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Sumter County Extension Office ? Solutions for Your Life - UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

You can guess or you can find out for sure. On Monday between 9 AM and 3 PM master gardeners hold a free plant clinic at the Sumter Annex on 466 & Morse Boulevard.

Take pictures of your grass, noting whether your irrigation system is reaching that area of grass, and if it is too dry or too wet, cut a sample of the grass and take it with you to the plant clinic. If they are unable to determine from looking at the grass whether you have a pest or a fungus or an irrigation problem, you can pay a fee to have the grass sent to University of Florida for analysis.

Treating a problem first requires identifying and diagnosing what the problem actually is.
Check to make sure it is not a low spot in your yard. Could be were water puddles and could be causing root rot. Also puddles of water cause the roots to stay near the surface and will cause grass to burn up if there is a dry spell as the roots do not go deep enough to seek moisture.
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