Take All Root Rot Disease
St. Augustine grass can get some pretty unique, nasty diseases that are sometimes unavoidably fatal. Take all root rot disease is by far no exception to this rule. Once you get it, it is all over. Your best bet is using a peatmoss topdressing control. This will help with the nutrients and soil content of the lawn, but it is no panacea for sure. This disease is absolutely vicious in its ability to completely destroy a St. Augustine turfgrass lawn. It starts by killing the roots of the grass under the soil. Then it makes the rot, which eventually causes the turfed area to completely disintegrate. You can easily tell if you have this fatal lawn disease by pulling up on any grass plants in your lawn. If the roots pull right up as if there were no resistance at all, then you know for sure that you have got take all root rot also known as TARR.