annual blue grass

QuestionI live in upper Illinois. I have 30,000 sq.ft. lawn. I fertlize 3 times a year and it is iggrated. I`m looking for a solution to my annual blue grass problem. Will appreciate any help you give. Thanks! Answ

I have PYTHIUM ULTIMUM :-(

QuestionHi Ron, I have read this post and it pretty much describes my new seeding and the fungus. I have over watered and I am located in Florida. I was going to try the corn meal/gluten to fix it. Its not clear to

help with new lawn

Question the front I recently re-landscaped my yard myself. Trying to save money, I opted to put down seed. I picked dwarf fescue for my front and back yard. when i put it down it came up great in the back yard. &nb

Grub Ex and weed killer

QuestionHi, I Just put down some scotts grub ex and i also need to put down weed killer. now i asked the opinion of a guy that worked at the local lawn and garden store if i can put them both down at once and he sai

Preen and New Sod

QuestionI was prepping my soil prior to sod installation and added Preen weed preventer into the topsoil. I plan to lay sod now. Two questions: 1) did I do the wrong thing by adding Preen to the topsoil prior to sod

Dillo Dirt

QuestionAustin, TX - We put Dillo Dirt out on our St. Augustine lawn this past weekend hoping to help it thicken up and turn green. Im watering the lawn right now, but a little concerned because the lawn looks

New lawn after house construction

QuestionHi, I would like to grow a new lawn in my back yard after the construction of my house. The problem is, the builder just covered all the small debris of the construction with sand as a filler. Its been over

Dethatching

QuestionHi..in reading your answers here I just purchased a dethatching liquid from the Natures Lawn web site. My question is, once applied and used every 3 weeks as suggested, how long until I begin to see results,

String Trimmer

QuestionRonald, I need to replace my string trimmer. Ive tried electric, but my yard is too big for it to be convenient to have a cord trailing behind me. The RPMs on a battery operated trimmer seem a bit too low an

Planting Amongst Grubs

QuestionThe area shaded by the roofline on the northern side of our home looks like its been attacked by grubs, but we are not certain. Grass wont grow and the clay soil (we live in SE Alabama)is very soft. The dama

soil test results and grass problems

QuestionRecently I had my soil tested by Clemson U. and it indicated that I have a pH level of 7.4 with a buffer ph of 7.90. My question is how do I lower the pH level to get it lower than 7 since the report stated

Streeks of yellow

QuestionUsually in the fall I get patches of a lime green mixed in with the green grass. Do I need sulfur or iron? The soil is very acid. Answer If the soil is very acid, you do not need sulfur. I

drak spots on Floratam Grass

QuestionI have a 5000 sq ft Floratam lawn in deep south TEXAS and have been having problems with some dark color spots on some areas. Also, not all sections of the lawn are equally in thickness and they were all pla

new hydroseeded lawn with all weeds

Questionweeds QUESTION: we have new hydroseeded lawn, we water it in the morning and evening, it turned out more weeds than grass, the type of weeds are turning into purple. Any suggestion to correct the pro

cut grass

QuestionI have bermuda for my lawn, what is the best cutting height I need to be cutting? Answer Cutting height is only one part of the care program. It starts with your mower (reel or rotary). How often it is irri

Allowing lawn grass to go to seed

QuestionHello Ronald, Id like to know if its possible to allow parts of a lawn to go to seed and have the lawn re-seed itself? What Id also like to know is what is the life ccyle of a typical grass lawn mixture an

Crab Grass in New Sod

QuestionHi, I layed burmuda 419 sod two weeks ago. We are now seeing a good bit of grabgrass growing in our sod. Our old lawn was a mixture of burmuda and fescue with a lot of crabgrass mixed in. W

planting new grass from seed-over weeds

QuestionHi. I was overseas for 6 months and in my absence my daughter planted grass seed in several areas I had not had prior success in. It came in beautifully. Now the rest of the yard looks BAD in comparison, muc

Bermuda sod

QuestionWe live in southeast Virginia and about 4 - 6 weeks ago we had someone lay bermuda sod to our yard. We have watered like we were told and for the most part it looks great. However, we are getting

Kikuyu in bermuda

QuestionIve got a GN-1 hybrid bermuda lawn. Some Kikuyu is starting to show. Im assuming that it is blowing in from neighbors yard. Any way to get rid of it without resorting to hands and knee work or ro