Q: Why is my St. Augustine dying out? I fertilized it three weeks ago with a high-quality fertilizer with slow-release nitrogen, but it hasn’t corrected the problem. I already lost a lot of grass ...

DEAR NEIL: A huge percentage of our St. Augustine did not come back after this past winter. Zoysia that we have growing nearby has been fine. Here in mid-summer the spots are still dead. We don’t ...

When spring and summer rains combine with heat and humidity, we can expect the resurgence of warm-season turf diseases. One disease that is always present but really makes itself known in our ...

Take-all root rot is a warm-season turf disease affecting zoysia, Bermuda, and St. Augustine grasses. Symptoms include yellowing, thinning turf, and black, rotten roots. Proper irrigation, ...

Q: Does this look like Take All Root Rot? I’ve already treated for insects two weeks ago. The grass pulls loose easily. A: I’ve dealt with TARR in my own St. Augustine for 30 years. I’ve seen it in ...

Dear Neil: We have property in the Brownsville area, and we have had significant dying-out of the St. Augustine in our yard. I've checked for grub worms, and I have applied a fertilizer and fungicide, ...

Dear Neil: Coming out of this past cold winter, I had dead spots in my St. Augustine that were 10 feet long and 3 feet wide. I thought they would cover back this season, but so far, they're dried and ...