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New Lawn Yellowing
These are cool season grasses and go dormant in heat -- you're probably seeing "leaf
firing". Continue to water, but do not overwater -- things will green up again when fall comes. Just what is "leaf firing," Kay? The leaf goes yellow, starting at the tip and working back to the base. As opposed to the yellow streakiness you see if the grass is starved for N. Perhaps I'll try cutting back the watering to twice a week, watch the lawn closely, and see if that helps at all. Do dig down in a spot and see how far your water is penetrating. There's no point in only watering the top inch of soil when the lawn is established... that actually will increase your chances of problems with the lawn. Instead, a good, deep soaking once a week is better... in the upper midwestern summers, we figured an average of 1" of water a week to keep a bluegrass/fescue lawn going. Luckily, in the midwest, you usually get that inch in rainfall. I cannot, in good conscience, put an inch of water on my lawn out here in the arid west (I'm near Portland, OR), so I'm maintaining a bit of lawn near the house (my DH is a traditionalist) and slowly working on converting the rest to native plants, which do not need summer watering. The lawn near the house, however, just gets enough to keep it barely alive in the summer... nowhere near enough to keep it green. Kay |
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Do dig down in a spot and see how far your water is penetrating. There's no point in only watering the top inch of soil when the lawn is established... that actually will increase your chances of problems with the lawn. Instead, a good, deep soaking once a week is better... in the upper midwestern summers, we figured an average of 1" of water a week to keep a bluegrass/fescue lawn going. Luckily, in the midwest, you usually get that inch in rainfall. I cannot, in good conscience, put an inch of water on my lawn out here in the arid west (I'm near Portland, OR), so I'm maintaining a bit of lawn near the house (my DH is a traditionalist) and slowly working on converting the rest to native plants, which do not need summer watering. The lawn near the house, however, just gets enough to keep it barely alive in the summer... nowhere near enough to keep it green. Kay Kay Fleemo is near Sacramento CA, zone 9 |
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New Lawn Yellowing
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mleblanca wrote: A moment of of contemplation for Emilie who will be experiencing 102 F today. Stay cool. -- FB - FFF Billy http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ |
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New Lawn Yellowing
On Aug 1, 10:51 am, Billy Rose wrote:
In article om, mleblanca wrote: A moment of of contemplation for Emilie who will be experiencing 102 F today. Stay cool. -- FB - FFF Billyhttp://angryarab.blogspot.com/ lol Thanks Billy Actually it "only " got to 100.7 and has already cooled down to 99.6. Nights about 65, so not too bad. July temps: 29 days above 90, 2 days: 84 and 87 (the day it 'rained' .27 in. Supposed to have a cold spell on the weekend; probably will be changed before that arrives...Ha Emilie in the blast furnace |
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