Tag: Watering

Properly Water to Establish a Lawn

by llw5479
April 7, 2016

When watering to establish a lawn or when renovating (redoing, patching, reestablishing, starting over, etc.) a lawn, we normally call for 2-3 “mists” throughout the day for the first 7-10 days until roots get established. These are just ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Best Management Practices, General Gardening, Installation, Irrigation, Irrigation System, Landscape, Landscaping, Lawn, Lawns, Panhandle Gardening, Rain Shut Off Device, Turf, Watering

4Rs of Fertilizer Application

by Sheila Dunning
June 17, 2014

The old cliché is “April showers bring May flowers”, but April deluges create weak plants and yellow grass. You were following the UF/IFAS recommendations and waited until April 15th to fertilize. You followed the Urban Turf Rule and applied ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Fertilization, Fertilizer, GI-BMP, Lawn, Nutrition, Panhandle Gardening, Rain, Soil, Soil Management, Soil Test, Turf, Watering

Take-All Root Rot

by Sheila Dunning
May 13, 2014

Last summer’s heavy rain and the stress of January’s icy weather have contributed to widespread outbreaks of Take-All Root Rot, a soil-inhabiting fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var. graminis that causes yellow grass patches ranging in diameter ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Disease, Dying Lawn Grass, Panhandle Gardening, Rain, Turf, Watering

Rains Promote Fungus In St. Augustinegrass

by llw5479
July 22, 2013

Gray Leaf Spot is a common fungal disease of St. Augustinegrass. Recent wet conditions have promoted this disease. This includes high humidity, heavy dews and particularly frequent afternoon and evening rains. The individual spots or lesions ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Disease, Fungal Disease, Lawn, Panhandle Gardening, Professional Horticulture, Rain, Summer 2013, Turf, Watering

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