Floritam blades curling up along length – what’s the cause?

DaveOrlando – posted 21 April 2001 16:18

My St. Augustine Floritam is curling up in patches along the length of the blade – in other words, the blades are curled up and look thinner than usual. Its going on in patches of the lawn, which has me concerned.

Is this just a watering issue? Or something more serious? The irrigation system goes on tomorrow.

wdrake – posted 21 April 2001 19:55

I’m no authority, but my guess is that you need to water. What you’ve described is classic sign of grass going (or having gone) dry.

Bill DrakeNiceville FL

DaveOrlando – posted 23 April 2001 09:43

Turns out all that was needed was water. The worst area was out by the curb. I decided to check my irrigation system to see if that area was being missed. Sure enough, one of my heads had gone quite cockeye – appears that someone had run over the curb and hit it. After a little digging, all is straight, the grass got watered, and it looked very happy this morning.