Yes, but if there is a few days, like right now, where those showers don’t come, St. Augustine curls up like old hay and looks like crap. Then takes weeks to recover. Just the worst variety of grass ever.
Just the worst variety of grass ever.
I know my lawn here in DFW area is also St. Auggie. I like that it sends out ‘runners’ but in dry periods some patches go to thatch. I praise the Lord when we get summer rains as August is typically the driest month of the year and temps get over 100 for much of the month too.
Lousy, clay expansive soil doesn’t help with the home’s foundation so got to keep it from drying out. Always something somewhere to deal with.
“Yes, but if there is a few days, like right now, where those showers don’t come, St. Augustine curls up like old hay and looks like crap. Then takes weeks to recover. Just the worst variety of grass ever.”
Oh yeah! Last year I was fined by my association for not keeping my lawn green. A week later I was fined by the city for watering my lawn.
This year I put in St.Augustine sod to fill in the dead areas. Every day I went out with the hose and watered for a few minutes. It was a battle. The sun won. I am soaking once a week and wetting it a couple of times a week in the hopes I can keep some of it alive until cooler weather.
It’s great grass if you sell lawn services, lawn chemicals, or sod. Feels and looks horrible even on those 2 days days a year it’s healthy.