St. Augustine Grass Dead or Patchy? Here's What to Do.
If your St. Augustine lawn has brown or yellow patches that keep spreading instead of filling back in, the grass underneath those patches is usually already dead. Watering more doesn't fix dead grass. It needs a real diagnosis first.
Available across all 40 of our Central Florida service areas, in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties.
What Usually Causes It
St. Augustine grass in Central Florida is vulnerable to chinch bugs, fungus, and drought stress, and once a patch dies, it does not grow back on its own, it just spreads while the dead area sits bare and the weeds move in. The longer it sits, the more sod you end up replacing and the more the rest of the yard suffers around it.
How We Fix It
We come out, look at the pattern of the damage, and tell you straight whether it's a treatable issue or dead sod that needs to come out. If it's dead, we resod with St. Augustine, properly prepped soil first so it actually takes root, with a written price before anything starts. We serve homes and businesses throughout our Central Florida service area.
Common Questions
The most common causes are turf-feeding insects like chinch bugs, fungus, or drought stress. Insect damage usually shows up as expanding brown patches in the sunniest, driest part of the lawn first. Fungus tends to show up as roughly circular patches, especially after wet weather. We diagnose it on-site before recommending a fix.
No. Once the grass in a patch is actually dead, not just dormant, it will not regrow from the roots. That section needs new sod. We can tell the difference between dormant and dead on-site.
St. Augustine sod runs from $0.95 per square foot installed, with soil prep included. Small spot repairs cost less than a full resod. We give you an exact price after seeing the actual area.
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Where We Cover
We take this job anywhere in our service area across Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties.