I never winterize my grass - a how to video might be good. I've never had the purple seeds like that but one time I let it grow and it shot out the seedlings branches like Bermuda grass does.
I will make a winterization video in the fall of this year, when it is time to do it. It really helps your grass do well throughout the cold so that it can get a good start in the spring and does not have to recover from any damage.
I'm still amazed at how you buried out that Bermuda in the front and sodded. That's a lot of work. Just curious, do you have an irrigation system or are you using hose and sprinkler?
It was a lot of work and I am doing the same thing in the back yard now.. I actually enjoy it though, I need to keep myself busy or I go crazy.. I have a sprinkler system but sadly it does not cover all of the backyard. I am actually currently digging up parts of my backyard, tracing out all of the sprinkler plumbing to see if there is one capped off somewhere... you should see my backyard, there are trenches, holes, and dug up grass everywhere... I think the kids like it though, haha!
I noticed purple blades on my St. Aug in the front yard as well. I figured it was from the cold stress a few weeks ago. What stinks is that I totally forgot that I should still be watering my lawn every 10 days. This year I had so many fungal issues that I was afraid to water with the colder weather. Now that I think about it, it's the heat plus sitting water on the blades that cause the fungus, not the cold. Since my St. Aug in the front is in the shade like most of us in Houston with two oak trees, I was afraid to water. Poor grass, I guess I'll be watering tomorrow morning.
Yeah, the large trees we deal with is the biggest issue for sure....either you overwater because you are worried the trees will take all the water (and then you get a fungus) or you underwater b/c you are worried with the shade the grass won't need as much water.. it honestly is very difficult (and then you have the issue w/ trees taking all the nutrients from the ground). In regard to watering, you really want to look closely at your grass and as soon as the grass blades start to curl, you need to water (and only water in the morning). We definitely have it harder than the Florida folks who have nice big open front yards. Just curious, do you have St Augustine grass in your side yard and back yard? My side yard grass is always perfect and has no issues and I am just now putting sod down in my back yard but what I already had also never seems to have issues.....its just those trees!
@@thesecretgarden6948 The side lawn leading to my backyard has some St. Augustine, but most of it died when I neglected it all these years (I only became a Lawn Care Nut when CoVid kept me home last Spring). I have a small patch there, but most of it is bare dirt. I may sod in that alley or plug some Palmetto, it is very shaded. The backyard is Centipede right now with Common Bermuda scattered throughout. Years of neglect killed most of the St. Augustine back there, but there is still some good healthy grass on the opposite side backyard in the shade where the AC resides. I'm keeping that going, but I am tired of trying to keep two these side by side. I seeded last year because I couldn't afford to get the backyard sodded, but that was a mistake. I had to remove all the dead St. Augustine grass last Spring with a thatch rake. Wow, that almost gave me a heart attack. Then I seeded with Scott's Bermuda. Bad idea! When it came up my entire household had sinus headaches galore so I killed it and then seeded with Centipede. The seed came up along side weeds so it's been a battle ever since. I want one grass for my entire house. Centipede likes to be mowed low and St. Augustine likes it high. I prefer St. Augustine so I will bite the bullet and pay for the sod. And I will treat it with love and care. I just wish my St. Aug in the front would get real thick, but with those trees there it won't ever look like those luscious full sun Florida lawns. I like the look of Floratam with their big fat blades, but I'll go with Raleigh since that's what is the most common around here.
@@kmm4372 Sorry, for some reason I wasnt notified of this comment and I just saw it... I definitely know how you feel on the grass.. Sod can be expensive but you don't have to do it all at once. You can do parts of your yard and let the St Augustine grass slowly start to invade and spread the other other parts of your lawn. You can also take the runners and plant them to get other areas started as well. I still have sections of Bermuda b/c I am not sodding all at the same time, of course it would look nicer doing it all at once, but that gets expensive and time consuming.. You will be happy once you get the St Augustine in the back and side yard, it gets really nice and thick (unlike the front).
I just started keeping up with my grass, I have st. Augustine grass but starting to see some weeds, any suggestions on how to get rid of them without burning the grass? Any safe weed killers?
Joe M, use Image. It's made for our type of grass. It's available at Lowe's and Home Depot. Make sure you get the one with the purple cover, that's the one made for our grass. It does a good job. I buy the one from concentrate and use pump sprayer to attack those weeds.
Perfect advice, that is a good weed killer! The last thing you want to do is get the wrong one and kill your lawn. I agree with Ken, you should buy that one. I would always suggest to initially use a smaller amount of weed killer first to see how your lawn reacts though, and then increase if needed. You can still sometimes have issues if your lawn is under any type of stress.
