Not sure if this is appropriate here, but I can't think of a better section.

My dad needs his turf repaired in wilmington. Currently he has centipede that has grown well for a long time but recently over the last few years the grass has gown down hill. He has spent 1000's on lawn care "specialist", but nothing came of it. There are also a bad pearl bug problem.

My question is this. What is the best way to go about changing over the grass to something like palmetto St. Aug (seems to be doing well in that area)? Do we need to remove all of the old centipede and weeds and then plug?

Basically what are the necessary preparations that need to be done to have healthy grass. Any thing we can do to get rid of the pearl bugs before putting in the St.Aug plugs?

[Edited on July 4, 2006 at 8:53 PM. Reason : mod: please move if in wrong section]

7/4/2006 8:48:03 PM

underPSI knows landscaping pretty well

and I think BigDane's family knows turf pretty well

7/4/2006 9:11:33 PM

and please let pwnt know your findings so he can come repair his drift0r ditches in my front yard.

7/5/2006 7:22:26 PM

From PWNT:

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"we kinda got a little crazy and had an urban demolition derby"

This wouldnt have anything to do with said ditches would it?

7/5/2006 10:33:33 PM

lol, nah... the urban derby was weeks ago and at his place. the above referenced incident was a few days ago. he's got something against driveways i think.

7/5/2006 11:00:42 PM

st augustine grass is similar to centipede, but is more tolerant of changes in climate than centipede...

it does well in sand too

st augustines grass can take over centipede depending on how thick the original centipede stand is

go ahead and start sections of it where the centipede isn't doing well and go ahead and look into either digging up the centipede or hitting it with a herbicide such as gly star pro

just what I'd do

7/5/2006 11:53:59 PM

yeah, if you looking to start replacing your yard you have a grea oppotunity to also kill any weeds you have. roundup / kill everything in the turf area before you start sodding / pluggin. when i say kill i mean spray, let it die then till/scarafie it and wait for anything like bermuda to popup and kill it again then apply turf.

7/6/2006 6:01:13 PM

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"st augustine grass is similar to centipede, but is more tolerant of changes in climate than centipede... it does well in sand too st augustines grass can take over centipede depending on how thick the original centipede stand is go ahead and start sections of it where the centipede isn't doing well and go ahead and look into either digging up the centipede or hitting it with a herbicide such as gly star pro (glyphosate) "

what he said.

7/6/2006 7:41:17 PM

Hmm.. anyone know something that grows well in hard, sandy soil overtop of clay? We've got something from the back yard coming into the front thx to all the rain but it may not survive the winter

7/6/2006 7:46:43 PM

get you some zoysia plugs.

7/6/2006 8:15:23 PM

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" zoysia"

hell yeah

7/8/2006 7:34:20 AM