re: Is it time to fertilize St. Aug?

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With fertilizing grass is it a soil temperature thing? Or just waiting til the lawn is fully green? I know you want to avoid a potential frost but down here in coastal Alabama we’re out of those woods in a couple weeks.....maybe now.

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Honestly I’ve never seen a recommendation on lawn fertilization based on soil temperture, the main thing is waiting for the lawn to wake up from dormancy and until the new grass roots have regenerated so that that they can best utilize that expensive lawn fertilizer you are putting down for the grass’s benefit.

I like the general recommendation of waiting until you’ve cut the grass twice (and I mean cutting grass, not weeds to tidy up the lawn) before fertilizing, or ronks recommendation of around Tax day - April 15. When you fertilize is not so critical as to when you apply herbicides.

As for me, Baton Rouge, I cut low and bagged the clipping about 2 weeks ago to tidy up the lawn. My grass is now growing enough (centipede) for a first cut - I will try to do that in the next few days. When I cut it the second time, which I anticipate to the the first week of April, and the entire lawn is fully greened up to my satisfaction, then I’ll apply fertilizer, and if I can I’ll try to time the application before a nice soaking rain to water it in.

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McNeese State Fan

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Lafayette

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Going along with the St Augustine topic, I have a lot of clumps of tall fescue growing in my St Aug yard. What is the best way to get rid of it?