Tifway Bermuda | Centipede | Carolina Blue Fescue | St. Augustine

Cavalier Zoysia | Emerald Zoysia | Palisades Zoysia

TIFWAY BERMUDA (info)
Tifway bermuda or 419 is a dense high quality turf used on athletic fields, golf coarses and home lawns all over the Southeast. Tifway has exceptional wear tolerance making it a great surface for athletic fields, high traffic areas, and lawn grasses. Disease tendency is low in bermuda and it adapts to a wide range of soil conditions. Bermuda shade tolerance is very poor and requires more frequent mowing and more fertilization than other turf varieties.

CENTIPEDE (info)
This vigorous grass is disease resistant, winter-hardy and drought tolerant. Centipede has the lowest maintenance of any warm season grass. We encourage you to see thee difference in a Centipede lawn.

CAROLINA BLUE FESCUE (info)
Carolina Blue fescue is a blend of top rated tall fescue varieties and heat-tolerant bluegrass. This blend of fescue has good drought tolerance, shade tolerance and is ideal for the foothills of SC and NC. Tall fescue remains green throughout the year but tends to thin out with age and wear, sometimes requiring over-seeding. Carolina Blue resist wear and stays greener longer than other varieties of fescue.

ST. AUGUSTINE (info)
St. Augustine grass is a dark green turf distinguished by its wide blade and excellent shade and salt tolerance. St. Augustine is well suited for the coastal plains of the Southern states but should have irrigation and a fertility program. St. Augustine should be mowed 3-4” high and is susceptible to certain insects and disease like chinch bugs and gray leaf spot.

CAVALIER ZOYSIA (info)
Cavalier zoysia is a fine-textured, high density turf with excellent shade and drought tolerance. Uses include golf coarse fairways, tee boxes, and home lawns. Cavalier is specifically adapted to tolerate cold temperatures experienced in the transition zone. Cavalier differs from the other zoysia varieties because of its very fine, long, narrow leaf blades. Salt tolerance and resistance to insects and diseases are other benefits to this proven high quality, high performance turf .

EMERALD ZOYSIA (info)
Emerald zoysia is a fine bladed dense zoysia with good cold tolerance. Emerald is recommended for high quality lawns where adequate maintenance can be applied. Appearance of Emerald is best when cut with a reel-type mower.

PALISADES ZOYSIA (info)
Palisades zoysia is a vegetatively produced, medium-broad textured, high density turf suitable for home lawns, golf fairways and sports fields. Developed by Texas A&M University to withstand drought and shade better than the current varieties of zoysias. Palisades has a blade similar to centipede and a shade tolerance comparable to St. Augustine. This turfgrass is an excellent choice for any application.

Fertilizer Products (Links in this section are to one of our vendor's sites, Lebsea.com or Lebturf.com)-

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Preemergent Fertilizers
Preemergent fertilizers are used in the turf industry to prevent many annual weeds which may invade your lawn.  There are many products in the market today for the consumer to choose from.  Carolina Fresh Farms recommends the use of the professional product Barricade.  If used properly, Barricade will last longer than many other competitor’s products in the marketplace today.  Due to the longer germination period of weeds and high humidity levels in the Southern states,  our customers find that this product is far superior to many others for the control of annual weeds such as crabgrass.  Depending on the time of year and the type of lawn you have, this product is available in both a high nitrogen formulation as well as a low nitrogen formulation.
16-4-8  .38% Barricade
5-5-20  .38% Barricade 

Post-emergent Fertilizers
Many broadleaf weeds such as clover and dandelion are not effectively controlled by preemergent herbicides.  Carolina Fresh Farms has selected the professional product Confront 3 as the suggested product for the control of broadleaf weeds.  Confront 3 is available in a high nitrogen formulation as well as a low nitrogen formulation.  The low nitrogen formulation (0-0-15) is excellent for spot treating the lawn or for use on warm season lawns during the dormancy period.  The Confront 3 products are certainly modern day weed and feeds.  Confront 3 is labeled for sensitive lawns such as Centipede and St. Augustine.
19-0-6 Confront 3
0-0-15 Confront 3

Combination Pre and Post-emergent Fertilizer
Don’t know where to start to fix your lawn?  Many times we suggest this one of a kind product.  It will fertilize your lawn, prevent annual weeds and control broadleaf weeds.
19-0-6 Confront 3 + Dimension

Disease Control
Nothing is worse than watching your lawn decline due to a fungus.  Carolina Fresh Farms suggest the use of the professional systemic fungicide Eagle to prevent disease before it begins.  Due to the systemic nature of the chemical, Eagle fungicide is an excellent choice to prevent and cure many diseases such as Brown Patch on a fescue lawn. 
Eagle 0.62 granular

Insect Control Fertilizers
With milder winters in recent years, insect damage in the home lawn has been on the rise.  Carolina Fresh Farms has several products to choose from depending on the problem.  Talstar with the active ingredient bifenthrin has long been recommended for the control of surface or insects such as imported fire ants and armyworms.  If root feeding insects such as mole crickets or grubs are the issue, we suggest the use of Merit insecticide.  If your lawn has both subsurface and surface feeding insects than we may suggest that you apply Allectus insecticide to your lawn.  All three products are granular and may be applied with the convenience of a fertilizer spreader.
Allectus 0-0-7 .15G
Bifenthrin .1G
Merit .3G
Talstar .073%

Straight Fertilizers
Carolina Fresh Farms offers many formulations of straight fertilizers for general fertilization of your landscape throughout the growing season.  Each product serves a purpose within the landscape.  The Woodace products are slow release and designed for ornamental plants. The 12-3-6 Woodace formulation is for acid loving plants such as Azaleas.  There are three basic formulations for the lawn.  The 16-25-12 provides extra Phosphorous for increased root growth.  We commonly refer to this product as starter fertilizer.  The 25-0-12 formulation contains IBDU nitrogen.  IBDU does not require warm temperatures to release; therefore, this product will keep your Carolina Blue fescue lawn greener during the winter months when most fertilizers will not work.  Our most advanced fertilizer product is certainly 20-0-25 formulation which contains EXPO.  EXPO is slow release Potassium.  In the Southern states, Potassium is either unavailable in a clay soil or leaches quickly in a sandy soil.  Potassium is crucial for the survival of your lawn through extreme conditions such as drought or the cold winter months.
14-14-14 WOODACE
12-3-6 WOODACE
16-25-12 25% Meth-Ex 40
25-0-12 34%CRN MESA + IBDU
20-0-25 EXPO