Summer Dormancy: What's Your Situation?
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Re: Summer Dormancy: What's Your Situation?
Dealing with some browning here and there, as usual...near sidewalks, etc. A bit of brown mixed in due to fungus too. Nothing really bad, though. Raised my height of cut by 0.25 inch in the front, and about 0.125 inch in the back (to the 4" max on the Toro) in preparation for the heat this weekend, and it looks better already.
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Re: Summer Dormancy: What's Your Situation?
Green and growing. Cutting twice a week, except through the recent peak in the heat this past week. Plenty of water so far this season. Storms coming through tonight and back in the 70s.
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Re: Summer Dormancy: What's Your Situation?
At this point with the rain and no high temps for at least the next 7 days, it would appear we won’t have much of any lawn drought the year as August the daylight hours are much shorter.
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Re: Summer Dormancy: What's Your Situation?
Yeah, so far so good this year. About the worst it's been is right now...Northwestern CT and Southwestern MA have an "abnormally dry" area currently...first time this year.KBGkicksazz wrote: ↑July 22nd, 2019, 10:17 pmAt this point with the rain and no high temps for at least the next 7 days, it would appear we won’t have much of any lawn drought the year as August the daylight hours are much shorter.
- Setzer1994
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Re: Summer Dormancy: What's Your Situation?
I got some isolated dormant spots but yesterday's 2.5" of rain should help. It's also killing me to not be able to spot spray a few weeds with the temps, but perhaps I can do a bit tomorrow since the temps should stay down a bit.
- Zareth
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Re: Summer Dormancy: What's Your Situation?
LOL.andy10917 wrote: ↑July 19th, 2019, 11:43 amSo many people stress-out on "the 1/3 rule". Unless repetitively broken, the following is my credo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6kgS_AwuH0
Considering I only spray the side yard and front yard with T-NEX, the back yard is mowed on the same schedule and is a little shadier, its allllways taller.
It doesn't seem to mind, however I double cut to prevent clumping in the back which I don't have to in the rest of the yard.
The grass doesn't seem any worse for wear but It would be clumpy if I didn't double cut.
- HoosierLawnGnome
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Re: Summer Dormancy: What's Your Situation?
This year I learned I need to transition to summer watering sooner. Before stress arrives. Especially after a wet spring. Too big of a change from cool and wet to hot and dry, need to round out the transitions artificially. Also keep up the N on short turf. DAP does wonders as slow release for me over summer. Turf loves it.
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