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Centipede is looking a little pale
Posted on 7/17/21 at 11:08 pm
Posted on 7/17/21 at 11:08 pm
Can I use milo at this time of year? I haven’t put anything on it since mid April.
Posted on 7/18/21 at 6:31 am to lsu1980
No milo on centipede. it is too high in phosphorous and lacks potassium. You may be seeing a little yellowing from a shite load of rain.
What have you applied in the way of fertilizer so far this year?
What have you applied in the way of fertilizer so far this year?
Posted on 7/18/21 at 6:39 am to lsu1980
Milorganite is not a good fertilizer for centipede. You want something with low or no Phosphate like a 15-0-15. There are 8-1-8 around that is useable. However if you just want to green it up a little you can add iron instead of additional fertilizer. Centipede really shouldn't be fertilized more than 1-2 times a year or you risk sending it into "centipede decline".
Posted on 7/18/21 at 7:04 am to humblepie
I haven’t fed mine at all. Trying to help the centipede win the war in my front yard v Bermuda, and seems like all I’ve read on here suggests feeding would help the Bermuda. Overseeded in May, about to drop some more in some bare spots where I had to nuke some clumps of Dallasgrass.
If we were to have a shitty-eat yard contest, mine would have been a contender. It was bad when I moved in, then I hit it with the defective batch of Scott’s Weed and Feed a couple of years ago. Sickens me to drive past my old house and see that gorgeous St. Augustine yard that required almost zero maintenance.
If we were to have a shitty-eat yard contest, mine would have been a contender. It was bad when I moved in, then I hit it with the defective batch of Scott’s Weed and Feed a couple of years ago. Sickens me to drive past my old house and see that gorgeous St. Augustine yard that required almost zero maintenance.

Posted on 7/18/21 at 7:22 am to humblepie
Iron is the correct answer.
Posted on 7/18/21 at 9:18 am to lsu1980
A 1/2 pound of nitrogen per 1000 sq ft of lawn would be appropriate - that would be 3 1/3 lbs of a 15-0-15 if you can find it. Fertilome makes a 15-0-15 centipede fertilizer. Apply it soon if you choose to go that route.
I agree with others - you want a fertilizer very low in phosphorus (middle number) and you can certainly use/try ironite or similar product to help green it up. Just remember centipede is naturally lighter in color than St Augustine.
I agree with others - you want a fertilizer very low in phosphorus (middle number) and you can certainly use/try ironite or similar product to help green it up. Just remember centipede is naturally lighter in color than St Augustine.
Posted on 7/18/21 at 6:50 pm to lsu1980
You could get some liquid iron and spray it with your hose end sprayer. Just keep the overspray off your concrete because it will stain. Then water it in a little bit so it doesn't turn black.
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