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About Ronald B Persaud
(Top Expert on this page)

Expertise
Florida (Central and South) lawns maintenance and troubleshooting.

Experience
Work experience in Garden and Technical Sales (Ace Hardware and Lesco). L&O Spray Technican/Horticulturist/Tree permitting (Local Municipality). Commercial Landscape Maintenance (Condo complex and Shopping Mall)

Organizations
Past member Florida Landscape Maintenance Association (Pinellas County).

Publications
On the 'Gardenweb' under the pseudonym "Ronalawn82"

Education/Credentials
CPO certified (L&O) Florida. Hons. Graduate: Eastern Caribbean Farm Institute (now Eastern Caribbean Institute of Agriculture and Forestry), Trinidad WI.

   

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SubjectDate AskedExpert

Leaf mulching/shredding11/12/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: Have 1/2 acre. Five very large trees including 1 pin oak. Takes me 2 months to cut leaves with ...
  A: A mulching mower might resolve your problem. BUT, rent, borrow or hire first. Make sure it does ...
soft yard11/9/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: i live in houston texas. i have lived in my house for about 20 years. we planted an oak tree about ...
  A: Let me say from the start that I do not have a good explanation for the condition. But here are my ...
wild strawberries11/3/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I have wild strawberries in an established lawn. What chemical will work best to get rid of them ...
  A: That depends upon the type of grass that you have; and I am talking about the scientific name right ...
Lawn/grass11/2/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I live in Thailand where the sun is always blazing. While landscaping my garden lawn. it seems now ...
  A: I know very little about the grass to which you refer; I could not find a scientific name for it ...
Green spots in grass10/31/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: Is there any way to blend in the colours of our grass or will it do it automatically?
  A: It depends! Do you have a pure stand or a mixture of grasses? The color of the leaf of a plant can ...
acorns10/30/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: do acorns, left on lawn, help or hurt you yard. in the past it seems to make no differenc. My ...
  A: Acorns grow into oak trees but that is hardly likely to happen in a lawn that is mowed regularly. ...
weed and feed10/27/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: Is it to late to weed in feed your lawn in late October. We live in central Virginia and have not ...
  A: I am not sure what the weather is like in Virginia now, or for the next few weeks. If the weed ...
PLEASE HELP Purple weed roots , and three leaf clovers10/25/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: PLEASE HELP, I JUST MOVE TO THIS NEW HOME, THE GRASS LAWN LOOKS ALL GREEN AND LOOKS GOOD, BUT I HAVE ...
  A: Since we do not know what caused the grass to die in these areas, check that the sprinkler system ...
Marathon Grass/plugging10/23/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: Our gardener wants to plug our marathon grass at least once a year and I always thought marathon ...
  A: Plugging a lawn is a fairly simple and effective method of filling in bare areas or even replanting ...
dying grass & animals digging holes10/21/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: EVERY MORNING I LOOK IN MY YARD AND MY GRASS IS GETTING DARKER AND DARKER,AND THERE ARE HOLES DUG BY ...
  A: If your area is hospitable to armadillos, they may be digging the holes... in search of insects... ...
Overseeding10/21/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Is it too late in the season to overseed the brown patches in ...
  A: I do not know for sure but every source I tap indicates that it is too late now for lawns in ...
lawn Grass10/19/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: How does the thickness of grass effect its ability to absorb water.
  A: Water is taken up by the roots of grasses. Imagine a very light rain (or irrigation) falling on ...
Watering Schedule for Overseeding10/18/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: Will you please explain what the watering schedule should be for overseeding winter rye grass?
  A: A seed soaks up water which causes it to swell and burst its seed coat. The plumule grows upward ...
is it ok to put sugar in my infield that is 98% bermudagrass?10/14/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: im over some baseball fields in a small town in texas. im proud to say our fields are comparable to ...
  A: Organic methods can be looked upon as one tool in a tool box that has a few other tools. Such ...
putting on crabgrass preventer10/13/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: When is the best time to put crabgrass preventer on? Fall or spring or both? Also, I want to put ...
  A: I would expect about 6 weeks of control from a pre-emergent chemical; but (much) water and (high) ...
mower blade10/10/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: How level front to back should a mower blade be kept ?? A new factory mower set is 3/4" higher in ...
  A: John, Thanks for pointing out something I had never thought of. It seems that the ...
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS IN ORLANDO, FL10/9/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: Would Kentucky Blue Grass do well in Orlando, FL? I don't care for St. Augustine or Bahia grass. ...
  A: "In the southern U.S., Kentucky bluegrass is limited to the transition zone from North Carolina, ...
Need help with small dirt mounds in grass10/9/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I'm in central NC, and I've got some small coffee-cup dirt mounds about 1.5" tall scattered over my ...
  A: I had a similar question earlier and because I cannot claim that the answer is mine, I will attempt ...
SNAKES IN MY YARD!10/6/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: Is there anything I can do, or spray on my lawn, to keep snakes away? I have six small dogs, and ...
