st augustine seed tips turning brown

rickkil23 – posted 04 July 2014 04:17

good morning, I was hoping someone here could help me with this issue. as stated in subject, I am having issues with my st Augustine lawn, it appears that the tips of my grass ate turning brown mostly it seems is where it has gone to seed.I know i need to change blades but the brown areas are not over entire lawn, just is some areas. thanks in advance for your assistance. Rick Pensacola, FL

Phil Busey – posted 06 July 2014 19:50

rickkil23, grass culms (vertical stems) are usually terminal, that is, once that portion produces a seedhead it is intended to die. Triggers that can make St. Augustinegrass flower and seed more abundantly (and produce less vegetative growth) are drought and possibly some other stresses such as the end of a flush of vegetative growth when nitrogen is diminished. Some cultivars such as Seville are occasionally more seedy than others such as Floratam. If seedheads are your only problem, they will probably diminish. If you have some other problem affecting the leaves attached to the horizontal stolons, I cannot say without more of a description or a photo.

quote:Originally posted by rickkil23:good morning, I was hoping someone here could help me with this issue. as stated in subject, I am having issues with my st Augustine lawn, it appears that the tips of my grass ate turning brown mostly it seems is where it has gone to seed.I know i need to change blades but the brown areas are not over entire lawn, just is some areas. thanks in advance for your assistance. Rick Pensacola, FL