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re: St. Augustine maintenance schedule
Posted on 3/30/20 at 11:17 am to Golfer
Posted on 3/30/20 at 11:17 am to Golfer
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The best thing for St. Aug is to raise your mower.
I cut mine at 3". My neighbor's lawn guy scalps the shite out of his yard. To make it worse, he mows serval feet onto my property to get around a flower bed. I had to go ask him twice so far to stop it b/c it looks like complete shite with a scalped curve on my property.
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Posted on 3/30/20 at 11:39 am to ashy larry
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My neighbor's lawn guy scalps the shite out of his yard. To make it worse, he mows serval feet onto my property to get around a flower bed. I had to go ask him twice so far to stop it b/c it looks like complete shite with a scalped curve on my property.
I have the same exact issue with my next door neighbor, and to top it off he doesn't speak English LOL
Posted on 3/30/20 at 12:06 pm to ashy larry
My neighbor cuts his at about 0.5”. No joke. Makes my 3” look overgrown 
Posted on 3/30/20 at 12:12 pm to Lsutiger2424
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Well there really isn’t anything here that would carry what is recommended in St. Bernard. I could make the short trip to slidell if anyone has a suggestion on where I should go.
If they are in stock in the store, HD carries this LINK (not a weed & feed) and Tractor Supply carries this LINK (not a weed & feed).
The TS supply product you’d apply 4 lbs per 1,000 sq ft and HD product at 3 1/3 lbs per 1000 sq ft. Wouldn’t worry that they don’t have phosphorus (P), more than likely your soil has an adequate supply, but later on when this CV issue settles down and the LSU AgCenter soil testing lab re-opens, you can pull samples, have them analyzed to obtain base line info on your soil fertility.
ETA: I inadvertently linked the wrong product from HD above which is a weed and feed - don’t use that - this is the lawn fertilizer I meant to link that contains no herbicide LINK
This post was edited on 3/30/20 at 4:56 pm
Posted on 3/30/20 at 3:22 pm to BonesMalone
Growth is what I am looking for. I need it to spread more. I’m not too concerned with the color right now.
Posted on 3/30/20 at 3:24 pm to CrawDude
Thank you I will look and try to go tomorrow
Posted on 3/30/20 at 3:44 pm to Lsutiger2424
All the fertilizer suggestions are great. The Randy Lemmon plan was really cool, but I'm not that dedicated. You will get all the growth you want, stolons will move quick. What I never here is how to mow. Most plans say 3-4", but never say how.
If its possible for you, mow when it's dry and bag your clippings. Keep your canopy as clean as possible. You kind of want your grass a touch thin. It's much easier to mow. Clippings (dead tissue) makes thatch. Thatch makes a cushion. That cushion stops air and water flow through the canopy. Scapling becomes much more common. Weed and fungal problems can develop. This all happens over an extended period, but when you want to push your lawn, keep that in mind.
If its possible for you, mow when it's dry and bag your clippings. Keep your canopy as clean as possible. You kind of want your grass a touch thin. It's much easier to mow. Clippings (dead tissue) makes thatch. Thatch makes a cushion. That cushion stops air and water flow through the canopy. Scapling becomes much more common. Weed and fungal problems can develop. This all happens over an extended period, but when you want to push your lawn, keep that in mind.
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