cause a problem for st. augustine. My lawn has not had much drying time and concerned that it might cause a fungus or mold of some sort. Do I need some sort of prevenative treatment for it. I don>t know.

Thanks for any advice.

Sure will. Dollar spot, brown patch and fairy ring all are problems already. Needs to be dry to spray with a fungicide.

Brown Patch is going chit crazy on St Augustine in my area.
We are spraying the Bentgrass greens every 14 days right now.

What fungicide or any other treatment be I might get from homedepot or callaways. Lawn looks great now but hope I can prevent problems. Thanks ya'll

Sorry, but I do not know many of the names of many DIY products. I do know of one named F-Stop by Fertilome in a granular if you can find that one around.

I will warn you that fungicides can get expensive. They are pretty expensive and to work good they need applied every 14-21 days during the right conditions for the fungus

I just got some St. Augustine installed in my front yard about a month ago. The landscape contractor recommended using gluten meal in the fall to prevent fungus from the wet soil. I don't know what it is but with all this rain I guess it's time that I do a little research on it.

Corn gluten meal is used as a pre emergent. So applying it in the fall will help with winter weeds. Never heard of it as a fungus control.

IMO the corn gluten meal works way better as a fungicide than it does as a pre emergent. I don't use it but if I did it would be for fungus.

Can you change your handle from RangerZ21 to Fairy Ring......

You need to be spreading Sphagnum Peat Moss. http://www.plantanswers.com/root_rot_fungus.htm

That works very well for take all patch [in my opion that and sulfur are about all that works] but to me I would recommend a fungicide for brown patch.

Been Telling people to do the Sphagnum Peat Moss for years. But very few will do it. Makes a St Augustine lawn look good and uses less water.

Same with my lawn and my clients lawns.

You know it is not that hard to do. I buy three bales every fall. When they go on sale. Put them in the back shed. When spring comes and i see the grass getting green. I break up the bales and spread it around. Then i put the bagger on the mower and cut the old grass about two inches tall. Take the bagger off and spread that around the lawn and mow again. This breaks up the peat moss and spread it out nicely around the yard. As soon as the rains start i aerate my lawn. Than do the final scalp. I will cut the grass as low as possible one time in the early spring once i see that its turning green again. To many people scalp there St Augustine lawns in the winter which sets it back because it had nothing to protect it from the cold winter.

You can get Whole Ground Cornmeal at feed stores for like $6.00 for a 40-50lb bag. Works great for fungus control. Corn Gluten Meal is typically over $30.00 a bag.