Yellow St. Aug

[Derek]

My St. Aug is starting to yellow in large spots. I applied Texas Greensand about 3 months ago. It did not seem to help. I have 3 pics to post. But I do not know how to post them.[/url]

[Dchall_San_Antonio]

I don't know of a way to post pictures here. Some people will post them on Yahoo or some other site and then post the link here.

Texas Greensand is a miracle worker IF you needed iron. If not, then it don't do jack near as I can tell. When did you fertilize last and with what? If it has been more than 90 days, you probably need to fertilize again.

Have you gotten a lot of rain recently?

[Derek]

I used Texas Greensand in June. Thas has been that last thing I have done to my yard. We have had quite a bit of rain.

[Dchall_San_Antonio]

If you put down greensand in June, regardless of how much rain you got, the problem should not be iron. At this point I'm thinking you just need nitrogen. I would fertilize with corn meal at 10-20 pounds per 1,000 square feet. Water that down onto the soil and give it 3 weeks to green up. Next summer, fertilize on July 4th to keep your grass green through the summer and then fertilize again on Labor Day.

[Billusa99]

If you have not done so at all this year, I would suggest 10-20 lbs of dry molasses per 1000 sq. ft. too... it does wonders for kickstarting the microbes and the St. A.