"austinartistdotnet" wrote in message
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Well, I agree with the deep water/less often regimen. It's my stubborn
partner who thinks the soil is too shallow for it to work, so he
decided 15 minutes of water a day would be swell. And, by the way, he
fancies himself an expert at most things. I'll fiddle with the
sprinkler system while he's at work. That should fix it. *grin* Better
to apologize (or be thanked) later than to ask permission now, right?


Have you tried just watering it to see if it comes back. I was on a
week-long vacation a few years ago and came back to find that my St.
Augustine lawn had lard brown dead-looking swaths in it. I turned on the
sprinklers and it came right back. I do deep-water, so the roots were still
alive.

You may be surprised to find some of the roots still alive. Try watering
again. You may need to do nothing else.

Mike