Your St. Augustine lawn is made up of millions of stolons or runners that criss-cross the surface of your lawn. The stolons have the grass leaf blade on top; and on the bottom side, roots go into the ...

I’m getting take all root rot questions already, and I know there will be more. I’m seeing it in lawns as I travel, and I know I’ll see more. This is a disease that doesn’t hide itself well. It ...

It thrills! It chills! It's a fungus that attacks your lawn! Coming soon to a yard near you: root rot. Actually, it's probably already there, and if that's the case, it's too late to treat it with ...

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 ...

Take-all root rot disease on St. Augustine grass starts with neon yellow foliage. Take-all root rot is a fungal disease that causes bright yellow, weak, brown, and dead patches in turfgrass. This ...

Q: We had a beautiful St. Augustine lawn last fall, but now the grass is either yellowed or dead. We had our lawn care people apply a fungicide, and we have used peat moss in the past. What can we do?

It is the time of year to discuss two of the most common landscape questions that local homeowners ask about — how to control khakiweed and how to manage take-all root rot in St. Augustine lawns.

Dear Neil: We had a beautiful St. Augustine lawn last fall, but now the grass is either yellowed or dead. We had our lawn care people apply a fungicide, and we have used peat moss in the past. What ...

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 ...