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Saint Augustine
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Description
St. Augustine Grass is a coarse grass native to the tropics. It is used in many tropical regions of the world as a lawn, cover crop, and erosion control tool, since it is hardy in the tropics and it requires minimal maintenance.
Maintenance
- Water your new lawn to keep it moist for a period of 2 weeks or until sod is rooted. (Do not waste water by over watering!)
- Mow as soon as your new lawn is rooted - at the recommended height (see table below)
- Fertilize your lawn once rooted.
Characteristics
- attractive color and vigorous year round growth in frost-free climates.
- easy to mow.
- most shade tolerant of all permanent hot climate lawn grasses.
- performs well in wet soils even under salt spray.
- ill-adapted as far north as Atlanta and will usually be killed by cold in the middle-South
- St. Augustinegrass is most often propagated as sod.
Once your lawn is established and well rooted follow the directions to the right to insure the best possible lawn of a lifetime!
| Mow when grass is this tall: |
4" | 10cm |
| Set cutting height of mower to: |
3" | 7.5cm |
Mow at 3 inch height. Mow no more than 1/3 of the leaf off at one mowing. Use sharp mower blades.
Water to supplement rainfall shortages only. Avoid fixed timer irrigation settings. Saint Augustine best performs when it receives approximately 1 inch of water per week. If one or more inches of rainfall occur in a week, additional irrigation is not necessary. (Example: if 1/2 inch of rain occurs within a growing week, apply 1/2 inch by irrigation.) Do not waste water by over watering.
| Early Spring |
Weed and Feed |
Pre-Emerge |
| Late Spring |
20 lbs 16-4-8 + Iron |
As needed |
| Early Summer |
20 lbs 16-4-8 + Iron |
As-needed |
| Late Summer |
20 lbs 16-4-8 + Iron |
As Needed |
| Fall |
30 lbs 5-10-15 + Iron |
Pre-Emerge |
Locations:
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
770-822-4861
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