Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Actually, they use cheap Tequila
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We have St Augustine grass and have brown spots that our landscape company Massey treated for chinch bugs. One good sized patch is quite dead, some other spots a little peaked but hanging in there. So it isn't just zoysia. Anybody have Bermuda grass? Bermuda does very well in California, but how about here?
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I have stellar also when I came down here about 4 weeks ago my lawn has similar problems but I have to say that Stellar had already treated the problems even though I wasn't here to see it or report it. Lawn really looks pretty good now thanks to them.
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Massey said our brown spots were due to heat and dring and that cinch bugs would infest the spot area. They treated for cinch bugs and the rain brought some of it back. Spots seem to be back at same place now.
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The best lawn I've ever had was one that was Hydroseeded. (It is a planting process which utilizes a slurry of seed and mulch. The slurry is transported in a tank, either truck- or trailer-mounted and sprayed over prepared ground.)
Also, I've tried using Sod in our backyard, but got a lot of weeds and crabgrass throughout. |
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We just look like the lawn is like thinning hair. Some parts are really scarce. Massey said we just need to water it more but i am wondering why it isn't uniformly thin. Now I am wondering if it is fungus.
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![]() Thanks for the information. Fungus I'm not so much worried about but if its chinch bugs I think they can completely destroy your yard. How can you tell the difference?? |
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This is great information. Thanks for the help. Also, I'm glad that you are keeping an eye out, especially for those of your customers who are out of town for the summer. Like us!
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A way to test for cinch bugs is to bury a can level with the ground next to the area of concern. Then fill it with water to 3/4 of the can. If you have cinch bugs activity you will see them floating in the can of water.
I suspect residents living in Sumter County and watering once a week as suggested by the water utility are depriving their lawns. |
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Looks like two different lawn treatment companies disagreeing about the proper treatment for the yard! Well, doctors often disagree----so do auto technicians and we could go on and on. I really appreciate all the thoughts and ideas. A second opinion will certainly be in order if improvement of my yard by my lawn treatment company is not soon. Thanks.
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Massey was buy today for regular fertilization scheduled - asked the tech what they thought was going on with all this brown and dead stuff in the lawns. He said definitely a water issue. So what really is the answer? Surely someone can give a definitive. Master Gardeners "where are you" on this?
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I have lived in TV for almost 5 years with Zoysia grass and have had no problems with it nor has any of the houses around me.
I don't recomment St Augustine grass because it's has thicker blades and doesn't look as good and is not as drought tolerant. I had it in South Florida for 11 years. Last edited by Donvito; 08-05-2012 at 02:37 PM. |
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