I had cinche bugs kill my backyard at the end of last fall. I treated it with

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May 30, 2015
2:06:22pm

BlueFreak

the bug killer the garden place suggested and then reseeded and it grew back great.

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BlueFreak

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Lawn care experts - is my lawn being eaten by bugs?

mottman

5/30/15 1:18pm

did you use a rotary or drop spreader for your fertilizer?

TN_Coug

5/30/15 1:32pm

Rotary. That would explain the color but what about the thinning/dying?

mottman

5/30/15 1:49pm

I'd call the sod company and have them look at it. Tell them you are worried th

TN_Coug

5/30/15 1:56pm

Could be, hard to say. I've battled grubs for 4 years now.

Grit for Brains

5/30/15 1:32pm

Btw, there is a very effective treatment for grubs: beneficial nematodes

dilbert

5/30/15 2:19pm

We are in a drought. Tear it all out and xeriscape. Selfish CBers.

pink22

5/30/15 1:59pm

Correct. My Houston xeriscaping business is going gangbusters these past

ByuMba90

5/30/15 3:03pm

The stripes are from the fertilizer, the spots

volleyjiver

5/30/15 2:03pm

I might have watered it to much. It did get some mushrooms in some spots

mottman

5/30/15 2:57pm

I had cinche bugs kill my backyard at the end of last fall. I treated it with

BlueFreak

5/30/15 2:06pm

Your lawn is too stony.

SCcoug

5/30/15 3:06pm

I know that. However the worst spots are where we dug all the trenches

mottman

5/30/15 3:55pm

Can you easily pull up the dead grass with no resistance

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