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shoshannah
Citizen
Username: Shoshannah
Post Number: 236
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 11:40 am: |     |
Every spring we have a beautiful, green lawn. Every August/September, our lawn is completely brown -- except for some spots of mutant grass (the blades are different from the regular grass). What's happening? |
Michael K. Mc Kell
Citizen
Username: Greenerose
Post Number: 26
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 1:07 pm: | |
This is a different spieces of grass. I can't recall the actual name but it's a Jamacian mix. Most lawns are of Kentucky Blue grass with some Rye. Your lawn is probably very dark green and full. Much like a golf course if you were to cut is very short. By winter, the lawn looks like it was hit with Napalm as it doesn't do well in cold weather.
Answer: Leave it alone or dig it up and re-seed
Me. I'd pour concrete and paint it green. I hate cutting grass. |
shoshannah
Citizen
Username: Shoshannah
Post Number: 238
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 4:36 pm: | |
Someone suggested that my lawn could be infested with grubs. Could that be it? I don't think it's the warm weather/cold weather thing because it gets brown in August. |
tourne
Citizen
Username: Tourne
Post Number: 198
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 5:12 pm: | |
If grubs were killing your lawn, go out and pull on it. If you can pull up big pieces like a rug, than grubs have eaten the roots. If that is the case, than go to the garden center and get Milky Spore powder and use as directed. I doubt you have grubs, though. They don't kill an entire lawn. You probably just have a variety of grass that turns yellow/brown when dormant. Some people have planted these varieties and the previous home owner probably did. |
Michael K. Mc Kell
Citizen
Username: Greenerose
Post Number: 29
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 1, 2003 - 6:48 am: | |
Ditto.
Doubt as well Re: Grubs. My neighbor has the same lawn. It's brown now and really pretty in season.
If your going to tear up and re-seed, now is the best time. |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 3468
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 1, 2003 - 8:08 am: | |
The most common grasses that brown over in winter are zoysa and St. Augustine. From observation around the ‘hood and reading they don’t green up until it is consistently warm at night, usually late May or June around these here parts. The zoysa lawn around the corner from us is still green, so I doubt if you have this type of lawn.
I would suggest dethatching, aerating and reseeding. As Mike points out it is a great time to do this.
Mike, are you a member of the Centre Street McKell clan? If so, I used to work with your dad.
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Lizziecat
Citizen
Username: Lizziecat
Post Number: 51
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 1, 2003 - 8:57 am: | |
Zoysia was a fad back in the 50's and 60's, which was when a previous owner put my lawn in. It stays green until the first frost, when it turns into brown hay, and remains brown until mid May. It needs littkle water, so all through last year's drought it was lush and green. Several years ago we tried roto-tilling it up and raking it out. We replanted with regular grass, which looked beautiful for a couple of years, and then the zoysia came back. We were told by a garden center that the only way to get rid of zoysia is to cover the lawn with plastic tarps and pump cyanide gas under the plastic. Whether or not this is true, I don't know, but we decided to live with the zoysia. |
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