Tomorrow will be 3 weeks since we got any rain here and it's been 90-95 almost everyday with full sun. about 95-99% of the lawns in my neighborhood with over 400 houses are all brown and scorched. Most lawns here are either bermuda or centipede and they are all brown. Suppose to get some rain tomorrow or Monday but we will see. Mine is barely holding on as I have some hot spots forming mostly in the back that faces South on the fence on whether to keep the irrigation going or not.

 

I swear that the Humic Acid and Kelp helped me though this as "un-necessary" as it is. I have a few hot spots starting near the street/sidewalk, but the rest of it looks like a golf course. And the deep watering instead of .5/ inch 3 times a week.

 

What do you think the humic and kelp did physically to help during this heat and drought?

 

@Mightyquinn sounds like you are getting some typical Louisiana weather, except you are having cooler weather

 

We finally got some rain this afternoon. ~3\4”. It’s still growing but not a nice dark green. It’s struggling and while I have a water budget, the heat stress is getting away from me.

 

I was ready to throw in the towel until this rain came. My front is still doing well but my back is about 40% toast. I’m no longer willing blow up my water bill just to have green grass.

 

Its raining in most of Wake country right now finally. I am not seeing much run off from the gutters, its all soaking in.

 

I got a whole whopping 1/4” from all the rain that was around yesterday and last night. It’s like I have a dome over my house . There will be nice yellow and red storms coming my way and then when it gets close they start to weaken and break apart and then reform after they pass.

 

Anyone else maintaining at higher HOC during this heat wave / drought?

 

I am maintaining the same HOC as before, but I am using a honda mower, not a reel mower so my HOC is already "high".

 

Our sub is nothing but bermuda except one house where the guy put down Tall Fescue. Ironically no one but me and my closest neighbors care about our lawns the rest look like death beyond dried out and full of weeds. It pains me to see it because it's not hard to really take care of it.
I'm in WF

 

So We got decent rain last night and I decided to mow today. The only hot spots I have are from urea burn and I know how it happened after looking at it. If I hadn't dropped the urea on Thursday after work, I would have made it through the bubble without any damage. But I can water the crap out of those areas and it should recover.

 

+1 @Mightyquinn

There is a force field around my area also. Past 2 days big beautiful red blobs on the radar barreling towards me. Every area around got a couple of inches. What I got barely wet the bottom of the rain gauge.

 

+1 @Mightyquinn

There is a force field around my area also. Past 2 days big beautiful red blobs on the radar barreling towards me. Every area around got a couple of inches. What I got barely wet the bottom of the rain gauge.

At least I’m not the only one that happens to

I have noticed my front(North side) and side yards are doing much better than the backyard(South side) with all this heat.

 

I have a nuclear plant five miles west of me. I swear it diverts clouds. Told a few neighbors and they cant stop watching the radar. They’re convinced too. Lol….. in charlotte area. After our .25” you can hear the turf drink.

 

When I’m watching the radar it seems like Charlotte gets all the rain and then it dies out by the time it gets to me

 

It’s not the nuke plant. It’s that cruel b***h Mother Nature. Those that don’t care about their lawn and don’t pay attention to the weather, get the good stuff. Those that care and watch the radar get laughed at.

 

For real. I have gifs of t-storms breaking up right before me, and then reforming just past me. It's so brutal.

 

Y’all will get through it! We had no rain in 4 weeks in Athens, GA. Got 1.4 inches in 2 rains end of last week and the lawn is greening fast. Hang in there.

 

Any suggestions on what to do to help Zoysia (Zenith) recover?
Weather report suggests thunderstorms Sat-Wed (fingers cross)

 

You are going to need a good steady rainfall of around 1" for the lawn to recover maybe more depending on how dry it got. Or you will need to water the crap out of the lawn, you will need to get the water down deep.

Once again, with all the rain that was in the area I only got .29" last night. I had nice big yellow and red cells coming my way and then they just petered out by the time they got to me and then reformed again into a nice line of thunderstorms. I've pretty much given up on watering to keep it lush and green. I'm in survival mode and I am just watering enough to keep it from getting too dried out. I've scalped and dethatched the lawn since it already looked like crap.

 

Fortunate to get about .25" fri pm, and .5" overnight sat/sun with more on the way. If moist conditions continue, was also thinking about reducing the cutting height down and nearly scalping get rid of the thatchy stalks from the heat

 

We got .65 on july 6th on my weather station at home and 1.9 yesterday from the storm

 

I am in franklin county too literally wf had to rezone it from youngsville

 

I’m in Currituck County where the rain parts to the north and south of us as it approaches, lol. I’ve cursed the weather apps all summer. It’s been 100% chance of rain since 6AM and still nothing. My rotator cuff has been on fire from dragging these hoses around. I’d cry but there would be no chance of the tears making to the ground.

 

that was last weekend for me. I went to take the kiddo to get ice cream with a pal and it was pouring on the other end of town but nothing at home.

 

After work the day before yesterday I did a liquid treatment of DEF, Feature, Humic Acid, Micros and a bio stimulant with baby shampoo. Yesterday after work I watered it in. Then around 9pm that line of storms came through, they weren't big storms, but it was slow and the water just soaked in. My bermuda is so dark green the shadows of the blades of grass make it look darker in the sun. Any hot spots I had are 100% gone now.

 

Hope yall got some rain yesterday and more today. Only got 0.5” here but Mrs. Aug is smiling.

 

What does the baby shampoo do?

 

Baby shampoo on lawn

 

I got a Cat 1 hurricane pass less than 100 miles from me and I get about 1/2” of rain. WTF?

 

weather station in back yard says we've got 2.1 inches of rain so far today.

 

I got 1.98" so far today since about Noon.

 

@Mightyquinn man hybrids bounce back fast. My yard was mostly toast. Couple of nice rain events and it’s coming in strong.