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SAD - St. Augustine Decline

SAD (Saint Augustine Decline) are letters for the virus that attacks only the St. Augustine Grass and only in Texas and Louisiana. The first sightings are pale or yellow colored spots on the leaves. Then the whole plant turns yellow and quits growing and slowly dies. The only way to help slow and treat this problem is by planting sections of resistant grass back into the sod and helping it to take over and to remove all lawn clippings and washing lawn equipment after each use. There are some varieties of St. Augustine that have been developed with resistance to this disease such as Florahome, Seville, Raliegh, Tamlawn, and Floratam.

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