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  • My St. Augustine grass took on about 6' of salt water due to Hurricane Ike on 9-13-08. I could not get any water on it for about 20 days but since I have been able to water it seems to be coming back. What else should I be doing to help with this salt water bath.

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    St. Augustine is a coastal grass, so its more salt tolerant than others. If it hasn't shown damage yet it should be fine, as far as salt goes. The one thing to be concerned about is that the soil has probably been leached of most of its nutrients, which could give you problems next year. I'd recommend putting down a good micronutrient source. Our Volcanite would be a good choice; Medina has a micronutrient package that would be good as well. On top of that top dress with about a half inch of compost. This will replace the lost nutrients and build the soil.

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