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 When to SOD St. Aug? Variety?
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Kujoarts@aol.com Friend |
posted 13 February 2005 06:29
  
I live in Virginia Beach. Assuming normal weather conditions, when can I expect to be able to lay SOD? I intend to fully cover some areas while plugging others. Does the turf need to be completely out of dormancy prior to harvasting? I'm getting mixed advice from the growers about this and what variety to use. Each grower says their variety is the best and the others are trash - who do I believe? TracyO IP: Logged |
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wdrake Turfmaster |
posted 13 February 2005 07:51
Are you sure you want to sod with St Augustine? I would think you are too far north for any cultivar of St Augustine to survive the winters. Check with your county extension agent*,but my guess is you need to consider using Kentucky bluegrass, tall fescue, tall fescue-Kentucky bluegrass mixtures, Bermudagrass, or zoysiagrass. I would think May or June would be the best time to sod. I want healthy, growing sod when I put it down. ____________ IP: Logged |
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Kujoarts@aol.com Friend |
posted 13 February 2005 08:06
St. Augustine is growing in popularity here. Fescue is super high maintenance here directly on the Atlantic/Chesapeake Bay- very prone to resistant fungi in July/August. I'm tired of having a great looking lawn April/May and Sept/Oct and camo the rest of the year despite every effort and expense! Several of my nieghbors have successful St. A. lawns. A local SOD farm has gone nearly exclusively to ST. A. TracyO I guess I'll have to look at the mud for a few more months. IP: Logged |
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ted unregistered |
posted 13 February 2005 17:56
i'm having a very difficult time seeing st. aug. in your market- just too far north. stick with the fescue- cut back on the watering going into brown patch season, soil test and juice it with potassium, cut back on the nitrogen, and have a professional spray Prostar. there's your fix. IP: Logged |
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seed Editor |
posted 13 February 2005 19:15
Virginia Beach is protected by the temperature of the ocean and St. Augustinegrass should survive the winter for spans of 5-10 years or longer. Phil IP: Logged |
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jimtfromnc unregistered |
posted 14 February 2005 05:40
There's a newer variety of St. Aug called Raleigh St. Augustine that folks have been planting around here very successfully, and it's very resisant to cold, heat and arid conditions. You might want to look into it: Jim. IP: Logged |
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va turf unregistered |
posted 14 February 2005 08:56
i invite you to visit us at the virginia tech research station in virginia beach. we currently have a st augustine variety trial i can show you. you may want to wait until it begins to green up though to see the difference in varities. IP: Logged |
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ted unregistered |
posted 14 February 2005 17:00
i'm from texas, but i have alot of experience in the transition zone. i looked up your climatology. i don't doubt one bit it will grow in your area, but the question is for how long? i'm sure it'll grow it Chicago for about 3 weeks... IP: Logged |
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nomasyo Friend |
posted 24 February 2005 11:47
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ungoliath Friend |
posted 23 May 2010 07:34
I'm from Florida but now live in Northern Virginia in the DC suburbs. I miss my St Augustine grass but have been told there's no hope of growing any here. I don't have tons of sun but certain areas do have a good 6-8 a day. This is the first time I've heard of cold season St Augustine. Is there any hope for me or should I stick w/ my seeding? IP: Logged |
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