Fertilizers can help you grow a greener lawn and a more productive garden, and the fertilizer industry produces a wide range of products for you to choose from. As you compare fertilizer products, you’re likely to see potash listed as a key ingredient in many of your options. The reason […]
Lawn Care
A warm-season grass popular in sub-tropical climates like the Southern United States, St. Augustine grass is a spreading, low-growing grass with a vibrant green hue and broad, coarse leaf blades. St. Augustine grass forms dense mats and is well known for its terrific salt tolerance. Many property owners favor this […]
While onions make great additions to kitchen gardens, they look highly out of place growing in your lawn. Wild onion, a winter perennial plant, can pop up in lawns or flower beds just like other weeds. Wild onion, also known as wild onion grass, definitely has a grass-like appearance, but […]
With its foxy tail-like bloom, foxtail is a weed most people have encountered somewhere in the U.S. However, if it flashes its tail on your lawn, you’ll want to get rid of it quickly before it spreads. Foxtail grass or foxtail weed, as it’s commonly called, however, can be difficult […]
Sometimes referred to as cottony blight, pythium root rot, or grease spot, pythium blight is a fungal lawn disease that affects various types of turf grass all over the country, but especially warm-season grasses in the southern U.S. Wet, humid weather can cause pythium diseases. Grass blades affected by Pythium […]
Broadleaf weeds, perennial weeds, perennial broadleaf weeds, annual weeds–the truth is, there are lots of lawn weeds that can affect the health and well-being of your lawn. Here, we’ve gathered information about identifying the most common lawn weeds along with the best weed control measures so you can get rid […]
If you search online, you will literally find a myriad of answers to the question, “when to fertilize lawn.” Some say fertilize heavily in the spring, and some say in the fall. Moreover, you’ll find conflicting answers about when to fertilize lawns from reputable experts. So, what is it? What’s […]
If you’re concerned about crabgrass control and begin scouring the internet for reliable treatment options, you’ll likely come across two effective choices: prodiamine and dithiopyr. These are generic names–not brands–but various products will list one or the other as an active ingredient for crabgrass and broadleaf weed control for turf […]
Your lawn soil is basically made up of clay, silt, sand, and organic matter. However, that’s putting it a bit simply. Within these ‘ingredients’ are some basic nutrients that are also part of your soil–or should be. It’s not uncommon for soil to lack nutrients, which will then, in turn, […]
Both Propiconazole and Azoxystrobin are effective fungicides for treating a wide range of fungal diseases, but which one is best for your lawn problem? In most cases, the answer is probably both! Each of these fungicides can treat many of the same lawn diseases as well as a few different […]
Preventing lawn diseases doesn’t have to be a matter of chance. Many fungal diseases that affect turf grasses can be prevented as well as effectively controlled with the use of fungicides such as azoxystrobin. Azoxystrobin is a popular lawn fungicide used to prevent and control disease in lawns, gardens, various […]
Brown patch, leaf spot, dollar spot, summer patch, pink and gray snowmolds, powdery mildew–these fungus infections can undermine the health and beauty of your lawn quickly if not controlled effectively. If you notice that areas of your lawn have become infected by fungi, it’s important to determine what type of […]