cj1 Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Hi,I live in the heights and I have a problem. My lawn is dying and nothing I am doing can seem to save it. I've used landscapers from "The Leader" before but so far, none have had any real idea of what to do fix lawns, only cut them.Anyone know of someone who works in the Heigths and who is good a troubleshooting lawn and grass problems and helping to fix them ?CJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Is it dying in an even fashion, or are there brown spots? We had chinch bugs earlier in the year, which made brown spots, but eventually most of the yard was "crunchy" and sort of dead. but 2 weeks after an easy chinch bug treatment from Home Depot it was growing back, and now is fully back. There are many other potential things it could be, that's just the one I know of. And since you're in the same hood, it's a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Is there any way to get the chinch bugs to spread evenly across the lawn? Mine are all bunched up in a few big brown spots. Looks uneven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 If you just have patience and give them time, yes. That's what happened to my yard. You can probably help them work faster if you can get your hands on some insect steroids to increase their eating potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammer Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Is it dying in an even fashion, or are there brown spots? We had chinch bugs earlier in the year, which made brown spots, but eventually most of the yard was "crunchy" and sort of dead. but 2 weeks after an easy chinch bug treatment from Home Depot it was growing back, and now is fully back. There are many other potential things it could be, that's just the one I know of. And since you're in the same hood, it's a possibility.Which product did you use, 20thstreet??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwood Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Hi,I live in the heights and I have a problem. My lawn is dying and nothing I am doing can seem to save it. I've used landscapers from "The Leader" before but so far, none have had any real idea of what to do fix lawns, only cut them.Anyone know of someone who works in the Heigths and who is good a troubleshooting lawn and grass problems and helping to fix them ?CJI live in the Heights in a 3 year old home. Between having new grass and poor soil, my grass looked like heck. I tried this stuff and am very happy with the results. http://www.turf2max.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Which product did you use, 20thstreet???I can't remember, but I remember having a time trying to find one for the right type of lawn and right insect. None were only for chinch bugs, they were mainly for other main pests with chinch bugs listed like an afterthought. I'll look and post when I get home. My grass was literally growing back green in a week, so I assume that must have been the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj1 Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 Thanks for all the suggestions but at this point I am stumped as to what is the cause and that's why I was hoping to find someone I could hire to help. The "spot" was at the bottom of a hill on my lawn that began to thin out and now it's encroaching up hill at a fairly rapid pace and is now several square feet.There was little associated browning so I assumed that adding more lawn soil would help since the topsoil is prone to run-off during rain storms. I put down a couple of bags of Scott's lawn soil. That didn't help so I tried some fungicide after I began to see what I though was browning. That didn't work either. I keep the lawn watered but try not to overdo it. In this heat without rain, I give it a half-hour with a sprinkler twice a week, once in the cooler weather. Sometimes it still looks dry and it well could be as this part of the lawn receives direct sun most of the day.I will look again to see If I can find any kind of bug infestation after your suggestions but if anyone can recommend a service or lawn guy too, I would much appreciate it.CJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelguy_73 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Ii had grubs a few years ago. Ate up most of my lawn (from the roots). They are white larvae-looking things. You can dig around the soil and will find them. I had to replace half the lawn because you can only really get rid of them when they are dormant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasVines Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 post some photos that would help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisty1965 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 We were told at Home Depot that it could be "Brown Spot" - a fungus. They sold us a fungicide, so far only one treatment and we don't think it is looking better. But they said to treat, wait 14 days and then treat again. We'll see and let you know. Hoping today's rainfall helps overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAK Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 in Houston, it's usually fungus or chinch bugs... mostly bugs. you have to kill them, and it's easy... i've had to do it before, too. don't remember the stuff i got. some granules from the Depot... maybe Sevin or something similar? kill them, rake up the dead grass (do this even if you don't kill them) and leave a bare ground... your grass will spread back over it pretty quickly (especially st. augustine)good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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