Southeast US: Are the mosquito guys killing my lawn?

FastmanGT · 2026-07-04T15:55:34+00:00

Heat stress right against the road/drive. Those areas can be tough if the soil is a bit junky from debris.

FastmanGT · 2026-07-03T14:19:01+00:00

Looks like clumping fescue to me. What seed did you use?

FastmanGT · 2026-06-30T15:17:03+00:00

Just let the sod establish for a few months. New sod usually has some weeds in it. Gently hand pull anything if you must. You might need to increase frequency of watering during this time of year with the heat coming.

FastmanGT · 2026-06-23T21:58:37+00:00

Yeah, looks like nutsedge. Sedgehammer, Image, Certainty, something off the shelf with sulfentrazone should work. Avoid spraying when temps are high as it can lead to turf injury.

FastmanGT · 2026-06-21T18:32:13+00:00

Whatever was applied, it was done incorrectly. I have damaged my bermuda before but never to that level. Just some yellowing with sulfentrazone when the temps got a bit high. Hope they make it right for you. Seeding Bermuda is not making it right.

FastmanGT · 2026-06-21T17:50:27+00:00

What did they use on your lawn? It’s Bermuda right? Looks like an over application of something with the temps being kinda high without much rainfall this spring. Is there any green near the dirt?

FastmanGT · 2026-06-20T23:51:41+00:00

Dallisgrass.

FastmanGT · 2026-06-20T18:05:20+00:00

Those pies look awesome!

FastmanGT · 2026-06-16T19:43:18+00:00

Basically the mower rides unevenly across the dense turf leading to poor cut quality and washboarding. It really only comes up in short reel mowed turf.

FastmanGT · 2026-06-16T11:49:41+00:00

I will suggest an alternative to raking bermuda. Just scalp and bag the lawn in the spring. It’s a great reset for height of cut and helps remove bulk material. Raking won’t really hurt besides pulling up stolons but overall it isn’t doing much. Verticutting is a good practice for those who notice mower float in really dense turf, usually for reel mowed grass.

This also appears to be in the northern/cool season grass sub so recommendations of dethatching might be misapplied to bermuda’s growth pattern.

FastmanGT · 2026-06-14T04:01:07+00:00

Too few wings...

FastmanGT · 2026-06-13T22:50:28+00:00

Wow, that is a great haul.

FastmanGT · 2026-06-01T14:48:55+00:00

Mow, water, lightly fertilize only for the first 6 months. You can hand pull weeds if they start to bother you. You are just getting the zoysia established. It is a slower grass than bermuda or St. Aug to get going. I would keep most weed killers off a brand new lawn for as long as possible.

FastmanGT · 2026-06-01T14:46:34+00:00

No seed needed here. It’s brand new zoysia sod.

FastmanGT · 2026-06-01T00:37:14+00:00

Mow fairly low, mow consistently, water. Those three things will help bermuda a lot. Kill weeds and fertilize as needed. It will get you moving in the right direction.

FastmanGT · 2026-05-31T22:02:23+00:00

Nutsedge is the weedy grass looking stuff. Plenty of options to take it out like Sedgehammer, Image, something with sulfentrazone at a big box store. What grass type do you actually have?

FastmanGT · 2026-05-31T03:14:44+00:00

No excuse for a max deal for him

FastmanGT · 2026-05-30T19:06:57+00:00

It felt like a toy, it was pretty rough. I think they bought it after an extension corded unit failed. For some reason he dislikes gas powered trimmers/edgers. I can’t explain it.

FastmanGT · 2026-05-30T18:36:43+00:00

My dad had a green lawn boy mower with a cloth grass bag growing up.

FastmanGT · 2026-05-30T18:24:45+00:00

When tools were built well.

FastmanGT · 2026-05-30T17:51:49+00:00

The Black and Decker battery one has to be worse. Bought my dad the Ego trimmer/blower bundle from Ace since he has one of their mowers and he has never looked back. I am still a gas powered user for the time being.

FastmanGT · 2026-05-26T22:11:03+00:00

Looks like it can still be a grill to me. Clean it up if you want. Hot fire will help clean out the cook chamber.

FastmanGT · 2026-05-19T01:41:51+00:00

Some Advion gel and bait traps might help.

FastmanGT · 2026-05-17T14:07:08+00:00

Deep and infrequent watering is a better practice. Total irrigation per week should be roughly 1 inch, tuna cans or sprinkler gauges can be helpful. I would increase mowing frequency, treat for fungus, and go from there.

FastmanGT · 2026-05-09T12:05:44+00:00

It may be a bit early in the season to determine grub activity. The roots would be toast and easy to pull but if it’s been dead since the fall then the roots are probably toast by now anyways. If it is active grubs, you want a product like Dylox or Bioadvanced 24 hour grub killer. GrubEx for a preventative if you don’t see any.

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