Get It Growing: Stop sticker weed during fall weather
Nothing spoils a nice barefooted walk through the lawn more than sticker weed (Soliva pterosperma and Soliva sessilis).
Nothing spoils a nice barefooted walk through the lawn more than sticker weed (Soliva pterosperma and Soliva sessilis).
A day spent working in the yard is an ideal way to pass the time on spring and summer afternoons.
Large patch, formerly called brown patch, is on the rise in Louisiana lawns. It is the most common disease seen in Louisiana. LSU AgCenter plant doctor Raj Singh said the disease can occur on all warm-season turfgrasses. It is particularly prevalent on St. Augustine grass. “Symptoms appear as yellow, circular or irregular shaped patches of disease that can become quite extensive,” he said.
BATON ROUGE — Large patch, formerly called brown patch, is the most common disease of lawns in Louisiana. And it’s on the rise.
In many regions, sufficient rain falls throughout the growing season that you can pretty much forget about watering except to get newly planted transplants established.
Fertilizing lawns in most of Louisiana is best done in early to mid-April. At that time our warm-season lawn grasses, such as centipede, St.
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