HAHA! Great job and way to close it out ma man. I cant wait to show you before and after pics of the lawn this spring. Christmas is over so now I just want warm and sunny.
Good advice as always!! Sometimes I catch myself using the wrong words, and this hits the nail on the head for large patch! Lower, slower release N, fungicide and adjusting watering habits are all helpful in the battle.
Good video. Very good. I just fired truegreen last Thursday. I get brown patch every year. I thought it may be because of so much fert. I didn't fire em for that, i fired em cause after watching ur videos and a few more I can do this shit. but I thought that over fert caused it maybe. Glad to see it doesn't.
Hey mate, new to your channel. Loved the video. I am a professional Greenkeeper from Australia. Have a trade in Greenkeeping and a Masters Degree in Turf Management. Been in the game over 25 years. In all my time i have struggled to come across people who explain things as well as you do. Well done mate, you explain some very complicated and technical things really well. Looking forward to watching some more of your stuff.
I was one of those believers after reading university websites. I get dollar spot annually and decided to only apply fert in March and still got the disease. I raked out the dead and used 8-1-8 (although summer blend may be a better choice) and it helped restore the lawn after a good rain. So I guess it's feed a cold/starve a fever.
Hi Allyn, I bought Soluble Muriate of Potash 0-0-62 a while ago and have no instructions on how to dilute it. I have tried to dilute it in water and it does not dissolve easily. I have also tried to mix it with a drill and it is the same. It will be possible with a spreader without diluting it with water, or I will have to leave it in water for 24 hours to dissolve completely. any suggestions? Please let me know I will appreciate your advice.
Loved the video and explanation about "flush of growth." I used the Summer Stress blend this past summer and the response in my cool season lawn was very noticeable. I will probably work it into my program again in 2021. Always enjoy your videos because they're entertaining, informative and love that you suggest product alternatives. With that said, Yard Mastery has been a great resource and delivery time is impressive. Lastly, keep the videos coming in the winter as I'm staring at gray skies and winter here in the north east. Your green lawn and blue sky is intoxicating. I have more time to keep up with RU-vid this time of year and would rather watch these videos than nonsense on TV. Get out there and get it done. 😉
So happy to see you giving that spreader a shot. I went through a Scott's DLX and their Elite spreader. Both were complete junk! Once I found the echo in a price range similar to the Scott's Elite, I immediately noticed a difference in build quality and spread consistency.
GREAT instructional video ! Allyn aka "The Lawn Mythbuster" BTW, Happy New Year and keep the videos coming please. Sorry for you Northern fellas coz down here in Central Mexico we are still mowing, not as much because it's cold but we still do !
Part 3: I’m waiting because I was always told that you don’t fertilize your lawn in winter. My recent soil test results were reading NO NITRO detected in my soil for zoysia (Alabama); I was like how could this be!!! when I fertilized in October heavy. I was wanting to fertilize with a slow release to prepare for spring time for the roots to have. 🤔
Another great video by Allyne LCN. So I had brown patch in my St Aug, and I used Propiconazol to treat the lawn about 2 weeks ago, the lawn is recovering nicely, but should I do another application of Propiconazol, in case any of the disease is present ? Thanks again Allyne. Thanks lawn community.
The key to St Augustine is Ph. It likes 6.5 - 7.0. I lived in South Georgia for 35 years and had a beautiful St. Augustine yard, but the soil Ph was not a real problem because we had a limestone base. Here in mid state SC we have a granite base, so we naturally have a low Ph. -4.0-4.5 is not outside the rhealm of possibility. It took me several years to gradually raise the PH of my soil to a point it would support any kind of grass. I generally put out four to eight bags of peletized lime every year on my yard. When we moved here all I could grow was sticks - what plants turned into after a few months in my yard. Now, I have azaleas, gardenias, dogwoods, apple and peach trees growing and producing. I ferterlizer my yard last in September with a mixture of Scott’s Pro Turf and regular old 10-10-10 in maintenance doses. I also rolled it pretty good with lime. I may roll it again with lime after the first of the year and roll it with some 10-10-10 at the same time. The biggest problem I have ever had with St. Augustine is an occasional Fairy ring due to over watering. St. Augustine loves water and ferterlizer.
I fell behind and dang i love binge watching your channel. Oh and i laughed my ass off at the “love you long time” comment. I showed my wife and she just looked at me in judgement lol
Great video. Just keep in mind he said "south florida", lol. I see these things as catalysts. The fungus is already there. The right conditions will exacerbate the issue. Also that Clearys is awesome stuff. Been using it off and on all year for TARR and brown patch. It does leave some white residue on the leaves so a good dilution rate helps. However I tend to put it down with a blue dye. By the time the dye washes off the grass is healed. Also it's quite potent of a smell. All I could smell was Clearys for quite some time afterwards.
Enjoyed the series from the frozen tundra of New England. :) Can't wait to see the review on the Echo. Actually have been researching it. Happy New Year!
