Even though your lawn is green (or should be), it is semi-dormant or hibernating. It is resting. The cooler temps and shorter days mean less metabolism and less photosynthesis. During this time of the year, your lawn has some specific needs to survive and prepare for the spring.
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Even though your lawn is green (or should be), it is semi-dormant or hibernating. It is resting. The cooler temps and shorter days mean less metabolism and less photosynthesis. During this time of the year, your lawn has some specific needs to survive and prepare for the spring.
Wild grasses are undesirable for lawns – mainly because they turn brown in the cooler months. Even though the wild grasses were green last month, they turn brown with cooler shorter days creating ugly patches of brown grass in your lawn.
Those brown circles in your lawn that look like alien crop circles are caused by a soil-borne fungus that when conditions are perfect will attack the leaves of your St Augustine lawn. The common name for the disease is Brown Patch. Brown Patch is a cool weather fungal disease that can cause cosmetic damage but rarely kills St Augustine turf grass lawns.
Summer sun, heat, and rains are yielding to cooler mornings, shorter days, and less rain. This is a transitional period for your lawn from full-throttle growth to semi-dormancy
Homeowners are concerned about brown areas of their St Augustine lawns - they see brown irregular areas surrounded by greener St Augustine grass. They logically assume something must be attacking the brown areas. The sad truth is those brown areas were killed by the recent drought and draconian one-time-per-week water restrictions.
Finding a few ants in the house is no reason for concern, but when you see 1000’s form a conga line, time to call a professional. The ants have set up a complex system to move food from your kitchen to their nest.
How dangerous are the products used for lawn care to humans, pets, or the environment? Why does the posting sign say “Pesticide Application Keep Off Until Dry”. Is there a real danger or fear-mongering? Learn the facts behind the posting sign and decide for yourself.
How do you care for a lawn that is soaked from heavy rains from a storm? If you mow it leaves ruts or you need an airboat to get through the standing water and the lawn needed mowing last week. Learn what to do here.
You can tell if you have Sod webworms in St Augustine grass lawns by looking for the chewed edges of the grass leaf and shorter grass in areas of your lawn
In Pinellas, our soil is a fine sand – which many believe makes it impossible to grow a good lawn. However, golf greens are 100% sand. The most limiting factor of the sandy soils of Pinellas County is they have little to no water-holding capacity. Pinellas soils need a constant, regular supply of water (irrigation) for a St Augustine lawn to thrive.
Is your Snowbush defoliated? Most likely it is the Snowbush spanworm. Snowbush Spanworm, a yellow-green caterpillar will eat every leaf (defoliate) of a Snowbush leaving nothing but bare twigs where a Snowbush once grew.
Killing weeds without killing a St Augustine grass lawn is difficult. What weed killer or herbicide, when to apply herbicides and how much herbicide to use
How to set up your irrigation system timer or controller to water your lawn enough to keep it alive, green and healthy and follow water restrictions
Mole crickets are big, ugly and can tear up a lawn. They fly and are attracted to light - clumsily flying around and often landing in pools. Usually the first sign of mole crickets is finding one in your pool.
The best method or way to remove, mulch, rake or burn Live Oak tree leaves on a St Augustine grass lawn is to use a mulching mower