Lawn Care
Everyone enjoys the look of a nice healthy lawn. Not only do lawns increase the value of a property, they cool the air, combat glare and noise, and reduce soil erosion. Most importantly, a healthy lawn actively filters and traps sediment and pollutants that could otherwise contaminate surface waters and groundwater.
It is very important that homeowners use Best Management Practices (BMPs) when maintaining their lawns. Failure to follow BMPs can result in pollution of Florida's surface or groundwater resources. To learn more about a healthy, Florida-Friendly lawn, please read these easy-to-follow tips: Read more...
Lawn Topics
- New Lawn
- Care
- Insects
- Diseases
Getting Started
Lawn Grasses
Mowing & Thatch
Fertilizing
- The Florida Fertilizer Label
- How to Calibrate Your Fertilizer Spreader
- General Recommendations for Fertilization of Turfgrasses on Florida Soils
Watering
Insects
- Bermudagrass Mite
- Imported Fire Ants on Lawns and Turf
- Mole Crickets
- Southern Chinch Bug Management on St. Augustinegrass
- White Grub Management in Turf
Management & Control
Diseases
- Brown Patch
- Cercospora Leaf Spot
- Fairy Rings
- Gray Leaf Spot
- `Helminthosporium' Leaf Spot
- Pythium Root Rot
- Rust
- Take-all Root Rot
