Choosing, Laying, and Keeping Florida Grass

Understanding soil pH in Florida for optimal sod health

Soil pH decides whether your sod can use the fertilizer you give it. Most lawn grasses do best between 5.5 and 7.0. How to test Florida soil, and what sulfur, lime, and time can and cannot change.

The importance of soil preparation for successful sod installation

Sod roots into whatever is under it. Five steps to prepare Florida soil before sod goes down: clear the old lawn, test, amend the top 6 to 8 inches, grade and firm, and wet the ground the morning of the install.

Erosion control

The key benefits of professional sod installation for Bradenton homeowners

A healthy lawn starts with good soil

Bare patches?

Buzzing with life: A look at the beneficial and pesky insects in your Florida lawn

Keeping your Florida lawn thriving: Guarding your sod against summer pests and problems

Weed control strategy

Preventing and treating fungal lawn diseases

Dealing with disease: large patch

Large patch is a Rhizoctonia fungus that hits St. Augustine and zoysia lawns when soil temperatures drop to about 70 degrees, spreading in yellow to tan rings from fall into spring. How to recognize it, prevent it, and treat it.

Got sod webworms?

Sod webworms are the caterpillars of small lawn moths, and they chew Florida St. Augustine and zoysia lawns down to the soil at night. How to spot them, confirm them with a soap flush, and get rid of them.