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  • Darkpriest667

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    My grass is watered twice weekly I fertilize it and I generally take damn good care of it... I have the only green lawn in my sub division right now... but over the past few weeks I've been seeing this creep up and I thought maybe some of you guys would know what is causing it.


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    Could be grubworms.


    That's my vote. Grub worms. If there's a lot of June bugs flying about. Their getting it on and laying larva in the grass which eat the roots. I have lots of grub worms. Helps keep me from having to mow the grass. The June bugs hang out in a close by Texas privet tree. Making a creepy clicking June bug sound.
     

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    I'd say either of the 2 above.

    Let me tell you my story. I rolled out sod 2 years ago. Princess 77. Really great grass... Been watering it and taking good care of it. Started to notice real bad drying out and browning kinda like yours. One late afternoon I was standing on the porch having a beer and pondering what was causing it. So I thought maybe I'd better understand what was happening if I wen't and stood over it and knelled down just to check it out. After about a minute I realized it was much hotter was I was standing... I looked up to my second story Low-E windows... It then dawned on me that my windows were reflecting the west afternoon/evening sun on my grass acting like a dang magnifying glass cooking the chit outta it. I've since focused on keeping those 2 hot spots well hydrated. Not saying this is your problem... but fyi
     

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    Interesting; my St. Augustine grass/yard has the same problem. I’ve managed to keep it fairly well watered too. And have just a few brown patches here and there. I was kind of chalking it up to grub worms too. Oddly enough, only in the front yard - which does happen to face the west, hot afternoon sun. Backyard doesn’t have the problem, it’s a thick green carpet (but does get more shade).

    I would think if it’s grub worms, I’d see the same problem in the backyard too. The window reflection is an interesting idea. The largest spot I have, is in front of a window on the west side - I’ll have to check that out!
     

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    Before you do the whole yard (with a fertilizer spreader), first sprinkle powdered laundry soap around the edge of a few of the bigger spots - soap on the green, not the dead. If it is grub worms, soap'll stop the spread. If it's not grubworms, soap won't hurt the grass.
     

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    Interesting; my St. Augustine grass/yard has the same problem. I’ve managed to keep it fairly well watered too. And have just a few brown patches here and there. I was kind of chalking it up to grub worms too. Oddly enough, only in the front yard - which does happen to face the west, hot afternoon sun. Backyard doesn’t have the problem, it’s a thick green carpet (but does get more shade).

    I would think if it’s grub worms, I’d see the same problem in the backyard too. The window reflection is an interesting idea. The largest spot I have, is in front of a window on the west side - I’ll have to check that out!

    Not necessarily.
     

    FireInTheWire

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    Before you do the whole yard (with a fertilizer spreader), first sprinkle powdered laundry soap around the edge of a few of the bigger spots - soap on the green, not the dead. If it is grub worms, soap'll stop the spread. If it's not grubworms, soap won't hurt the grass.
    I always wondered if dish soap would hurt the grass.... my kids are always dumping the bubble blowers on my grass...
     

    Darkpriest667

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    Could be grubworms.


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    Before you do the whole yard (with a fertilizer spreader), first sprinkle powdered laundry soap around the edge of a few of the bigger spots - soap on the green, not the dead. If it is grub worms, soap'll stop the spread. If it's not grubworms, soap won't hurt the grass.


    What kind of soap? We have a bermuda hybrid...


    I'd say either of the 2 above.

    Let me tell you my story. I rolled out sod 2 years ago. Princess 77. Really great grass... Been watering it and taking good care of it. Started to notice real bad drying out and browning kinda like yours. One late afternoon I was standing on the porch having a beer and pondering what was causing it. So I thought maybe I'd better understand what was happening if I wen't and stood over it and knelled down just to check it out. After about a minute I realized it was much hotter was I was standing... I looked up to my second story Low-E windows... It then dawned on me that my windows were reflecting the west afternoon/evening sun on my grass acting like a dang magnifying glass cooking the chit outta it. I've since focused on keeping those 2 hot spots well hydrated. Not saying this is your problem... but fyi

    Interesting about the window.. never thought of that will look into it.. but it's doing it in the backyard too and no windows to do it back there.

    Looks like chinch bugs to me.

    We've thought that too.
     

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    If you suspect chinch bugs, my father would take a large metal coffee can, and remove both ends. He would stomp it approximately 1/3 into the ground and then fill it with water. Bugs will float to the top.
     

    BuzzinSATX

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    My grass is watered twice weekly I fertilize it and I generally take damn good care of it... I have the only green lawn in my sub division right now... but over the past few weeks I've been seeing this creep up and I thought maybe some of you guys would know what is causing it.


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    Interesting that the absolute smartest person in the US that I know of to answer your question is somewhere In your neck of the woods...

    I’m a garden person, and Howard Garrett, AKA the Dirt Doctor, is the best authority on lawns, plants, trees, bugs, etc.

    Check out the library at https://www.dirtdoctor.com/




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    Ole Cowboy

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    Stop peeing on the grass when you come home drunk at night.
    What he said!

    My across the street neighbor were talking on Sat morn and he looks at me and said you know what those brown spots are in your yard? I said no, been trying to figure it out, told my yard man to fix it. He laughed and said I hear those gals leaving your place at about 3am and my bet is that is where you are takin a pizz after they drive away. I said, your right!
     
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