When you are treating a small area of large patch like that do you do a curative rate on your whole lawn? Curative on just that section 3 and then preventative rate on the rest of the lawn? Or just a curative rate on that corner of section 3 and then preventative on the rest of section 3 and the rest of the lawn or even just the adjacent section 2? Love this series 🤙🏼
It’s like the show Myth Busters but only better! Any plans to use or discuss Armada fungicide in upcoming videos? Also, any thoughts or advice on whether to use a natural adjuvant with fungicides?
I'm in zone 7. NE corner of MS bordered by TN & AL. I need one on one help with my St. Augustine Grass. I'm clueless. I'm trying to understand but doubt myself. Need a patient soul to guide an direct. So much to learn & not sinking in. Help!
Thanks for the info..Just got into lawn care this year and your videos have helped tremendously...speaking of fertilizer, is there a upper limit range for the amount of nitrogen you can throwdown per year? looking to really grow my st augustine next year here in cali
Another great video! I'm in South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) with St. Aug/Bermuda mix. I'm dealing with broadleaf weeds and want to feed the lawn and kill the bradleaf weeds now and prevent the seeds from germinating in Spring. My last feed was November 6th with Scotts Turf builder. I'm open to any brands, what would you recommend? Roughly 6000 sqft @TheLawnCareNut
So, now we know fertilization dose not cause disease. What kills the disease? Pesticides? What kind? And why is it bad to have two types of grass in same lawn like Bermuda and St. Augustin?
hey allyn im not an expert at warm season grass but from my observation, it seems st aug holds its color better then bermuda in the winter? is that true?
I'm in Florida near the ocean near Jacksonville. I'm torn about the best grass for my lifestyle. Senior and on a limited budget. I do not have a lawn care service. What type grass do you think would work best for me? I'm looking at zoysia for less mowing ... I'm also semi-disabled and I currently am relying on a friend to mow my front yard. Now wanting to plant my backyard. Seed sod? Suggestions?? Thank you!!
I bought into the Echo spreader hype and wasn't impressed with mine at all. The throw of the product was a couple feet to either side. Maybe I had a bad one, I don't know, but I returned it and went back to my Earthway spreader and have been happy ever since.
I live in Phoenix and have centipede running rampant in planters and other areas i just dont want it. What would you suggest for the best thing to kill it back and keep it from emerging in these areas?
My Earthway spreader seems to be far more sturdier than that Echo, especially since it has rubber tires as opposed to plastic. A side by side review would be great. Change my mind!
I accidently mixed Roundup for Lawns at half concentration. I have heavy weed salad. Of course the concentration barely touched the weeds. How long before I can reapply the Roundup for Weeds solution?
Ok, my soil temps have been in the 40s for some time now and 5-10 year average in the low 50s here in Sumter SC. Every time I see these videos I worry about not doing anything right now. My last app was in November with some Sunnyland St Augustine weed and feed. My grass is pretty dormant looking to me and hard to tell weather I have disease or it’s just brown from dormancy. Am I missing something here or should I be throwing down?
Can you talk about ryegrass on st Agus? I can’t keep my lawn all the way green on December because I got a lot of wild Bermuda and I can’t get rid off it. My st Agu is green but no the Bermuda.
Allyn, In Tallahassee. I put some Prodiamine down in November. Did I also see somewhere to apply that Sunniland weed n feed now in January, or was it do another round of the Prodiamine?
Quick question folks, with all the Humic Acid and fungicide that I had applied every month to date, (in Central Texas, Copperas Cove), when should I stop 🛑 these applications before I can take soil samples? Temperatures in these areas averaging 68 to 75 degrees. Any help is appreciated.
If you are mowing often and following the 1/3 rule you should have no issues with thatch. It's when you let the mowing get away from you that you can have some challenges.
I threw down Scott’s Disease X back in November, I had a large area of nutsedge in my St Aug, temps dropped pretty low and now the area with all of the nutsedge appears to be burnt basically orange yellowish in color with the roots of the nutsedge still green. Is this normal after applying the Disease X because of the drop in temperature? I’m praying it all goes away after a few cuts. 🤷🏻♂️
Do these tips apply to Mississippi climate? I know they are similar weather wise, but it tends to get colder here than Florida in the winter months. Is there an online Q&A i can sub to?
you probably are not fertilizing right now because your lawn is dormant, but once your lawn starts growing agin in the later winter, then these tips do apply for sure.
You should install some high power LEDs underground, so that when you turn them on, your lawn lights up at night, and looks like glowing nuclear waste in the night
it has 20% potassium. It has no phos though. many ferts have no phos due to it being pretty well available in native soil in many parts of the country and also, phos isn't really known as a stress reducing element. Potassium is.
every single turf grass fungal pathogen is present in every lawn at the soil level. That is just where it lives. A good lawn is just a matter of giving the grass good conditions without giving fungus good conditions.
The whole goal and purpose of university extensions is get people to stop putting things on on their lawns and landscapes, not to make lawns and landscapes better. I have always seen worse fungus during seasons when I used organic fertilizers like biosolids than when I used AMS. I'm done with slow release and organics,
@@Thelawncarenut Are you an alum? If so, that's another thing we have in common. Living in NW Indiana and Chicago's SW burbs and now retired to FLA. Cubs or Sox?
