Hi! I am a new member here, so I apologize if this question has been asked before. I live in a restricted deed community in Clearwater, Florida, and all of the communities St. Augustine grass is cut by the same company on the same day. Needless to say, no matter what I put on my lawn, it seems to be a losing battle. I am currently battling torpedo grass which is a battle I am losing. All of the St. Augustine I planted last year is dead as it was overtaken by torpedo grass. Other than cutting the lawn myself, which I cannot physically do, is there anything else I can do? Thank you in advance for any suggestions!

 

Everyone struggles to keep their lawn weed free. It's a continuous battle. Since you mention that you are not physically able to mow your lawn I also assume you are not able to manually pull the offending weeds. There are no herbicides I know of that will control torpedo grass in St. Augustine. You can contact local lawn care companies and see if they know of a way but I'm sure it will be expensive.

 

I'm not familiar with the grasses in FL but here in MI we treat annual crab grass with pre-emergence but that simply doesn't solve the battle.

All through the growing season I simply take a spray bottle of round up and surgically hit the offending grass which dies and allows the "good" grass to fill in the dead spot. It's a slow process but year after year the battle is slowly being won!

 

When you say “cutting the lawn” are you talking about mowing, or sod removal?

 

I’m sure he means mowing.