Advise, this lawn was laid early this year and I have not been able to put anything on it. I really would like some help before I lose it all. Thank You in Advance.

 

Advise, this lawn was laid early this year and I have not been able to put anything on it. I really would like some help before I lose it all. Thank You in Advance.

St Augustine is not around my area so I can't offer much but, it kinda looks like a chemical burn to me, the stone looks like something drained across it and into the grass, is this a possibility?
maybe one more pic showing a little more of the area would help.
sorry, best I can offer at this point. any other details you can pass on I'm sure would help.
Come on guys, need a few of you from the warm season to comment on this one.

 

Thanks Stumper I will try and tonight if I get home early enough to get some more pictures. there are about six different spots like this but this is the biggest and it is growing it started out about 18 inches and has continued to grow. the soil is wet from quite a bit of recent rains. I have turned off the sprinkler system for now(rained all day yesterday) here are acouple more that I did not think were good Wife took them yesterday. thanks again

 

I have a couple patches of this happening in my yard any advise on what i need to do, thank you.
St Augustine grass north texas slowly spreading, lawn is on a set watering once a day for 20 minute

first, let me say i don't deal with warm season grasses either, but it looks like possibly a disease. you should definitely switch up your watering techniques. watering everyday will promote disease and encourage a shallow root system. from my experience the best watering is every 3-4 days very deeply (hour or two).

 

first, let me say i don't deal with warm season grasses either, but it looks like possibly a disease. you should definitely switch up your watering techniques. watering everyday will promote disease and encourage a shallow root system. from my experience the best watering is every 3-4 days very deeply (hour or two).

I tend to agree, I noticed the drains near each spot, almost looks like it may have drowned under a puddle.

 

What say You ?? Rhizoctonia Blight
looks possible for a warm season.
Where the heck is Ric when you need him?
http://www.lesco.com/default.aspx?PageID=53&GroupID=5&GroupName=Disease+Reference

 

I think its more of whats under the sod than whats in it. What kinds prep did you do in that area? Not enough soil under the sod around the drain areas or compacted soil as was mentioned

 

fungus...use eagle from lesco or daconil if you only have access to home depot.
watering once a day is WAY too much.If you are getting rain twice a week is fine. Do not water at night either! The daconil plus the reduction in watering will
stop it. It will grow out of it quick in summer.

 

Advise, this lawn was laid early this year and I have not been able to put anything on it. I really would like some help before I lose it all. Thank You in Advance.

No fertilizer at all?

And start here for advice, particularly about watering: www.aggieturf.com

 

I have a couple patches of this happening in my yard any advise on what i need to do, thank you.
St Augustine grass north texas slowly spreading, lawn is on a set watering once a day for 20 minute

The disease you have is called " brown patch" very common in St. Aug. Go to your local Lesco store and tell them what you have and they will get you fixed up. Brown patch is caused from too much water and humidity- cut way back on your watering and what ever you do DO NOT FERTILIZE nitrogen will cause this disease to spread very fast.

 

Thank You I will go by my LESCO dealer today or tomorrow and get it fixed.

 

If you're gonna go to Lesco, pick up a bag of K-Mag 0-0-22. It'll give your root system a major boost for this winter, and help it fend off diseases in the future. And I'd put down Milorganite, too.

 

not sure but could be pythium blight if you have been putting heavy amounts of nitrogen and over watering very possible it will spread if not treated with a fungicide i have used FORE (a broad spectrum fungicide). i hope i helped

 

St Augustine is not around my area so I can't offer much but, it kinda looks like a chemical burn to me, the stone looks like something drained across it and into the grass, is this a possibility?
maybe one more pic showing a little more of the area would help.
sorry, best I can offer at this point. any other details you can pass on I'm sure would help.
Come on guys, need a few of you from the warm season to comment on this one.

it looks like the same to me

 

it looks like the same to me

The more I look at the pictures the more it looks like the stone was washed with something that caused this. I do a condo where a guy washed his car (don't know with what) and he killed a 12' circle with his soap.

 

no thats CLASSIC brown patch on st augistine. i would guess it is a wet area year round, you must be getting cooler weather at night.
stop watering apply daconil once a week for 3 weeks

 

yep. it's Mr. B.P. on your St. Augy. Back off on watering, apply fungicides, no fert. (nitrogen) right now. You are lucky that it is St. Aug. and it will recover. It's been over 20 years since I managed in that kind of market but I suspect little has changed. In my current Fescue market,I can only repair B.P. damage right now with aeration/seeding (my back hurts) until the end of Oct.. At least your photos show the classic "frog eye" appearance with recovery in the middle and advancement on the edges.
One other thing..20 minutes per day every day? That is asking for disease problems. Allow your lawn to dry out almost to the point of drought stresss before watering. Then water deeply but infrequently. Some weeks may require no water at all.

 

The disease you have is called " brown patch" very common in St. Aug. Go to your local Lesco store and tell them what you have and they will get you fixed up. Brown patch is caused from too much water and humidity- cut way back on your watering and what ever you do DO NOT FERTILIZE nitrogen will cause this disease to spread very fast.

This is exactly correct.....Revere 10 from Lesco will halt the spread but it won't come out until next year. If you are organic you can put corn meal on it and get pretty good results. You must reduce the water and NO watering at night from this time until next March. Put compost on the spots to build up the microbs, and some compost tea if you can get it. If you need for it to be green immediately get Lesco paint and paint it with a sprayer.