re: Which fertilizer right now?

How does one pull a soil sample and have it analyzed by the AgCenter? Also, how do yall accurately figure out while spreading the 1000 sqft and 6 3/4 lbs? How do you know the right pace or do you basically figure out a 1000 sq ft area and run the spreader until you are out then move to the next area.

Soil Samples - check with retail plant nurseries in your area to see if they have seem at their store, or alternatively stop by the parish extension office and they will have them LINK (may need to call first, I don’t know how the AgCenter is handling parish extension offices openings with corona. Here’s a list of those that have the boxes I just found . LINK

The pre-addressed postage paid boxes mailing boxes are free, each have 3 bags for soil samples, and instruction will be in each box on how collect sample the samples from your lawn, garden, landscape beds, .... LINK $10 per soil sample (max 3 samples per box) plus $5 for postage.

Setting on spreader - usually the bag of fertilizer will have some instruction or the instructions that come with the spreader, but I’ve found it’s trial and error. Put on a lower setting initially and keep going going over the area in difference directions to you dispense it all. You can adjust the setting appropriately from there to where hopefully you can dispense it all in 2 passes just to save time. Ideally you want to make at least 2 passes over the same area perpendicular (right angles) to each other. Example, my St Aug backyard is 4500 sq ft, 18 pounds of 24-2-11 in the hopper, and 2 passes, through yard, one east-west, one north-south.

Now the really Important part (seriously) write down the setting on your spreader for future reference for each type of granular lawn product you use. Every product has a different granule size and the setting you use for a LESCO fertilizer will not likely be the same for a Scott’s product, or pre-emergenent, or lime or sulfur, fungicide, etc. I keep a cheat sheet on this with my rotary spreader manual.

Keep this around for reference - it’s 12 years old, and hopefully they can get around to updating it soon. Louisiana Lawn Best Management Practices

That is exactly what a lawn looks like that get take all root rot and the homeowner does nothing about it. Top dress with peat moss, get your ph tested, and then resod.

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Resod my arse! How much that cost?!

Might rather plant herbs a over!

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at least you have a sense of humor - I think so anyway.

How many square feet are dealing with that looks like that. Are the dead areas in heavy shade and do they have a tendency to stay wet from poor drainage? Where are you located?

Here are are a couple articles on the Take All Root Rot ronk is referring to. LINK. LINK

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at least you have a sense of humor - I think so anyway.

How many square feet are dealing with that looks like that. Are the dead areas in heavy shade and do they have a tendency to stay wet from poor drainage? Where are you located?

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Mostly the whole back yard is crap. There’s what appears to be forms of monkey grass scattered around as well. Upwards of 3,000 ft

Heavy shade? It will be
Wet areas? Hell yeah
Location? Baton Rouge

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put down the peat moss and see what happens.

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What could happen?

St Aug can recover and spread very easily in a lawn treated with peat moss. You might get it to start to spread.

You said you wish you had a zoysia yard that someone let you experiment with. There’s really not a ton of literature out there on zoysia like there is with Bermuda or St. Aug.

Light. 1/8 inch

I put some prodiamine down in mid Feb but no fertilizer yet. It’s about 75% green right now. I scalped it down to about 1.25 with my rotary mower and it’s looking ok.