For the Pinellas County urban environment, a St Augustine lawn is the best. A healthy lawn is good for the environment and is good for you. A St Augustine lawn is a  biological filter around your home that cleans, filters, cools and looks great.

I am on 3000 lawns per year – up close and personal – spraying – walking - studying. That amounts to about 15 million square feet of St Augustine grass pass under my feet in a year’s time. And after 10 years, I have learned a lot about St Augustine grass - all of it can be summed up in 3 essentials.

I have seen a lot of Mole Crickets crawling across drives and sidewalks in the past few days. And when there is a lot of mole cricket activity – like crawling across drives and walkways - there are plenty of phone calls telling me “I have Mole Crickets”. I suspect most people just don’t want these rather creepy bugs doing their awkward looking dash across their carport. Because if they are concerned about their lawn being destroyed by mole crickets, they can relax – mole crickets do very little damage to St. Augustine Lawns.

For more info listen to this brief 3 minute recording taken from KTRF – Turf Radio, All Turf, All the Time : KTRF Turf Radio - Mole Crickets

Dollar Spot is a very common disease of St Augustine lawns in Pinellas County. I see it on nearly every lawn. Dollar Spot is not a serious threat to your lawn - it is more cosmetic - effecting the appearance of your lawn. Dollar Spot is a low fertility disease and is certainly increased because of the fertilizer ban forced on Pinellas County by SWFWMD.