Each of us has a unique fingerprint. So does your lawn. Knowing your lawn’s strength and weaknesses allows you to tailor a maintenance regimen that is unique to your lawn. This chapter will help you identify the areas where your lawn thrives and where it struggles. You will master clues from nature that provide valuable hints on what’s going on in your lawn. You will learn about techniques such as vertical mowing, topdressing (sanding) and aerifying and how each has a unique purpose to improve the health of your lawn.
Each of us has a unique fingerprint. So does your St. Augustinegrass lawn. Knowing your lawn’s strength and weaknesses allows you to tailor a maintenance regimen that is unique to your lawn. This chapter will help you identify the areas where your lawn thrives and where it struggles. You will master clues from nature that provide valuable hints on what’s going on in your lawn. You will learn about techniques such as aerifying and topdressing (sanding) and how each has a unique purpose to improve the health of your lawn.

Some of the tools pictured above will help you “fingerprint” your lawn while others help maintain it. “Fingerprinting” allows you to develop a unique regimen designed specifically for your lawn.

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CHAPTER  5

 Chapter 5
After “fingerprinting” your lawn, Chapter 5 goes on to explain, step by step, the various methods available to repair damaged areas. Certain areas, however, may be too damaged to be helped. This chapter describes in detail the advantages and disadvantages of replacing your grass by using either sod or plugs and the extremely important steps to ensure that they grow properly.
After “fingerprinting” your lawn, Chapter 5 goes on to explain, step by step, the various methods available to repair damaged areas. Certain areas, however, may be too damaged to be helped. This chapter describes in detail the advantages and disadvantages of replacing your grass by using either sod or plugs and the extremely important steps to ensure that they grow properly.
In chapter 5 you will see, firsthand, the practical application of scientific principles through six before and after cases.

In chapter 5 you will see, firsthand, the practical application of scientific principles through six before and after cases.