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When is the best time to irrigate your lawn.
Sodded lawns should be irrigated during the early morning hours that coincide with the dew falling (usually from 4:30 a.m. until 8 a.m. with these times being adjusted with daylight savings time.) This helps to minimize evaporation, promote conservation and reduce the...
Should you need to kill off your existing grass before installing your new sod?
S & K recommends exterminating all existing grass and weeds with a glyphosate herbicide. All remnants of prior grasses and weeds should be removed before new sod is placed. Seeds, spores and existing root systems in the soil will compete for the nutrients and...
Why get Captiva St. Augustine Sod Grass
Captiva St. Augustine Sod Grass A reduced input St. Augustine, Captiva’s pest resistance minimizes the need for chemical inputs and their low growth habit reduces mowing frequency. Resistant to all chinch bug varieties found in the State of Florida Lush, dark green...
Why get Argentine Bahia Grass.
Argentine Bahia Bahia is a popular low-maintenance lawn grass for infertile soils. The primary uses for Bahia are residential and commercial lawns and erosion control. Bahia Characteristics: Dark green color Coarse texture blades with seed heads (May to November)...
Why get St. Augustine Floratam grass.
Like other Florida turf types, Floratam is a vigorous, coarse textured St. Augustine grass variety. Stolons of Floratam are large, purplish-red in color with internodes averaging 3 inches in length. Leaf blades are wider and longer than common St. Augustine grass....
Why get Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass
Tifway 419 Bermuda grass Characteristics: Dark green color Medium texture and high shoot density Excellent wear tolerance Drought and salt tolerance Establishes quickly Rapid growth – competitive against weeds Poor shade tolerance- full sun Requires frequent mowing to...
Why get Celebration Bermuda grass.
Celebration Bermuda grass is the result of over 10 years of development by Australia’s most accomplished turfgrass breeder and green keeper, Rod Riley. Since 1960, Mr. Riley’s turf grasses have set new standards for Bermuda grass in Australia, Asia and the U.S. Now,...
Why get JaMur Zoysia grass.
If there were ever a single turf grass cultivar that every homeowner and landscape professional should be considering, JaMur Zoysia grass is the one. In fact, JaMur is considered by many to be the most versatile of all of the warm-season turf grass varieties. This...
Maintain your turf nutrition by using your fertilizers prudently.
Fertilizers help in maintaining the nutritional balance of your lawn. You’ll want to use them sparingly and within state and local fertilizer ordinance guidelines, as too much of a good thing can turn sour. In addition to keeping your lawn well fed, fertilizers may...