Brown and Dead St Augustine Grass - Causes \\ St Augustine Tips

St Augustine grass tips - why does St Augustine grass sometimes have brown spots in it? It's a finicky grass for sure - and sometimes its growth habit contributes to it looking brown and struggling.

[@ChrisOliver4307]

I just bought a dethatcher and was ready to go when I saw this video. I packed it back up and sent it back to Amazon. Now I realize I've been in an abusive relationship with my lawn for years. Good thing it's rooted here so it can't move. 🌿🌿🌿🌿

[@LucasCobb]

Man I wish you would have made this video like 3 years ago. I've been pulling my hair out for years with St. Augustine thinking I had a permanent fungus issue because I always see this sluff in the grass. Good to know it's natural and something I can ignore.

[@ryanmichaelhaley]

Yup, a lawn company tried to sell me a bill of goods telling me I had a fungus and needed to switch companies to theirs.

[@ccvee7287]

Great video. I have purchased a new home in Tampa and the grass is a complete wreck. Understanding St augestine Is my 1st step to a new lawn

[@donmago]

Thank you, ssooooo very helpful and encouraging. This explanation is one of the best on St Augustine I have come across on KZbin. I use no "'cides', fungicides, insecticides or pesticides" on my Southwest Florida lawn. I use dishsoap (not antibacterial type) for chinch bugs, beneficial nematodes (Hb) for grubs, molasses and Milorganite-type natural fertilizers. I cut 6 in to 4 in in summer and 5 in to 3 inches in winter and water sparingly. Hand-pull weeds a little at a time and water sparingly. What this great video did is keep my morale up as I have been worrying about the "looking downward" view of dead grass leaves and worryinmg about thatch. I especially became a bit more alarmed when I found that the lighter weight battery electric lawn mower left the grass a bit higher than the heavier, gas-poered mower. You explanations tell me I am probably doing as well as expected.

[@tracytracy8404]

Thank you. I really needed to know this. I've been so upset. Now I understand whats going on.

[@user-po6nf2ne1u]

Great information. Thanks 👍

[@simonelopez6629]

Great information!

[@trevormartin698]

Thank you for the video. First time homeowner in St Pete FL. Brand new landscaping, starting to panic until I came across this. Cheers!

[@Thelawncarenut]

awesome! I live in Bradenton so not far. We are in a dry spell right now so for sure get your irrigation in line first thing.

[@phsx2890]

Mines about 1/4 dead/brown

[@PositiveROI]

Great content. Thanks

[@DIMPICCINI-vm6wk]

My St. Augustine lawn in Texas came out of winter with a lot of dead areas despite my lawn service fertilizing and watering properly. There are tons of brown stolons especially near fence lines. Do I just rake these up or t let them disintegrate naturally. I don't want to choke out new growth

[@rello7167]

i thatched mine and it didn’t kill it, it also didn’t rip out the spolons, it might depend on the dethatcher. It got a lot of that dead thatch off but left a healthy bit behind. I’m looking forward to it coming back here soon

[@juijitsu2000]

Great video ...thanks

[@staciewright6100]

Man great video info was straight to the point INSTAN SUBSCRIBE!

[@Noernandez]

Thank you so much!!!

[@dannymartinez8522]

I do see yellowing in the bottom of my st Augustine and you said it was normal but I also see a lot of dead grass and of course leafs. I never bagged so I think that's one of the reason I have so much. You had said dethaching is a no no. What can tool can I use with out damaging the strands?

[@stephanied1028]

My front yard has tons of brown grass and is slow growing. What can I do to green it up and make it grow faster.

[@gameboyinc4694]

I detache in the early spring always get a beautiful lawn soon after

[@ruthlessrebel9139]

What sub species of St Aug is your lawn? I recently moved to South Central Texas and being from S. Louisiana am more used to the thick, long, green leaves of St Aug. I know they have several different sub species and I am looking for the widest longest leaf variety. Much inspired by the Caribbean Beach Resort in WDW.

[@mb3775]

Is it practical to pull up a stolen and cut the nodes off to use as plugs in bare spots?

[@BradThePitts]

My 25 year old Saint Augustine grass had thatch so thick some areas turned brown and would not rejuvenate with runners. I was surprised that $130 Sun Joe electric dethatcher did a marvellous job pulling out yards and yards of dead thatch. My grass hasn't look better since I bought my home 25 years ago.

[@felipemaldonadogarcia3803]

where in the country are you at Brad?

[@dannymartinez8522]

So it wasn't old stolons your lawn needed dethatch?

[@kobyavery9408]

Ive found that certain parts of my yard have needed to be raked to get this dead material out. The yard was neglected for years before our ownership; multiple layers of sod, etc.

[@commentsedited]

Thank you good sir. Just what the doctor ordered!@ 👍

[@LaJoyB]

The grass that is growing over the concrete, can you cut and replant?

[@mdbarnum]

oooooo. I use Urea coated with Humic, is that why i see the brown grass breaking down faster than normal?

