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EARLY fungus in my St. Augustine
Posted on 4/8/24 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 4/8/24 at 4:57 pm
I'm beginning to side with ronk. It doesn't seem like these fungi were an issue 20-30 years ago though. I treated with propicanizole last week, and will follow up with azoxystrobin next week.
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Posted on 4/8/24 at 7:04 pm to dragginass
I’m about sick of the shite too
Posted on 4/8/24 at 7:41 pm to dragginass
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I'm beginning to side with ronk.
What’s his take on this? I don’t know what you are referring to.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 8:00 pm to MikeBRLA
Ronk’s opinion, which I agree with, is that Bermuda is the alpha lawn because the other southern lawn types are much more susceptible to heat, drought, fungus and disease.
I would say pests, but Bermuda is more susceptible to army worms which prefer the highly fertilized and finer blades of Bermuda. Trust me, I know
I would say pests, but Bermuda is more susceptible to army worms which prefer the highly fertilized and finer blades of Bermuda. Trust me, I know
Posted on 4/8/24 at 9:12 pm to Tifway419
He’s said lately that St Aug isn’t holding up worth a shite in his DFW area and he’s getting blamed for it. But in reality they’ve had record droughts, heat, and cold in the last three years alone.
States that DFW is the northern limit for St Aug, which I did not know.
States that DFW is the northern limit for St Aug, which I did not know.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 9:45 pm to dragginass
Probably due to climate change lol.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:03 pm to bayoubengals88
Other issue with SA is torpedo grass.
Completely untreatable in SA.
Bermuda you have some options and cutting lower and more frequently its not as big of a problem.
Completely untreatable in SA.
Bermuda you have some options and cutting lower and more frequently its not as big of a problem.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 6:22 am to tide06
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Bermuda you have some options
What are the options for treating?
Posted on 4/9/24 at 6:22 am to Tifway419
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I would say pests, but Bermuda is more susceptible to army worms which prefer the highly fertilized and finer blades of Bermuda.
What did you use to treat? I want to make sure I have some product on hand, just in case.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 7:38 am to MikeBRLA
St Aug is struggling. It is not holding up like it used. The current way the weather is set up is causing major issues. In my area this really kicked off in 2021. 6 inches of snow and 129 hour below freezing. A lot of St Aug died, what didn't die suffered from take all patch fungus........then died. Zoysia, which was a little less used is now starting to take off. Certain varieties are shade tolerant and stand up to disease and cold better.
And yes, I do believe that bermuda is the dominant grass. If you were to round up your entire yard and return it to dirt, bermuda would very soon pop up.
And yes, I do believe that bermuda is the dominant grass. If you were to round up your entire yard and return it to dirt, bermuda would very soon pop up.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 7:42 am to Ziggy
For torpedo grass in bermuda you can use repeated applications of quinclorac or that product that you can use on golf courses.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 8:14 am to ronk
in you opinion, what's the best zoysia for shade tolerance and disease resistance in baton rouge?
Posted on 4/9/24 at 8:33 am to jlsufan
Palisades zoysia is probably available in Baton Rouge.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 8:48 am to ronk
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Palisades zoysia is probably available in Baton Rouge.
It is available through Woerner Turf on Airline by Women's Hospital. Love it in my backyard. Kinda want my front yard to totally die so I can justify the expense of replacing it with more zoysia.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 9:24 am to Ziggy
quote:You want to treat when they are young and have just hatched which can be multiple times per growing season.
What did you use to treat? I want to make sure I have some product on hand, just in case.
I plan on treating in a few weeks and I use Triazicide Insect Killer, which obviously didn’t work last year
It is very cheap and my lawn bounced back pretty quickly after the worms ate about 25% of my lawn in 2-3 days. Posted on 4/9/24 at 9:55 am to dragginass
I’m going on year 3 with my St Aug and beginning to loathe it. I welcome the Bermuda trying to take it over.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:07 am to ronk
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For torpedo grass in bermuda you can use repeated applications of quinclorac or that product that you can use on golf courses.
Thank you sir.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:05 am to ronk
I'm coming around to ronk's mindset lately on bermuda.
I had a pretty bad case of large patch a few years ago when we had a really wet Fall season, and that shite is totally uncontrollable now every Fall, even with alternating Azoxystrobin and propiconazole each year (monthly applications). So when spring rolls around, the grass takes forever to green up and fill in the diseased areas. I'm this close to converting over to the dark side, likely will be renting a sod cutter to rip out all my St. Aug and replacing with bermuda soon.
I had a pretty bad case of large patch a few years ago when we had a really wet Fall season, and that shite is totally uncontrollable now every Fall, even with alternating Azoxystrobin and propiconazole each year (monthly applications). So when spring rolls around, the grass takes forever to green up and fill in the diseased areas. I'm this close to converting over to the dark side, likely will be renting a sod cutter to rip out all my St. Aug and replacing with bermuda soon.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:28 am to Sir Saint
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I'm coming around to ronk's mindset lately on bermuda.
I had a pretty bad case of large patch a few years ago when we had a really wet Fall season, and that shite is totally uncontrollable now every Fall, even with alternating Azoxystrobin and propiconazole each year (monthly applications). So when spring rolls around, the grass takes forever to green up and fill in the diseased areas. I'm this close to converting over to the dark side, likely will be renting a sod cutter to rip out all my St. Aug and replacing with Bermuda soon.
Go for it! You won't regret it.
I did the same with roughly 8000 SF of centipede about a year ago with Tifway 419.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 11:43 am to Ziggy
quote:How's it looking?
I did the same with roughly 8000 SF of centipede about a year ago with Tifway 419.
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