We have had a long standing drought here in North Carolina. I looks like my lawn has started to go dormant and is browning in all over. I have not been watering appropriately to help supplement the shortage of rain. How long will it take for the grass to wake up and start greening up again? Have I caused any long term issues?
Thanks
Summer Dormancy
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andy10917
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Re: Summer Dormancy
Summer dormancy is not something that is normally discussed when Bermuda is the topic. That is a topic for cool-season grasses, during the hottest/driest times.
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lookin400
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Re: Summer Dormancy
Agreed Andy, but we haven't had any rain here in 3.5 weeks and my Bermuda is browning up as if it was December. are you saying that my Bermuda has other issues?
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andy10917
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Re: Summer Dormancy
I'm no Bermuda guru, but Summer is Bermuda's sweet spot and I'm not really aware of a "summer dormancy" thing for it.Agreed Andy, but we haven't had any rain here in 3.5 weeks and my Bermuda is browning up as if it was December.
I'd certainly post a few pix and ask the warm-season folks what they see.are you saying that my Bermuda has other issues?
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imauafan
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Re: Summer Dormancy
Bermuda needs water to grow and remain green. If you water it deeply or get some rain it should recover fairly quickly.
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andy10917
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Re: Summer Dormancy
What a DUH on my part - I read the first post as "I have been watering appropriately to help supplement the shortage of rain". DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH.
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Green
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Re: Summer Dormancy
I was watching some videos from guys with warm-season grasses who were in areas that had long-term drought a few months ago, like Florida, Georgia, and Texas.
Everything went at least partly brown...St. Augustine, Bermuda...everything.
My question is, do warm-season grasses have a more robust Summer dormancy mechanism than cool-season grasses? My impression was that they would green-up rapidly after getting some rain, and that it wouldn't really hurt them much to do that (go in and out of dormancy) multiple times over the Summer. Is this the case?
Everything went at least partly brown...St. Augustine, Bermuda...everything.
My question is, do warm-season grasses have a more robust Summer dormancy mechanism than cool-season grasses? My impression was that they would green-up rapidly after getting some rain, and that it wouldn't really hurt them much to do that (go in and out of dormancy) multiple times over the Summer. Is this the case?
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