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Fertilizing Centipede Grass Correctly (529 words) |
 | Centipede’s popularity is due in large part to its reputation as a low maintenance lawn. |
 | Centipede is especially susceptible to winter injury when there are large fluctuations in temperatures during the winter. |
 | A good general fertilizer for centipede is one that has about the same amount of potassium (K) as nitrogen (N) with low levels of phosphorous (P). |
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centipede. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (483 words) |
 | Centipedes are the most familiar of the myriapodous arthropods, which consist of five groups of arthropods that had a separate origin from other arthropods. |
 | Centipedes are widely distributed in temperate and tropical lands, living in the soil or surface litter, and under logs or rocks. |
 | Centipedes are chiefly nocturnal and predominantly carnivorous, feeding on insects or other small arthropods, though the largest species can kill small vertebrates. |