Problems & Solutions
Decode Your Lawn’s Distress: Common Coastal Mississippi Grass Diseases
Maintaining a vibrant lawn along the Mississippi Gulf Coast can feel challenging. High humidity, frequent rainfall, sandy soils, and warm temperatures create an environment where turfgrass stress develops quickly. When discoloration, thinning, or patchy growth appears, many homeowners are unsure
Choosing the Right Green: Best Grass Types for Coastal Mississippi & Alabama
Living along the Gulf Coast comes with incredible views, warm weather, and long growing seasons — but it also presents unique challenges for lawns. High humidity, sandy soils, salt exposure, intense summer heat, and heavy rainfall can quickly stress turf
What’s Eating Your Lawn? Identifying & Treating Common Coastal Pests
If you live along the Mississippi or Alabama Gulf Coast, you already know that your lawn faces challenges homeowners in other regions don’t. Warm temperatures, high humidity, and mild winters create the perfect environment for lawn pests to thrive year-round.
Extreme Heat & Drought Stress
Occasionally we have extreme heat and drought stress that will cause the lawns to turn brown. Normally we recommend not raking out the brown areas as they will re-grow after adequate rainfall or irrigation. To break the drought we recommend
CENTIPEDE LAWNS
Centipede is the dominant lawn grass in our area. It is very tolerant of insects and diseases, however, it is not tolerant of Cultural Mismanagement which causes Centipede Decline. Centipede Decline is a term we use to describe some sick
ST. AUGUSTINE LAWNS
St. Augustine lawns have a few special problems that are relatively exclusive to them in our area, such as Chinch Bugs, St. Augustine Decline (SAD Virus), and Grey Leaf Spot Fungus. These problems are in addition to the problems previously
Sodwebworms & Armyworms
Sodwebworms cause dead areas in the lawn about the size of your fist. Armyworms make the lawn look scalped in areas. Both will leave chewed-up leaves and Frass (excreted digested grass) in their path. These are easily identifiable and control
Ticks, Ants and Fleas
We all know what these problems are because they are human and animal pests. Our service blanket sprays four applications of environmentally friendly insecticides routinely each year. We vary these treatments to maximize their effectiveness. These treatments work very well
Fairy Ring Fungus
This disease is caused by “Toadstool” or “Mushroom” type fungi. It usually appears in early Summer. On first impression, you think of Brown Patch Fungus, since it was present just earlier in the Spring. Even though Fairy Ring Fungus is
Molecrickets
These guys get blamed for everything. Molecrickets are about the size of regular Brown Fishing Crickets, and have adapted shovel front feet for digging. They are very ugly, destructive creatures. Usually they are identified by their tunneling. These tunnels are
