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New homeowner Lawn Assistance
Posted on 9/23/20 at 10:11 pm
Posted on 9/23/20 at 10:11 pm
Long time lurker, first post.
First time home owner this Summer. Been keeping up with you guys trying to learn more about how to properly care for my St Aug lawn when it comes to weed prevention/fertilizing. As most have suggested, I started with the LSU Ag guide to help educate myself.
Admittedly, I have a real hard time keeping up with right and wrong things to do since I don’t know all of the terminology. Having a hard time deciding on a direction with so many different grass types discussed.
Since the incessant rain started in late august, I’ve started to experience some real problems with my backyard. I’ve got a pretty heavy dose of VBW in my st aug right now. Now I’ve got some yellowing and brown patches.
Since I don’t really know what I’m doing, I’ve been using Home Depot type products based on things I read here and there. I sprayed Spectracide weed killer when the VBW first started taking over about 3 weeks ago. Any shot this works long term?? Are their products worth a damn? I read on here about Celsius a lot but admittedly haven’t pulled the trigger due to its cost. I know I’ll probably have to.
I signed up for Scott’s Lawn subscription. They send me bags of fertilizer when needed based on my lawn profile. Is this Busch league?
Last week, I spread Scott’s Turfbuilder Winter Guard. What brand products does everyone use throughout the year to fertilize? Being a noob, I have a hard time following when everyone refers to type of products based on their composition as opposed to the brand/title.
I guess to summarize, I’m looking for a little direction on where to go from here between now and next spring to improve some of the obvious visual issues in the picture below (hope I uploaded correctly).
Asking the tiger droppings lawn gods for a little assistance on how to fix my lawn! Sorry for the text wall ??. Appreciative for any and all assistance ...
First time home owner this Summer. Been keeping up with you guys trying to learn more about how to properly care for my St Aug lawn when it comes to weed prevention/fertilizing. As most have suggested, I started with the LSU Ag guide to help educate myself.
Admittedly, I have a real hard time keeping up with right and wrong things to do since I don’t know all of the terminology. Having a hard time deciding on a direction with so many different grass types discussed.
Since the incessant rain started in late august, I’ve started to experience some real problems with my backyard. I’ve got a pretty heavy dose of VBW in my st aug right now. Now I’ve got some yellowing and brown patches.
Since I don’t really know what I’m doing, I’ve been using Home Depot type products based on things I read here and there. I sprayed Spectracide weed killer when the VBW first started taking over about 3 weeks ago. Any shot this works long term?? Are their products worth a damn? I read on here about Celsius a lot but admittedly haven’t pulled the trigger due to its cost. I know I’ll probably have to.
I signed up for Scott’s Lawn subscription. They send me bags of fertilizer when needed based on my lawn profile. Is this Busch league?
Last week, I spread Scott’s Turfbuilder Winter Guard. What brand products does everyone use throughout the year to fertilize? Being a noob, I have a hard time following when everyone refers to type of products based on their composition as opposed to the brand/title.
I guess to summarize, I’m looking for a little direction on where to go from here between now and next spring to improve some of the obvious visual issues in the picture below (hope I uploaded correctly).
Asking the tiger droppings lawn gods for a little assistance on how to fix my lawn! Sorry for the text wall ??. Appreciative for any and all assistance ...
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Posted on 9/23/20 at 10:39 pm to Koonu
You’ll have to buy Celsius. If anyone was only able to have one herbicide it would be Celsius. 2nd would be msm. 3rd would be tripower.
I was expecting large patch pictures but that isn’t large patch. It is not chinch bugs. Not grubs. No TARR. Not webworms. Possible general root rot due to over saturation.
At this time of year apply Scott’s Disease X (since your lawn is stressed and we are heading into disease season). What was the npk (nitrogen phosphorus potassium) make up of your winter guard and what rate did you apply it?
I was expecting large patch pictures but that isn’t large patch. It is not chinch bugs. Not grubs. No TARR. Not webworms. Possible general root rot due to over saturation.
At this time of year apply Scott’s Disease X (since your lawn is stressed and we are heading into disease season). What was the npk (nitrogen phosphorus potassium) make up of your winter guard and what rate did you apply it?
Posted on 9/23/20 at 10:54 pm to ronk
Figured from everything I read celcius was inevitable. Will pull the trigger.
Over saturation would certainly makes sense. Yard holds a lot of water during heavy rains and there were times where it felt like over a week before it would dry out. Any action item for that?
Pictures don’t capture the yellowing very well. Makes it look slightly better than it is in reality. I read that could be a natural result of the spectracide application?
NPK 32-0-10. Truthfully, I’m not sure I know what rate...I followed guidelines on what setting to use for drop spreader 6 1/4 and covered yard in same pattern as I mow
Over saturation would certainly makes sense. Yard holds a lot of water during heavy rains and there were times where it felt like over a week before it would dry out. Any action item for that?
Pictures don’t capture the yellowing very well. Makes it look slightly better than it is in reality. I read that could be a natural result of the spectracide application?
NPK 32-0-10. Truthfully, I’m not sure I know what rate...I followed guidelines on what setting to use for drop spreader 6 1/4 and covered yard in same pattern as I mow
Posted on 9/24/20 at 8:36 am to Koonu
lawn looks good
do you have any dogs that go back there?
do you have any dogs that go back there?
Posted on 9/24/20 at 9:14 am to good_2_geaux
Thanks! I think unfortunately the pics present a better pic than what I saw yesterday. To answer question, Believe it or not...Coyotes. Every couple nights or so, they’ve left presents from time to time. Maybe that’s the cause?
Posted on 9/24/20 at 10:59 am to Koonu
quote:
Yard holds a lot of water during heavy rains and there were times where it felt like over a week before it would dry out. Any action item for that?
Might look at improving drainage. Do you have gutters? Are they just dumping water next to the house?
Posted on 9/24/20 at 3:28 pm to Koonu
Be sure to cut your St. Aug on the highest setting. This one change has dramatically improved my yard.
I follow the Randy Lemon schedule on maintenance.
I follow the Randy Lemon schedule on maintenance.
Posted on 9/24/20 at 3:34 pm to Clint Torres
Been trying to figure out how to best accomplish this. We have gutters on both sides of the home, and I got one of those extensions to push the water out to the side. Not sure it’s doing much for me...
Also switched to highest mower setting recently after reading about that here. Was a recent change so hopefully that helps also
Also switched to highest mower setting recently after reading about that here. Was a recent change so hopefully that helps also
This post was edited on 9/24/20 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 9/24/20 at 3:35 pm to ABucks11
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Be sure to cut your St. Aug on the highest setting.
I saw the lawn guy on youtube say the same thing. I have centipede, would and cut pretty low, would it help my yard to raise it up a bit?
Posted on 9/24/20 at 7:42 pm to OysterPoBoy
centipede recommended height is 1.5-2” where St Aug is double that.
Rule of thumb I learned here is regardless of what’s recommended, never cut more than 1/3 of the grass blade height. Otherwise it is considered scalping your lawn causing stress to the grass.
Rule of thumb I learned here is regardless of what’s recommended, never cut more than 1/3 of the grass blade height. Otherwise it is considered scalping your lawn causing stress to the grass.
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