In September our lawn service treated sod web worms, army worms, chinch bugs, and countless weeds. Dove weed and army worms were particularly bad this year. Dove weed loves moist soils and we got 10 inches of rain. All that rain made weed very difficult. We will continue to treat weeds in October. Fall army worms, chinch bugs, and sod webworms are still around and causing damage. We will continue to monitor, scout, and treat for these insects as well.
Last month there was almost no dry damage. Heavy rains will also slow down some turf destroying insects. Temperatures dipped about mid month, and we began to see the start of large patch fungus. Large patch will be our primary focus area in October. In addition to that we will continue to work on weeds. October temperatures allow us to us stronger herbicides will less chance of causing stress to the turf. As we treat dove weed it may leave bare spots. It is a very aggressive weed and we were hit hard by it this year. We will fertilize to help fill in bare areas as we always do. Towards the end of the month we began to see cool season annual weeds. Hawksbeard, clover, dollar weed, chick weed, and rye grass actively grow all winter long. They really take advantage of St. Augustine's reduced growth over the next few months. Our lawn treatments will treat these weeds over the next few services. Summer annuals are going to be a little harder to treat as weeds must be actively growing to take up our herbicides. Chamberbitter in particular will be difficult this month. Our lawn service starts at $33 per service. Please feel free to give us a call at (904) 303-7285 with any questions or for a free lawn evaluation.
