Turf stressed because of lack of water is every where I look! The cause is poor or no irrigation – every stressed area is where the irrigation is not working, not covering or is watering too little. Fix and repair as needed so that your irrigation system is running at peak performance – every penny spent on fixing and repairing your irrigation will return ten fold. Every stressed area because of poor irrigation will return weak thin turf and weeds!

A persistent lawn myth is that rain washes away fertilizer. It isn’t too hard to understand the reason for the myth: Everyone has seen a heavy rain runoff the lawn and go down the storm drain – presumably carrying the fertilizer with it. But wait! The grass turns green after a rain! If all the fertilizer is gone, why would the grass turn green – shouldn’t the grass turn yellow?

I was stunned after reading and researching the post “Water, Water, Everywhere..” by Lara Miller, Natural Resource Agent for the Pinellas County Extension Service. I have nothing against conserving water and I believe that wasting water is wrong and poor stewardship. But environmental activism by a government official using half-truths and misleading facts is far worse than wasting water.

Often mistakenly called Dollar Weed, this is Dichondra. Dichondra is a Dollar Weed look-a-like. The round leaves grow parallel to the soil and are seen growing in groups much like Dollar Weed. But Dichondra is smaller and prefers shady moist areas of the lawn. Contrast that with Dollar Weed that tolerates a wide variety of soils, temperatures and water conditions and will populate the entire lawn, Dichondra is usually isolated to a few small preferred spots in the lawn.