Or like chinch bugs go with St. Augustine! To battle gray leaf spot, you are best off employing many cultural practices and using limited control products if necessary.

Gray leaf spot is a fungus disease that affects St. Augustine grass, perennial ryegrass and tall fescue in Georgia. We do not have fescue in South Georgia since it is a cool season grass.

Also, some lawn weed killers, such as atrazine, will increase the susceptibility of the grass to gray leaf spot. The best way to manage this disease is to select fertilizers that are low in ...

Areas of St. Augustine have suddenly turned brown and died. You’ll note a line of browning grass parallel to the driveway.

Wasp, biting flies, flies, fire ants, fruit flies and mosquitoes – ‘tis the season. It is scary the amount of fire ant mounds you see when you get into an ...

Q: My St. Augustine looked great one month ago: green and filling in really nicely. Three weeks ago it started developing spots that looked like the grass was dying. It has progressed rapidly, as ...

My St. Augustine is in its second year, and it has begun developing black leaf spots that turn tan in the middles. I fertilize it with a high-nitrogen (24-5-5) fertilizer. I've attached a photo.

However, that does not necessarily involve applying more nitrogen now. That would put the St. Augustine at risk for gray leaf spot this summer. Its next feeding should not come until early September.

Dear Reader: That’s the fungus gray leaf spot. It most commonly follows application of nitrogen during the hot summer weather. It is a disease that can be controlled by application of either ...

Many of Thomas County’s plantations are outlined with beautiful landscape architecture. Aesthetically pleasing ornamental trees and grasses give character to each entrance. Yesterday, I was ...