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So what is going to happen to everyone's lawn moving forward?
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:04 pm
Like everyone else, I am doing what I can to keep my grass somewhat alive without having a $500 water bill. I try to water my St. Aug twice a week right now to keep up but that still just is not enough. It's dead in some spots, yellow in some, light green in some, thin in some. Somehow some weeds (which I had gotten mostly rid of with pre/post emergents over the last two years) are doing just fine. I had a nice solid thick yard before with few weeds.
So what happens next? Do I stay on my normal schedule into the winter and into next spring and summer with fertilizer/preemergents/post emergents? Will it grow back in the completely brown areas next Spring? Is there anything different I should be doing/should do to help it out over the next year? I was planning to aerate it next Spring but feel like that might be a bad idea now.
So what happens next? Do I stay on my normal schedule into the winter and into next spring and summer with fertilizer/preemergents/post emergents? Will it grow back in the completely brown areas next Spring? Is there anything different I should be doing/should do to help it out over the next year? I was planning to aerate it next Spring but feel like that might be a bad idea now.
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Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:30 pm to LSUDbrous90
Water it longer and less often. You need the water to penetrate deep into the soil where it doesn’t evaporate as fast and encourages good root growth.
I water once a week, but all day long. Moving the sprinkler every 1.5 hours or so.
I water once a week, but all day long. Moving the sprinkler every 1.5 hours or so.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:31 pm to LSUDbrous90
chill out, frances... it's not going to be record breaking heat every year.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:39 pm to poochie
I have just been watering the shite out of mine. Sod was laid in May, so I am not letting my investment die.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:44 pm to LSUDbrous90
My lawns are doing fine with a sprinkling of 20 minutes a piece twice a week. I have a ton of organic material in the soil though. I mulch leaves every fall and winter over them, and also save compostable household waste (egg shells, banana peels, celery butts, bellpepper tops, corn stalks, watermelon rinds, strawberry tops, cherry seeds and stems, etc.) in a bucket in my shed that I sprinkle over the lawns before I cut them every week.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:48 pm to VictoryHill
Between the sod, seed, and plants that we have planted since December we have been a watering mofos. My well is getting tested all day everyday!
Posted on 8/22/23 at 2:49 pm to LSUDbrous90
Spray your lawn with Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo. If you have an irrigation system but you have run off then do two cycles. Fifteen minutes each cycle. Put peat moss in the brown areas next spring. Top dress the whole lawn with compost in the spring as well.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 3:03 pm to LSUDbrous90
Posted on 8/22/23 at 3:46 pm to LSUDbrous90
I'm in TX but I'm taking my St. Aug out and replacing it with landscaping rocks and native plants. Screw this crap.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 5:39 pm to calcotron
Have no water to spare. We collect rainwater which hasn’t happened in months. 45 days straight of 100+ highs hitting 110 as highest. Bermuda will come back. Welcome to central TX.
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This post was edited on 8/22/23 at 5:43 pm
Posted on 8/22/23 at 7:56 pm to PerplenGold
This summer has been an interesting experiment on drought tolerance.
The Bahia areas (most of my grass) just kinda stopped growing. It’s pale green but still alive. The st aug and centipede areas are crispy brown and mostly dormant and/or dead.
As far as shrubs go I have about a dozen gardenias that look completely unaffected. Same with lantanas and most of my native wildflowers. The azaleas are still alive but struggling. Long story short the natives are fine but the imports are dying
that said this shite sucks and I am sick of it. I can take the heat but I need to have rain
The Bahia areas (most of my grass) just kinda stopped growing. It’s pale green but still alive. The st aug and centipede areas are crispy brown and mostly dormant and/or dead.
As far as shrubs go I have about a dozen gardenias that look completely unaffected. Same with lantanas and most of my native wildflowers. The azaleas are still alive but struggling. Long story short the natives are fine but the imports are dying
that said this shite sucks and I am sick of it. I can take the heat but I need to have rain
Posted on 8/22/23 at 8:09 pm to LSUDbrous90
I'd trade our rain all summer long for your draught. Son of a bitch, every time I think I can take a break from mowing, it rains enough to give my grass a good drink and green up the grass real good.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 8:10 pm to cgrand
This summer is just making up for last summer’s deluge. It all averages out, right?
Ultimately, the lawn will go dormant to protect itself. Some spots will struggle to recover, but we still have a fair amount of growing season remaining. Once it cools down a bit and we get some semi-normal rainfall, everything should green back up and can be treated.
Ultimately, the lawn will go dormant to protect itself. Some spots will struggle to recover, but we still have a fair amount of growing season remaining. Once it cools down a bit and we get some semi-normal rainfall, everything should green back up and can be treated.
Posted on 8/22/23 at 8:40 pm to LSUDbrous90
Everything is crispy brown except the torpedo grass. ??
Posted on 8/22/23 at 8:50 pm to LSUDbrous90
OP mine is green as hell. Been watering it once or twice a week. I’ve got Tifway 419, Centipede, and two different kinds of Zoysia. I’ve been using this stuff called NutriSolve - Liquid Soil Micronutrient (with 2% Iron) and lightly spreading this granular fertilizer called Humic Max 16-0-8 - Lebanon Country Club Fertilizer. One of the groundskeepers at the local golf course turned me on to this stuff. I spray 6 oz of the liquid per gallon every 2 weeks and lightly fertilize with the granule every 30 days. It’s been so hot I haven’t spread the granule in 45 days but my yard is still dark green and not wilting. You might give it a try. My yard is a whole lot greener than everyone else in my neighborhood. It’s like Miracle Grow on steroids.
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Posted on 8/22/23 at 10:24 pm to Earthquake 88
My lawn (St Aug) is so green it’s ridiculous. I’m fortunate to have some shade but enough sun that it gets sufficient light. I water about twice per week, when I notice it start to get lighter green and crispy.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 12:10 am to meeple
I’ve had trouble growing St Aug. That’s a nice yard when it’s healthy. Seems like that grass either likes it’s spot or doesn’t. When it doesn’t like its spot it’s high maintenance and dies. My buddy doesn’t do jack squat to his St Augustine and it’s healthy, green, relatively weed free, and been that way for 20 years. He doesn’t even fertilize it.
This post was edited on 8/23/23 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 8/23/23 at 6:35 am to ksdolfan
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Everything is crispy brown except the torpedo grass. ??
If they could create a better looking varietal of torpedo grass it would be the perfect warm season turf.
It’s the honey badger of grasses.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 6:48 am to tide06
ronk - which lawn grass varieties are in danger of not coming back
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