Centipedegrass is subject to a condition called “centipedegrass decline,” which is the failure to green up followed by decline or death in late spring and summer. Many factors may contribute to this ...

Why is my centipede lawn yellowing and dying? Centipede grass has very specific growth requirements. We need to carefully manage it along these lines. If we do not, the lawn may get a condition called ...

Centipede grass does not green up as quickly as some of our other warm-season turf grasses. Temperature and day length are the two factors that influence when centipede comes out of dormancy and the ...

Centipedegrass (Eremochloa ophiuroides [Munro] Hack.) is an important warm-season turfgrass and pasture grass. To explore the potential use of biotechnical tools in breeding of centipedegrass, we ...

Centipede grass is often promoted as a low maintenance, easy-care grass -- and in many locations it thrives on neglect, requiring little to no fertilizer and infrequent mowing. Where centipede is ...

In the warm seasons of spring and summer in eastern North Carolina, turfgrass reigns supreme when it comes to groundcovers in home gardens. While North Carolina as a state sits in the transition zone ...

Q. I was heavy-handed with fertilizing my centipedegrass lawn this spring and I think I’ve killed sections of my lawn. Will the lawn recover, or am I looking at replanting what looks to be dead lawn ...

Q: I live in Foley and have had centipede grass for nine years. I have noticed that the blades of grass are yellowy green. My friend told me I needed to put lime on it. Should I? A: There could be ...

Dear Roger: We bought a house and five acres in Spring Lake in March. About half the property is covered with sandspurs, and we have no idea what to do. We have managed to keep them out of the front ...

In some yards, centipede grass thrives on neglect, producing a dense, healthy carpet of grass with little care. Yet, in other yards, centipede lawns are plagued with problems. Some are caused by ...

Summer 2019 delivered hot, dry weather with sporadic rainfall. With fall here, now is the time to adjust your turfgrass management program to promote a smooth transition into dormancy and green-up ...