  A: I do not know that there is a 'remedy' but here are my thoughts. Wildlife looks for ...
Growing Rye grass in Vases10/6/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I'm trying to grow rye in 11 inch round vases as centerpieces for my upcoming wedding. I started ...
  A: In addition to water and soil, seed germination needs darkness! And temperature. Make sure that the ...
strange growth10/5/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: have seen many fungi growths through the years, but, this one is a first...can you identify ...
  A: I cannot identify this for you. All the searching that I know how to do has not shown a fungus ...
Vinca10/3/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: We had some full grown vinca last year. Some of them re seeded this year with no help from us. How ...
  A: There is no guarantee that seedlings will be anything like the mother plant or that germination ...
Dead Grass Ring10/2/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I have a ring of dead grass around each of my Live Oak trees. The trees are no more that 5 years ...
  A: So the band of dead grass is growing outward. Is it in fact so or it only appears so because there ...
Vinca10/2/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: We had some full grown vinca last year. Some of them re seeded this year with no help from us. How ...
  A: Vinca grows readily from pieces and these will be exactly like the mother plant. The mature plant ...
SOD grass treatment10/1/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I just had sod grass planted about 2 months ago and I accidently sprayed in with WEED AND GRASS ...
  A: The severity of the damage is directly related to how well the spray job was done. I am not making ...
st augustine9/30/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: currently have lawn completely dead. What is the best way to prep ground for new sod (St ...
  A: Land preparation for new sod is focused on facilitating root growth. You want the roots of the sod ...
witch grass in my lawn9/29/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: How do I kill the witch grass in my lawn without killing my lawn?
  A: You wish to kill a true grass (Panicum spp.)in a true grass. This is going to be very difficult. My ...
Thin Grass9/29/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I live in Dayton, Ohio and have a problem with my front yard's grass being thin. At the beginning of ...
  A: Start of with the mindset that you will not remove the trees and that you will try every cultural ...
fescue and other seed inerts in grass seed9/29/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: Will fescue grow in complete shade? and when looking on the back of grass seed packages (Bermuda ...
  A: I do not know how well fescue will grow under shade conditions, The Federal Seed Act requires ...
Sod lawn stays too wet9/27/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I had my backyard landscaped and had sod put in, almost two months ago. Since the first week, the ...
  A: 5 minutes of irrigation twice a week is very unlikely to cause the water logging like you describe. ...
Recurring Fungus in St Augustine Lawn9/25/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I have a St Augustine lawn near the coast in southern NC. My problem is that I am continually ...
  A: You need to identify the fungus accurately. The County Extension Agent will do this for a fee. They ...
Dead Grass Ring9/24/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I have a ring of dead grass around each of my Live Oak trees. The trees are no more that 5 years ...
  A: I take it that there is a band of dead grass around each tree roughly corresponding to the drip ...
Mowing Question9/23/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I will be away for three weeks beginning in mid-October. I live near Philadelphia, and the ...
  A: I do not know. If the grass grows rapidly while you are away, you will have a problem to get ...
kill grass9/23/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I don't have alot of money to spend on herbicides to kill grass. I was wondering if there is a ...
  A: The length of fence lines that you have depends upon the shape of the land rather than the area. An ...
lawn issues9/23/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: i've just moved into a house with a fair sized lawn, (130m square) the previous tenant made a real ...
  A: 130m square means either a square with sides measuring 130m. (a very big piece of real estate); or ...
recover/repair of a burnt-out, weed covered yard9/23/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: earlier this year my yard looked good, no or very little weeds. then the drought hit, no rain for ...
  A: It is easy to conclude that the lack of water has been the reason for the lawn to die. But do not ...
grubs9/22/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I've just discovered that I have grubs, not familiar with lawn care, husband is gone. In researching ...
  A: Correct identification of the grubs in question is essential for control. The reason is that the ...
Stickers in lawn9/22/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: My lawn has weeds that grow very nasty stickers look like sand burrs how can I get rid of them? ...
  A: First of all identify your lawn grass accurately, right down to the variety e.g. "Floratam" in the ...
grass not growing9/22/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I live in zip code 20744. My lawn did not do well. Large area where grass did not grow, I was told ...
  A: You can best obtain the assistance you need by contacting the nearest office of the County ...
Vine type weed9/21/2009Ronald B Persaud
  Q: I have a problem with a weed that is like a vine growing in my tall fescue lawn. This problem ...
  A: I have previously noted with an appropriate degree of shame that I spent a great deal of time and ...

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