QUESTION: Our bahia lawn has been fertilized several times, but it still looks yellow. In fact, the yellow color seems to intensify after a feeding. What’s needed to give it a good green color? ANSWER ...

The best fall fertilizer for cool-season grasses is a high-nitrogen fertilizer with the correct amounts of phosphorus and ...

QUESTION: I fed my bahia lawn, and it has started to turn yellow. Did I get the wrong fertilizer? ANSWER: A good feeding doesn’t always green up the bahia lawn as expected. In fact, the turf may turn ...

Bahia grass seeds can be sown during the warm months. Seed should be planted at a rate of 8 to 10 pounds per 1,000 square feet. Use a rotary fertilizer spreader, then rake or rototill into the soil to ...

Dear Roger: I am so fed up with having to mow every few days just to remove those pesky bahia grass seed heads that keep coming up. How can we get rid of the bahia? - Several readers Dear Readers: ...

Did you know that Volusia County has an ordinance that prohibits applications of nitrogen and phosphorus to lawns and landscape plants between June 1 and Sept. 30? The County Council enacted the ...

Every homeowner would love a beautiful, thick lawn, but creating the best lawn seed and fertilizer schedule requires a lot of work and some strategic planning. Grass seed and fertilizer serve very ...

If you want a good lawn, get down on your knees, says Robert Pardo. No, you are not praying for divine help. You are getting a bug’s-eye view of what’s going on down there among those little blades of ...

Bahia grass (Paspalum notatum), also known as highway grass, is an aggressive, warm-season perennial grass. Bahia grass has a mat-forming habit with a light green color, coarse texture and open canopy ...

About 50 percent of the plant questions that come into our office are related to lawns. Another tough winter has some folks replacing large areas of their lawn again. The time and money involved in ...

If crabgrass threatens your lawn, it's almost time to put out a pre-emergent herbicide. Pendimethalin, which is sold as Pendulum, Pre-M, Turf Weedgrass Control or Halts Crabgrass Preventer, provides ...