I live in So Cal and had St. Augustine sod installed in July. There are some bare spots on the lawn and I'd like to know the proper time of year to plant grass seed in the bare spots. Is March too early?
2006-11-24 12:38:18 · 10 answers · asked by Chris M 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
With no offense at all,,, I live in Florida, and St. Augustine,,, called crab grass by northerners, isn't sold by seed here,,,unless perhaps to commercial establishments.
St. Augustine is a VERY shallow root grass, but does spread/travel, etc. rooting at joints every so often. DRY/BROWN,,, is normal. BARE spots take no more effort than a trip to a place that sells sod.
St. Augustine here stopped any real growth a month ago, and is already going dormant unless one fertilizes and irrigates regularly. Even then thatching will likely be needed.
You can "Fill in" with seed grass, which will also likely die off or be choked out in the spring. NITROGEN will allow more GREEN.
Steven Wolf
2006-11-24 12:47:58 · answer #1 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
St Augustine Grass California
2016-11-08 01:55:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As some have said THERE IS NO SEED FOR ST AUGUSTINE! You must plant it by plugs(little plants). I have heard you can spread "stolens" too. But I don't know about that.
St Augustine is a creeping grass. That is what is great about it. It will knit back together the holes that have come. Just be patient, water well and add good soil to the bare spots. St Augustine is also supposed to go dormant in cold weather. Here in SoCal that just means it slows down a LOT!
Not meaning to insult the asker. But let's learn from our mistakes. And now we know that in SoCal it is not a good idea to plant anything in JULY!
Good luck :-)
2006-11-24 16:56:48 · answer #3 · answered by prillville 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anytime you have a daily high temperature that reaches 80 degrees for 7- days strait. If not the seed won't germinate. You could buy some St. Augies sod and plug the bare spots. Apply a little 21-0-0 fertilizer and Zoom, you'll have the bare spots covered.
2006-11-24 13:30:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are no seeds for St. Augustine. You must buy plugs.
Unless you have a completely different version of a grass by the same name used in FL.
2006-11-24 12:46:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
By a weird coincidence I heard this very question on a gardening show the other day. The answer is spring OR if the weather is going to continue to be warm for a couple of weeks then you can get away with it now.
Although years ago I heard some old grass pro swear blind that the best time to plant any grass was in late autumn / early winter. I guess his theory was that's how nature does it.
2006-11-24 12:43:18 · answer #6 · answered by Atrocious 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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
2016-05-22 23:25:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
spring. st augustine is my fav grass. put some topsoil on the bare spots, and sprinkle the seeds, then cover with straw for like a week, water well, and it will come up, and will take over the bare spot in no time.
2006-11-24 12:40:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
plant grass in the cool months
2006-11-24 12:41:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When it begins to warm up. when you know there will be no more freezing temps. Spring time
2006-11-24 12:40:10 · answer #10 · answered by sabre6 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