How do I cultivate St. Augustine grass so I don't have to keep buying expensive sods/sprigs? (no seeds grass)

Answer 1

Rent a Sod cutter.. or use a spade to cut rows out of the current lawn.. remove the grass and about 1" of soil.. Backfill with Sand or dirt... Space the cutting rows out so that the grass runners will fill in the area removed.

Plant the cuttings .... This takes some time.. but with the right watering and feeding you should get three cuttings a year...

Answer 2

St. Augustine grass isn't efficiently propagated from stolons. St. Augustine grass stolons are significantly better susceptible to desiccation than maximum backyard grass; neither is St. Augustine grass conventional by ability of hydromulching or broadcasting stolons. some St. Augustine grass lines will be conventional from seed by ability of planting at a million/3 to at least a million/2 pound of PLS in step with a million,000 sq. ft. which will be equivalent to 2 inch sod plugs planted on a million foot spacings. A seeded St. Augustine grass backyard could be kept moist for numerous weeks after planting to receive a passable stand of grass. in reality after the seedlings have all started to spread can the grass tolerate dry circumstances. St. Augustine grass could be seeded in overdue spring to early summer season. for better ideas, check out St. Augustine turfgrass web pages or seedland's nationwide web pages. regrettably, you in reality would get this observe: St. Augustine Grass SEED isn't at the moment accessible - from any source in america of a. save checking and verify different international locations that deliver. Boaz.

Answer 3

Take a bit from both one and two.

I live in Central FL, detest St Augustine, but it's far too prolific to destroy completely. It needs irrigation and the trailers can take root if monitored,,,Or as the answer said, create your own plugs using even a flat blade shovel with sod, or a saw, cutting your own lawn apart where it may be OK to do so.

Rev. Steven

Answer 4

Use your own mower, other will bring horrible seeds of weeds like Johnson grass to ruin your lawn. Water should be all you need unless you have weeds. St. Augustine grass is my favorite. When I was a kid, I would hold it up to my mouth and blow through the side to make a whistling sound.

Answer 5

It is very easy to grow.
Water once every week.
Prefers to have at least 50% dirt and no more than 50% sand.
Full sun.
High nitrogen fertilizer.
That's it.