Question
Can you help us.  We moved into my families home 1-year ago.  I live on the westside(dryside)on the island of Oahu and we need help.  How do I revive our lawn?  I have 3-mango trees, 2-plumeria trees, which the white flies destroyed.  And the beautiful lawn is dry and dead.  We also have 2-poi dogs.  Can you help us?

Answer
Your local Cooperative Extension probably does some first rate modestly priced Soil testing.  This is the first step to take to solve your problem.  You need to find out if there is any problem with your Soil, on top of the other problems you describe.

Can you tell me what kind of Grass you were growing?  What is the Sun exposure -- full sun all day or something else?

Your Plumerias are a dream come true, provided White Flies did not get to them completely.

Have you used any chemical pesticides or other products on your Lawn?

Thanks for writing - and rsvp!