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Repairing St augstine (again)
Hey Folks,
I know this has been asked before and I've read all the posts. Its left me rather confused, so I want to see if I can clear this up. Briefly, I had a st augustine yard which I did not take care of (too lazy to drag hose around) and now its in bad shape. The areas in sun are now mostly bermuda, those in shade are st augustine. There are also some other weed grasses growing at places (I am told its foxgrass) and bare spots that just have dead grass (no, its not dormant..its just dirt under underneath and no root) and some rye grass growing in between. NOW, I just had a sprinkler system installed . I am hoping to recover the yard and looking for options from people who've done this before. So whats the best way of getting the yard back in shape? This is what I've heard from numerous sources: 1. "Keep watering deep every five days and st. augustine will take over." Will this really happen? If yes, how long will it take? I dont care much if its mixed augstine and bermuda as long as its green. 2. "Till the grass in (no need to kill it all). Rake. Sod": This will probably work, but its expensive. 3. "Till the grass in, rake it. Sod with a 1 foot spacing between sod squares". How long will this take to cover the whole yard? 4. "Get some runners from other places in the yard and plant those in the dead areas". Again, how long will the grass take to establish and how do you really plant runners? Under the ground, over the ground..prepartion? 5. "Just put a layer of dirt on top and keep watering. augustine will send runners and grow by itself with adequate watering". Then I've also read a host of different things like use round up to kill first before doing other stuff, to get soil tests, to put new dirt etc etc. Obviously, I am looking for an option thats balanced between expense, effort, and time to establishment. Any folks out there who've done this or have experience, please write back. thanks! |
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