[@onecrazywheel]

Last night we actually used our plastic fat leaf rake and raked up over 3 trash cans of St Augustine dead grass. Most of it was from our grass dying out from what looks like a fungus issue. I just blanket sprayed Eagle 20EW Fungicide on the lawn and will start that program again. I also have Clearys 3336 in liquid form too. I will rotate those Group 3 and 11 every few months. Great video as always. I just threw down some Sunniland 7-0-20 with insecticide as well with a batch of RGS, Humic 12, Microgreene 0-0-2, and Air 8 along with the Eagle 20EW. I can't believe we are still spraying and laying down ferts and micros here in Central Florida! Warm temps indeed! Merry Christmas 2021!! Jeff - Sunny Central Florida

[@jvjdrn]

How is your lawn looking one year later?

[@onecrazywheel]

@@jvjdrn Looking terrific. It has been a great start to the spring season. All is good. No issues. I just spot sprayed the weeds again and now we are just about 100% weed free. The grass has really filled in nicely. All is good. I laid down a 7-0-20 50# bag of Sunniland fertilizer as well with the micronutrients. Thanks for asking!

[@dannymartinez8522]

So will it grow new grass or will the old yellow stay like that permanently?

[@romegee1984]

Does it grow in a straight line? Or spiral?

[@44326449]

My grass look like this are has some bare spots. I need help! I just ordered lawn Lux to help but need advice or point me into the right direction. I’m in Orlando Fl.

[@terrybrennan2534]

Is it better to bag or not bag St Augustine?

[@flch95]

Potentially silly question but with d-thatch containing molasses is there a greater chance for a bug problem?

[@ryanmichaelhaley]

I have a lawn service spray for bugs, but ants still get through sometimes. Even if they don't set up a colony, I would think that this would bring all the ants to the yard. (insert musical pun reference)

[@dukemd69]

You seem knowledgeable. But I read where the "surface runners" of ST Augustine grass were called rhizomes. Whereas, stolens were only found on Zoysia grass (and are underground). Just wondered.

[@damndangel6243]

Lawn car nut i need your help! Iayed sod in april-may st. Augustine. Sod looked great. after about 3 wks down it was perfect. Alot of rain in east texas and now the ground seems hard and dry. Grass is dying and watering doesnt seem to help! I tried aireator as well with malorgonite and some fertilizer but it is dying and very spread thin. Hardly any sprouts left and mostly dead sod. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

[@onecrazywheel]

Please look up his videos on Fungicides. You may have a fungus issue for sure. I had an issue here in Central Florida too. Take care.

[@maryjopickett9527]

My front yard is very spongy ( St Augustine grass) I can not use a riding mower of any type on my front because they sink and cut the yard way too short. There is sooooo much space between top of grass and dirt. The mowers are all set on highest setting. My push mower works fine but I am having health issues and can not mow my lawn. What do you suggest..

[@JumpOffHisNutts]

Get a self propelled lawn mower. You don’t have to push it. You basically walk with it and steer it.

[@adriangonzalez2290]

I assumed I needed to dethatch my st Augustine because I noticed after walking outside in socks that they would get wet like water was sitting on top, and it would feel mushy. I’m not sure if that’s normal. (In Houston)

[@jamesdonohoe6453]

Too much rain and mosture

[@extrovertathome]

Hi there! I purchased a home near Orlando. Last year my st Augustine grass looked great for what I remember most of the year. But now it’s June and there are lots of yellow and brown spots happening in my front yard - trying to rack my brain around this. Is it because they aren’t getting just water? I thought it would have been getting green by June like my neighbors

[@algee8415]

This grass does not handle drought or sun well.

[@eldjwr]

Will aerating hurt my St Augustine palmetto?

[@onecrazywheel]

Nope. It is good for all lawns.

[@Hunt904]

So how high would you cut st aug grass ? In height

[@obdiane]

At least 3 inches but as high as you can.

[@davidzamora2892]

How can I kill stickers in my Saint Augustine grass

[@fernandob2139]

Ok so i have that same grass . St Agustín I have a spot that just dried up on me. I'm in California south . The rest of the law is green just that spot that is dried up . What can I do to fix it ??

[@stevesurowiecki1052]

if it's circular and growing it's chinch bugs

[@edarmstrong9389]

I've seen St Augustine develop brown spots and within three months the whole yard was brown. Don't assume it will heal itself.

[@stevesurowiecki1052]

Sounds like Chinch Bug infestation

[@patriotsleepercell4060]

wow learned a lot.

[@LaJoyB]

I think I burnt my grass using Marathon fertilizer I used it twice trying to get the grass to turn green so I think I did some damage but I'm going to keep watering and cutting away some of the Dead area

[@dannymartinez8522]

What Is the percentage of nitrogen, potassium etc?

[@LaJoyB]

@@dannymartinez8522 I don't know

[@dannymartinez8522]

@@LaJoyB read the label on the fertilizer bag

[@elcantrell3]

The music they are playing the guitar it sounds like the band Chilliwack they were big in the '80s

[@mzdak6616]

Way to much rain.grass is browning bad. It is new sod. Our house is built in a valley of subdivision.

[@jeffreyhurst7231]

Did he ever explain what to do about it?

[@phsx2890]

Doesn’t seem to…

[@chrisknight7921]

I thought photosynthesis was when a plant took carbon dioxide and turned it into oxygen. At least that is what I was taught in my wastewater classes.

[@gjones0316]

That’s close, but the key ingredient is sunlight, which helps break down the carbon dioxide (and other nutrients) into oxygen (and other byproducts).

[@sethkube3607]

My centipede is doing this

[@johnnycatholic9329]

All he does is repeat himself. Very little useful information.