This past week I realized the reason the verticut on the St. Augustine grass went poorly is because my irrigation system is broken. I’m waiting for irrigation repairs. (I tried tinkering with Bermuda plugs, but because of irrigation issues, most of my Bermuda plugs didn’t come out looking so hot. I’m toying with the idea of creating an isolated Bermuda zone to alpha-test the idea of converting to Bermuda grass.) In the meantime, I’m coming to terms with the sheer amount of turf-grass madness going on in my lawn.
Last season, I had a professional come by and spray herbicide, not fully comprehending how weedy the lawn I acquired actually was. The professional basically said the nutsedge would sort of wilt away, but the remaining grass would stay somewhat healthy. What he didn’t explain was that where there were large pockets of sedge grass, I’d have a giant barren spot that would subject me to erosion and other dilemmas. I happened to have multiple spots like this.
I’m just going to come out and say it: I can’t stand nutsedge. It’s only April, and this menace is everywhere. I power raked and tore up the dead zone where the previous nutsedge was and dropped plugs. It took some time and a lot of rewinding and replaying videos from people who seemed competent on YouTube:
I have no idea whether this will work as I am a novice, but I enjoyed sweating in the hot Florida sun. It was a nice break from the sorts of problems I encounter on weekdays.
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