You may even skip a year or two in fertilizing a centipedegrass lawn. • Choose a fertilizer with 30 to 50 percent of the total nitrogen in a slow- or controlled-release form.

Q. I was heavy-handed with fertilizing my centipedegrass lawn this spring and I think I’ve killed sections of my lawn. Will the lawn recover, or am I looking at replanting what looks to be dead ...

This is usually the primary reason for centipedegrass decline. If the grass can be lifted easily from the soil surface by pulling on the stolons, this is a sign of poor root system development.