Mowing your lawn each week during summer might seem as easy as pushing your mower without much thought. But when it comes to ...

In general, taller turf stands tend to be healthier and more resilient to weeds, drought ... Warm-season grasses include zoysia, St. Augustine, centipedegrass, Bermudagrass, and buffalograss, as well ...

We used Spectracide Weed Stop For Lawns on our St. Augustine grass and found it to be effective in controlling a wide range of tough weeds, including dollarweed, sandspur, and Florida betony.

William Afton, St. Tammany Parish extension agent, helps Naiya Petty, 6, cuts beans at Marigny Elementary School in Mandeville on Nov. 13. Students harvested and ate veggies with Master Gardeners.

We couldn’t use it in St. Augustine lawns because it also killed the St. Augustine, but it was great at eliminating dallisgrass, crabgrass, grassburs, and even unwanted St. Augustine in bermuda ...

Oh, and yes, St. Augustine is the most dominant of our lawn grass. Given good care it will crowd out all others. Q: I bought two pomegranates and have been growing them for several years.

The weed competes with turfgrass for nutrients and moisture. It is especially problematic in Bermuda and St. Augustine grass, where it survives mowing, quickly regrowing.

Q: This weed/vine/grass is overtaking the bare spots in my St. Augustine lawn where chinch bugs killed the St. Augustine last summer. Glyphosate works well where it has taken over fully, but I’m ...

For example, if St. Augustine grass is kept at 4 inches, it should be mowed before it reaches a height above 6 inches. Schiavon recommends mowing when it reaches 5.2 inches.