Centipede runners, though they may be 15 feet long, grow only about 1/8 inch tall. The grass then puts up taller shoots, up to 2 inches. You generally can't even set a mower to mow that close.

To plug a centipede lawn, you can buy pre-grown plugs or make your own by cutting sections of sod squares into thirds. Space the small plugs about 6 inches apart and the larger plugs 6 to 10 ...

Wait until the newly laid sod looks like it needs to be mowed before doing so the first time. Mow on a setting of about 2 inches for centipede grass and 3 inches for St. Augustine.

A healthy centipede lawn should not need to be watered any more often than once every five to seven days. This is true even in the hot dry summer. If the lawn dries out too quickly, find out what ...

TifBlair is available premixed in 1 pound and 5pound bags. Five pounds cover 20,000 square feet and 1 pound covers 4,000square feet. Get prices by using the search terms "tifblair centipede ...

But I’m going to assume that your grass color is only a moderately yellowish-green, and if that’s the case, you may be looking at the natural color of a centipede lawn. It’s not a bad color ...

If your centipede grass lawn is already dark green, it’s a matter of time before the decline begins. Centipede grass decline is prevented, not cured. Here is a UF/IFAS Extension publication on ...

The target pH for centipede grass is 5.5. When grown on soil with a pH over 6.5, centipede may appear yellow due to iron deficiency, especially in spring as the lawn greens up.

Warm season grasses such as Bermuda grass, centipede grass, zoysia grass and St. Augustine grass are best planted in late spring and summer, since they perform best when temperatures are above 80 ...

Many centipede lawns in Southeastern North Carolina have suffered serious damage over the past year due to drought stress and cold injury. These damaged lawns exhibit large areas of dead grass ...