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How to grow St. Augustine Grass without seeds?

I have St. Augustine Grass and i wanted to know how can i make grass grow in the spots that don't have grass without going and spending money on grass seeds? I don't want to go out and buy some.

Public Comments

1. Buy sod...never seen St Augustine grow from seed. You may need to check PH of soil where the grass is not growing....it may need some lime added to raise the PH.
2. Propagation. As long as St. Augustine grass has been cultivated, it has been propagated by vegetative means -- stolons, plugs or sod. Only recently has the seed production potential of St. Augustine grass been realized; but, as yet, significant use has not been made of that potential. As reported by Long and Bashaw at Texas A&M in 1961 only a few strains of St. Augustine grass are fertile. The common strain of St. Augustine grass found in Texas is generally fertile; whereas, the strains used in Florida since before 1900 were found to be sterile. St. Augustine grass is readily established from sod since the species is vigorous and spreads rapidly by creeping stolons. Sod plugs or stolons planted on 1 to 2 foot spacings can be expected to cover in one growing season. In commercial St. Augustine grass production 300 to 500 square yards (bushels) of sod are planted per acre. In small lawn plantings, 2 to 4 square inch sod plugs are planted on 1 to 2 foot spacings. St. Augustine grass can be successfully established from plugs anytime during the growing season if water is available.
3. Take cuttings from your grass and replant them wherever you need.