(09/18/20) 2020 has definitely been one for the history books. COVID-19, murder hornets, Hurricane Laura and now Hurricane Sally hitting our Gulf neighbors to the east. This week is no exception for ...

CHECK FOR LAWN PESTS: Some lawns are being damaged by sod webworms. Large, browned-out areas that exceed 1,000 square feet can occur almost overnight. You may notice numerous small, tan or gray moths ...

Across the state, lawns are in trouble. Sod webworms are the main culprit this year, said LSU AgCenter Extension specialist Ron Strahan. “The numbers are biblical," Strahan said. "We have observed ...

The need for lawn maintenance hits a peak in summer. Besides the constant mowing, watering is needed in dry spells and pests like insects, diseases and weeds may need to be dealt with. Mid- to ...

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve had a flood of questions about brown lawns. In most cases, the culprit is simple: drought stress from our hot summer weather. However, lawn-feeding insects and fungal ...

On the ninth of August I noticed the first tropical sod webworm damage of the year in my St. Augustine grass lawn. So, by now I’m sure many of you have the damage in your lawns. It’s typical this time ...

Every once in while there is a pest that totally dominates the landscape. This pest could be a fungus, a weed, an insect or something else. The pest is usually something we have faced before; however, ...

On the ninth of August I noticed the first tropical sod webworm damage of the year in my St. Augustine grass lawn. So, by now I am sure many of you have the damage in your lawns. It is typical this ...

As the summer progresses, so do the many ailments afflicting our lawns. One of the major pests we’ve been seeing pop up lately is the tropical sod webworm. The tropical sod webworm (Herpetogramma ...

Does your St. Augustine lawn have large brown patches in it now? I was out of town several weeks ago when my neighbor informed me that we had been receiving a lot of rain and it appeared that my lawn, ...

Before we get into the rest of the agenda of things to be done in the garden now, let’s talk briefly about the lawn, especially about sod webworms. Before we had the rains in October, it was a little ...