bermuda leaf dying

QuestionWe fertilized our pastures about 3 weeks ago. In the last couple of days the leaf on all the grass has died and the stem is standing. We have had rain, not alot, but have already made two cuts of

Chinch Bugs & Weeds

QuestionHi, Just put in some sod about 2 months ago (backyard). Now all is turning brown and I know most of the yard if not all is getting enough water. I am thinking its chinch bugs b/c I can see them in certain ar

dry soil

QuestionA couple of years ago my son planted shrub for me in the front yard. It did well at first, had leaves and flowered (I cant remember the name of it but it is a tulip flower bush) anyway. The next year I notic

St. Augustine lawn

QuestionI had my both my front and back yards sodded with St. Augustine Floratam in the summer of 2007. The yard looked great and has slowly declined. This year we have had a lot of rain (Cocoa, Fl) and

lawn and weed killer-eliminator

QuestionI have an area of my lawn that is part cement, gravel and grass/weeds. I would like to permanently eliminate the grass and weeds in that area in order to rock the odd area. I also have a TON of a

nutsedge

Questioni was looking through a search of how to get rid of nutsedge. which i am having a problem with over several yrs now. and i tried pulling it out with no luck. and it seems it is spreading. so its time to try

Grass Killer

QuestionI am trying to get rid of my weedy fescue lawn and lay new sod. Are there any grass and weed killer I can use now so that I can lay sod soon without waiting for months? Thanks. Answer Glyphosate, the activ

Mystifying tiny holes! Sanity at stake!

QuestionI have some mysterious holes in my back yard and can not, for the life of me, figure out what is in them or causing them. Im sure I look like a fruit cake to my neighbors, if they can see my efforts on

A brown fungus (?) killing my lawn

QuestionHi there: I have some brown, low growing fungi (at least I think thats what it is) killing my grass rapidly. They grow about 1 1/2 inches tall, and about the same across. They look like dec

Grass & even weeds wont grow

QuestionMy lawn was sodded when the house was built 2 1/2 years ago, but that was during water restrictions during a drought. The lawn is mostly weeds now, but there is a high percentage of the lawn that is ju

Grubs in September

QuestionI live in chicago and now in september i have noticed many brown spots in my lawn. I see many japanese beetles in my vegetable plants and i guess my lawn has grub problem. (never fug up to ensure, cause i fe

killing invasive rhisome type grass in my flower beds

QuestionI have lived in my house for 26 years. I have been fighting an unwinnable battle with a grass that produces rhizomes and overcomes my mulched plant beds. I have had whole areas of lawn repaced by

Parts of lawn (grass) turned brown

QuestionWhy would just part of my lawn turn brown, even though I water it every day and fertilize it on occasion and what can I do to make it green again? Answer Whatever has turned brown will never turn green agai

Large brown area of lawn from sunflower seed decay

QuestionHi. In trying to discover why my St. Augustine grass has a growing patch of brown, I ran across the following from Charlotte: Do you have a bird feeder over that area? The black sunflower seed hulls ar

Chlorotic grass

QuestionWe live in NJ near the shore. We have kentucky blue grass sod on sand. In our community, the grass at the rain downspouts turns yellow and dies. The die off continues like a cancer as the water t

brown and dying grass areas

QuestionQUESTION: We live in far northern Minnesota. Our lawn is three years old. We put-in a sprinkler system this summer because of dry weather the past two summers. Several areas of the lawn tur

dallas grass and sugar

QuestionI read your response about the sugar application to your lawn. In it you did not say the application procedure for the sugar, can you please tell me how to apply the sugar to rid my lawn of dallas grass. I l

Dead Lawn Over Run with Crab Grass

QuestionI live in Mid Michigan. This summer was very dry and I did not water my grass enough. Out of the blue in August my lawn turned to a crab grass field. I sprayed it with Ortho B Gon Max, to k

yuck yard

Questioni live in a beautiful subdivision for anyone that does not worry about mud the right side of my house is full of dirt real moist i would love to have some grass i have no color unless i put a pot of color ou

New Lawn problem

QuestionRonald, I could use some guidance. We live in Ojai, CA where the summer temps can reach regularly in the high 80s and low 90s in the summer with about 10 days over 100 degrees. Winters are usually in the 40