Need help identifying weed - St Augustine (Central Florida)
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Comments (2)A lot of people are dropping their professional lawn care this year. You sound a little 'type A' in your approach to doing it yourself. Lawn care is very easy if you get the basics of watering and mowing established. More on that later... I use organic fertilizer but don't let that stop you from reading. My schedule is what is important. I start on Washington's Birthday, then hit it again on Memorial Day, 4th of July (not for chemical ferts, though), Labor Day, and Thanksgiving. By keeping to the federal holidays, my schedule is very easy to remember. What insects do you have problems with? I haven't done anything extraordinary for insects since about 10 years ago. Then again with an organic program I have a lot of birds, toads, lizards and geckos in the yard to eat insects. Here's a general schedule that should help you. Water deeply and infrequently. Deeply means at least an hour in every zone, all at once. Infrequently means monthly during the cool months and no more than weekly during the hottest part of summer. If your grass looks dry before the month/week is up, water longer next time. Deep watering grows deep, drought resistant roots. Infrequent watering allows the top layer of soil to dry completely which kills off many shallow rooted weeds. Mulch mow at the highest setting on your mower. Most grasses are the most dense when mowed tall. Bermuda, centipede, and bent grasses are the most dense when mowed at the lowest setting on your mower. Dense grass shades out weeds and uses less water when tall. Dense grass feeds the deep roots you're developing in 1 above. Fertilize regularly. I fertilize 5 times per year using organic fertilizer. Which fertilizer you use is much less important than numbers 1 and 2 above....See MoreSt Augustine lawn looking bad! Need Help!!!
Comments (1)Can you tell us how much and how often you are watering? And how high and how often are you mowing the grass?...See MoreHelp, in need of Wisdom regarding St. Augustine Grass!!!
Comments (1)Basically, when St.Augustine turns brown and dry, it is dead. It will not come back unlike bermuda. since the grass is dead, all of the weeds you mebntion simply are opportunistic. Don't know what type of grass 'dad' has but SA is never scalped. Perhaps the owner resodded the lawn but didn't follow through with proper watering. Now, second concern, what is the tree/shade situation? SA tolerates some shade but it needs 4-5 hours daily of direct sun. Also, if you have sandy soil it may have been a problem to get enough water on the lawn. Pick the neighbor's brain if his lawn looks good....See MoreWeed control in St. Augustine lawns
Comments (13)John, if you're willing to spend a little upfront, Celsius WG will probably do what you want. Others have mentioned bonide sedge ender. In both cases there are some restrictions for st Augustine grass. I just switched to st. Augustine grass recently and now I use Celsius after help on forums. Google those products on this and other forums, or PM me and I could give you links....See Moremeyerk9
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