Chinch Bugs

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 FL. After a few weeks I started seeing brown dead spots appear, I thought it was a lack of water so I had the sprinklers going extra. As it kept getting worse I did more research and have found it is Chinch Bugs.This is were my questions come in, I have sprinkled chinch bug granules (from Home Depot) all over but how long do I wait afterwards? Are the affected areas completed dead or could they grow back? If it is dead is there a certain type of St Augustine anyone can recommend to replace it with? It may be worth mentioning that I have seen the same symptoms on a few neighbours lawns so chinch bugs seem to be a problem here.Would you recommend a liquid control over a bag of granules, if so which one?I am concerned about the waiting part because these dead spots seem to be spreading fast.

RickV – posted 06 September 2006 18:55

Try Talstar you can get the generic at Lesco.I had same thing happen last summer the talstar knocked em out.

[This message has been edited by RickV (edited 06 September 2006).]