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Originally Posted by KittyKat
You must be north of 466. We are not allowed to have St Augustine south of 466 because of the reason you stated, plus it is more prone to disease.
We live on a hill; face south; our neighbors' house on the west is higher & sets farther back on the lot than ours so rain comes down the area in front of their planting bed & comes at a sharp angle onto our lawn next to the garage. When we first moved in in Aug 2007, after it rained the lawn there would be wet for two days. We called the Warranty Dept and apparently they won't replace the sod unless it's wet for 3 or more days. However, they did replace a couple of squares. We continued to have problems but they lessened over the years, esp after the builder & the company who graded the area put in the large drain in the back yard & the French drain in the side yard. We have a water softener & use salt which drains on that side of the yard. We have never been able to grow anything in the planting bed where the discharge is so it was determined that the salty water most likely is the cause of the patchy bald areas. We are switching to potassium which doesn't need to drain out.
You might need a French drain also.
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I have an area in my back yard, that is on a slope, and grass was eroding, and turning brown, and was being taken over by Bermuda, so I bought St Augistine plugs, and planted. Now St Augistine is taking over that area. So I now have St Augistine, Zoysia, and Bermuda in my back yard. IT'S GREEN!!!