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hgiljr
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July 01, 2008, 06:38:03 PM |
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Hello all. I am new here... Here is my issue with my lawn. I have been using Chemical fertilizer from day one after laying out new lawn. I started using in the main areas surrounding the house with Lesco 24-2-11 and the lawn was great. I was told to do this about every 6-7 weeks, yes I know I over did it. I live in SFLA and have St. Augustine lawn. I am experiencing some fungus on the lawn and now grubs. I have stopped fertilizing for about 7 weeks now and stopped watering but it rains here almost every other day lately. So my grass has dead spots due to grubs, lime color areas, dark green color areas. Also in the easement I used weed and feed since it was really bad and to be honest the grass is much nicer then lawn surrounding the house. It is a nice thick strand and nice green. Now I want to bring my lawn back to looking beautiful. I tried one time looking at organic but was not able to find cornmeal in SFLA so tried crack corn. That did not help. Now I found this site and read about Ringer fertilizer. HOw good is this? Again looking for help/schedule on fertilizing and what to use down here in SFLA. Also I mow once a week on the highest setting of my mower, not sure if it is 1/3 from the top of the lawn. Usually mow every Thursday. I know I need to do a PH test, not sure where I can get this done locally. Again any help appreciated. Thanks
Hector
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paul wheaton
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July 03, 2008, 03:56:31 PM |
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Is "SFLA" south florida?
So we're talking about warm season grasses. Not exactly my strong suit, but I think I can still be of help.
Near the bottom of the lawn care article, thee is a FAQ section, including some info about grubs. Did you read that?
Corn meal stuff: skip this whole line of thought for now.
Ringer: it's very good stuff. The only downside is that birds will eat it. Hopefully, if the birds hang around to eat it, they will leave some of their own fertilizer.
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hgiljr
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July 07, 2008, 06:53:57 AM |
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Yep, South Florida. I sure read on the FAQ. Now if I go with Ringer or any other organic Fertilizer, when should I spread the fertilizer? Every couple of weeks, months, seasons? Thanks
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paul wheaton
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July 15, 2008, 08:43:31 AM |
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Since you are using a warm season grass, you should fertilize in the middle of summer. (this is not the case for those of you up north with a cool season grass)
I would sprinkle some about every few weeks throughout the summer. About 1/3 of what the bag recommends.
On later tossing, I would toss fertilizer where the grass is a lighter green and not toss fertilizer where grass is a really dark green.
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