Chinch bugs turned the St. Augustine into straw in Solivita (34759). The ARC will photograph it near Solivita 55+ gates inside Poinciana. Spray will not bring dead turf back. We tear it out and replace it in 3–7 days. $1.50–$3.00 per sq ft. Call (407) 674-2841.
Not Poinciana. 55+ HOA inside Poinciana. Smaller lots than a poinciana acre, louder hoa.
Solivita: Solivita 55-plus ARC streets (34759)
Controllers locked to community watering days; interior cul-de-sacs starve first. Dry, hot St. Augustine along the driveway and sidewalk is the usual kill. Green around the edges and straw in the sun is chinch, not a fertilizer miss.
dead St. Augustine stays dead after spray — Solivita 55-plus ARC streets (34759)
Treat if there are still live bugs. Then tear out the dead. New sod on top of straw fails. St. Augustine sod in Solivita is the grass we roll back unless your street is truly something else.
For Solivita, replace the dead patch, do not just treat on Solivita 55-plus ARC streets (34759)
$1.50–$3.00 per sq ft installed, about $1,500–$3,000 per 1,000 sq ft. Usually 3–7 days.
Full install: sod installation in Solivita. If the sunny zone never comes on, that is irrigation repair in Solivita, not more sod. Neighbor chinch job: Poinciana chinch-bug-sod.