[SNOWBOB11]

It's hot outside which means not the best conditions for cool season grass. When it's this hot I find it better to water 3 times a week rather than 1-2. That and spraying serenade for fungas with this humidity. So far my still young bewitched is doing good for the most part. It looks a bit heat stressed in the areas that get more sun but it's handling the heat a lot better than my nomix used to. How's everyone else's lawn doing?

 

[Jconnelly6b]

Turrible!

 

[NanserbE]

Seeing the start of some fungus too, and seed stalks are dying off making it look brown.

Flushed my irrigation last night after a pipe was broken and repaired by a fence installer. They ended up clogging 4 heads with too much glue that wasn't allowed to dry. Fun.

 

[kaptain_zero]

Well.... it's not trailing smoke yet, but gosh darn it.... it's close! I had a patch I seeded close to the house and watered it daily. For the last week I've been hitting it with water hard, but it still turned into a crisp. The old advice of not sowing seed in the spring appears to ring true. I was just building up a fairly small area right next to the foundation and I didn't want just soil that would dry out and blow away. Hopefully the dead roots will keep the soil in place until the end of August, when I will sow and water again.

 

[Wolverine]

My kbg is 4.5" long and green as can be. No signs of fungus as of yet.

 

[Green]

97 today (heat index of 109). Definite heat stress despite watering this morning and getting significant rain 3 days ago. Some of the very edges are dying out...so no point in edging...nature is taking care of it.

Soil temps at 8:30PM when the air temp was 88, were 80 to 93 degrees. I don't want to know what it was in the heat of the day.

Tomorrow it will go back to the low 90s.

 

[Eric]

My yard is phenomenal right now, it's been a screwed up year! From 5/5-5/27 we had hot temps and less than an inch of rain! Since then we still get heat but have had probably 11+ inches of rain!

 

[Alpine]

It's been a tough couple of days with this heat and no relief in sight. Lawn is definitely looking stressed. I know the watering rule/guideline for 1" every week and maybe spread over 1-2 days. But what about when it's this HOT - into the mid 90's and higher. My front lawn gets direct sun most of the day and it just bakes. Would you water more often? How about 4 days of watering?

 

[PA Lawn Guy]

Still mostly green, but the areas hit by the most sun are showing signs of stress. don't have irrigation, but will probably set up some sprinklers tomorrow or Tuesday to help out.

Cringe to think of this month's water and utility bills... ugh.

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

Seeing the start of some fungus too, and seed stalks are dying off making it look brown.

Flushed my irrigation last night after a pipe was broken and repaired by a fence installer. They ended up clogging 4 heads with too much glue that wasn't allowed to dry. Fun.

This...this is my rye grass's first spring, and it went to seed all over, and now theres tons of seed stalks dying giving it a brown tinge...cant wait for it to go away.

Any insight from others how long that is? Am i stuck with this until Fall?

 

[social port]

Since June, it has been really hot. We've had long dry spells, but we've experienced scattered showers in the past week. Humid. Humid. Hot. Humid.

My lawn is not feeling well at all: drought stress, brown patch, weeds popping up (including some crabgrass), and Bermuda is threatening.
I am looking forward to fall.

Good thing that summer is almost over

 

[pennstater2005]

In last years reno I've got dead seed stalks but otherwise it's holding up ok. This week will be a good test. For the remainder of the yard.......ehh....

 

[SNOWBOB11]

It's days like this that it would be great to have irrigation. I'll be setting up the sprinklers tomorrow for sure. Hopefully for everyone's grasses sake temps won't be as high next week.

 

[gravylookout]

I don't want to be that guy but it's absolutely perfect up here in North Dakota. Highs in the mid 80s and lows in the mid 60s. We've been getting about a half inch of rain every 4-5 days too (I did water once several weeks back when we had 7 days without). The lawn looks great!

Unfortunately, it's supposed to rain all day Tuesday and Wednesday so my plans to stripe the yard for the 4th may be ruined...

 

[Delmarva Keith]

It's hot outside which means not the best conditions for cool season grass. When it's this hot I find it better to water 3 times a week rather than 1-2. That and spraying serenade for fungas with this humidity. So far my still young bewitched is doing good for the most part. It looks a bit heat stressed in the areas that get more sun but it's handling the heat a lot better than my nomix used to. How's everyone else's lawn doing?

Three times a week can be better when it's so darn hot, despite the added fungus pressure. What happened where I am is it rained like crazy all Spring, raised the water table above the impermeable coastal silts and clays, and deep roots checked out in many locales from lack of oxygen exchange. Now it's hot and roots won't be growing. Without the deep roots, the old mantra of deeply and infrequently won't work as expected. Nurse it through the heat with whatever it takes.

Most lawns are doing pretty well here overall though the hot / dry is making itself known here and there. There are also a few where the owner insists on a weekly two inch or so cut and there's not enough water on the planet to keep that green right now. :?

PS: Happy Canada Day! Sorry I'm a day late .

 

[j4c11]

Sounds like everyone is getting a taste of lawn care in the transition zone

 

[jessehurlburt]

The areas that I seeded this spring are getting close attention and are looking OK. Everything else is getting a little crunchy.

 

[Delmarva Keith]

Sounds like everyone is getting a taste of lawn care in the transition zone

Oh yeah - heat has arrived and man did it arrive!

 

[Suburban Jungle Life]

I'm at 8" height and it's thick and green! I don't water. Problem is, it's still growing. Slowly but it's getting out of hand. I'm going to mow today at 4". Wish my mower went higher... Brown crispies, here we come!

 

[pennstater2005]

I'm at 8" height and it's thick and green! I don't water. Problem is, it's still growing. Slowly but it's getting out of hand. I'm going to mow today at 4". Wish my mower went higher... Brown crispies, here we come!

8" :shock: Pictures :nod: