Gray Leaf Spot St. Augustine Grass: How to Identify It and When to Treat
You spot brown or grayish patches on your St. Augustine lawn in midsummer and assume it’s drought stress, heat damage, or maybe chinch bugs. That’s the most common first reaction — and it’s usually wrong. Gray leaf spot St. Augustine grass outbreaks are the actual culprit far more often than most homeowners realize. The problem […]
Take-All Root Rot in St. Augustine Grass: How to Identify It and Fix It at the Soil Level
Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. If you have yellow patches in your St. Augustine lawn that won’t respond to watering or fertilizer — and may actually be […]
How to Tell If Your Warm Season Lawn Has Grubs — and What to Do About It
Identifying grubs in a warm season lawn starts with ruling out drought and other look-alikes before you spend anything on treatment. Dead patches show up in July or August and don’t recover after watering. Grubs feed underground. By the time patches appear on the surface, the population has usually been building for weeks. The lawn […]
Dollar Spot vs Brown Patch on Warm Season Grass: How to Tell Them Apart
Understanding dollar spot vs brown patch warm season grass symptoms is the critical first step before reaching for a fungicide. Both diseases create brown, damaged areas across the lawn. Both are fungal. Both peak during warm, humid months. But they respond to different treatments, thrive under opposite fertilization conditions, and attack warm season grasses in […]
Chinch Bug Damage in St. Augustine Grass: How to Identify, Confirm, and Treat It
Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Chinch bug damage in St. Augustine grass is one of the most misdiagnosed lawn problems in the South. Homeowners see irregular brown […]
Brown Patch Disease in St. Augustine Grass (and Zoysia): How to Identify It and Kill It Fast
Brown patch disease in St. Augustine grass is one of the most common — and most misdiagnosed — lawn problems in the South. If you’re seeing circular brown patches forming during hot, humid weather, Rhizoctonia solani — the fungus behind brown patch disease in St. Augustine grass and zoysia — is a likely culprit. Acting […]