green Up
Q: We had freezing weather after my zoysiagrass had started greening up. It turned brown afterward and now, three weeks later, it has little greenery showing. What should I do now? A: Warm temperatures in March can make warm-season grasses...
Seashore Paspalum
Q: I am interested in a new grass developed by University of Georgia researcher Dr. Ronnie Duncan. It is called seashore paspalum and is relatively new. I am considering it for a front lawn with little shade. A: A great...
Zoysiagrass – for Shade
Q: We had new zoysiagrass sod laid in our backyard this summer. We chose zoysiagrass as we were told that it will grow in the shade. In the worst shady spots, the grass has completely died and our landscaper recommends...
St. Augustine Grass – Planting From Sprigs
Q: I just got through reseeding my fescue lawn, again, and I’m tired of the process! What are your thoughts on St. Augustine grass? I grew-up with St. Augustine in South Texas, and love the fact that it is about...
St. Augustine Grass Seed – Where to Buy
Q: Please tell me where I can buy St. Augustine grass seeds. Our lawn has some now and we like it a lot, but we’re having trouble finding seeds. A: You can’t buy St. Augustinegrass seed. The plant is very...
Roundup Damage – On Lawn
Q: We would like to know what this disease is in our Meyer’s zoysiagrass and what we should do to get rid of the problem. We have a chemical lawn service but they have not cured it. We have two...
St. Augustine Grass – Disease
Q: A disease got into my St. Augustinegrass lawn last fall and killed one-third of my front lawn. Will the disease come back this spring? A: Take-all patch has wreaked havoc with St. Augustinegrass lawns in Georgia. Initial symptoms are...
St. Augustine- Planting/ Purchasing
Q: A landscape designer has suggested we use St. Augustine grass in our yard. His work will not be finished until late November. Is it too late to plant in late November? Where could I purchase St. Augustine grass seed?...
St. Augustine- Mowing
Q: Please referee a debate between me and my husband. My husband is out mowing our St. Augustine lawn in 85 degree afternoon heat. I say it is bad for the St. Augustine grass to be cut when it’s hot....
Bermudagrass- Removal
Q: We sodded our back yard with ‘Emerald’ zoysiagrass. There was a small area that contained bermudagrass. Despite constant pulling, the bermudagrass area is starting to grow. Can I do anything else to remove the bermudagrass ? A: Fenoxaprop (Bayer...
