Is there any benefit or detriment to applying Soil Conditioner + Kelp Help to a somewhat damp/moist soil vs dry soil. I know it needs to be watered in regardless. When I say damp soil, I don’t mean absolutely soaked, but soil that’s had up to 1/2” of rain or irrigation water in the previous 12 hours...

Related question. Are any of you holding off or entirely forgoing pre-emergent application to your lawn this spring. I've got some granular dimension that I've been waiting to apply until I could see some signs of life in my Raleigh St. Augustine. The Raleigh in my south facing backyard retained a l...

Thank you for the input! I was thrilled to see a Ph lower than 8 and organic matter that high. Wish I could take credit for the high OM, but I’ve been here less than a year. My best guess is that most of the OM is from 45 years of tree leaf litter, etc. Between the five mature oak trees and the big ...

Finally sent my soil sample in. Please see below for results (with Ammonium Acetate extraction of cations). Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, though I would prefer the “best” vs “simple” approach. Will add link in Soil Test Interpretation Queue shortly… https://i.postimg.cc/yJ4GSPyR/2208-...

Posting additional pics for clarity.

Closeup of suspected Take All Root Rot Area


Diagram of yard layout

I moved into my current home last year in September, and it’s my first St. Augustine yard to maintain myself. I’ve had Bermuda lawns for the past 15 years that I maintained well due to the advice on this forum, but I’m finding the transition to St. Augustine to be much trickier that I planned. Long ...