Visable roots

petega – posted 25 April 2010 02:38

My yard turn brown after this past Winter,after noticing new grass blades sprotting I decided to rake my yard. Now the roots are visable..(St.Augustine grass)

d.k – posted 16 May 2010 20:19

Hi there.

Don’t know if you already made a decision about what to do about the visible roots in your St.Aug., but if I were you, I would simply get a good sized load of topsoil and thinly cover your exposed roots.

MAKE SURE however, that you buy your topsoil from a reputable company.

Down here in Florida, a LOT of hinky topsoil is floating around here nowdays, tainted with herbicides, diseases, sugar cane bugs (You DON’T want those!!!), and all kinds of really bad stuff.

So, I am hoping you will heed this warning–

WARNING:

ASK AROUND– AND ASK PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR TOPSOIL INSTALLED FOR A WHILE!! NOTJUST SOMEBODY WHO IS GETTING A LOAD THIS WEEK THAT “LOOKS GOOD”! ;D

[This message has been edited by d.k (edited 16 May 2010).]