Category: Grasses

rickoshay – posted 03 September 2006 13:00 We recently purchased a new home that has a Floratam Lawn. Well it has suffered drought stress and chinch bug damage.Got the bugs under control and the...

suggestuse – posted 05 September 2006 00:56 I noticed that a small area of my lawn has been burned by fertilizer. It’s unsightly. Should I dig up the sod and cover with top soil?...

Japes – posted 06 September 2006 11:45 I’m competely new to this so I’m looking for as much info as possible. (preferably in plain English?!?)This a new lawn, St Augustine grass in St Augustine...

mrwizard93 – posted 07 September 2006 11:34 My home is a little over 2 years old. When they put down sod in my lot, they neglected to place a good layer of soil underneath...

suggestuse – posted 08 September 2006 17:20 i live in florida and my lawn is st. augustine.there are some bare spots in the lawn, which hasn’t been growing grass for 8 months now. i...

hankhill – posted 19 September 2006 23:19 In the Austin area, I’ve been told by people that their St. Augustine doesn’tgo dormant in the winter, but my lawn (and my neighbor’s) certainly did last...

suggestuse – posted 01 September 2006 16:09 any good brand of soil test kit i should get for my st. augustine lawn? i saw some at ace called rapitest. there are 2. the soil...

chemmie – posted 25 July 2006 13:12 I’m in Orlando, FL and have a very small yard. About half of that small area is gone. I’m pretty sure it’s because of Cinch Bugs, but...

SCarolinaCoast – posted 25 July 2006 15:38 I have a mature/lush St. Augustine yard that is green on the top but shows brown/dead grass at root base. This happens every year starting in June...

Easy E – posted 29 July 2006 20:13 I just plugged a small area of a Flortam Yard (20 x 10). I Used 10 trays of plugs purchased from Home Depot, and installed the...