Did the heat/dry wave kill your lawn?

[Anonymous]

Even the weeds died. Nice to not have to mow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop watering your lawns. It is a massive waste of water. Your grass will be fine. It will bounce back in the fall. The obsession with green lawns is insane.

wrong, you need to keep the grass up or the hoa or county can be called to fine you

Cite?

[Anonymous]

Its been super hot and dry this year. Unlike last year it rained every week. Wait until October and seed and fertilize.

We have a lot of areas that are brown. It can go all brown and wouldn't bother me. We've spent a lot on a basement renovation, almost six figures, a new garage door, an operation, and a new luxury car so the grass is the least of our concerns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop watering your lawns. It is a massive waste of water. Your grass will be fine. It will bounce back in the fall. The obsession with green lawns is insane.

wrong, you need to keep the grass up or the hoa or county can be called to fine you

You are wrong

[Anonymous]

I started with very poor soil after my front yard was reclaimed from a concrete parking lot owned by the previous occupant. It’s full of construction rubble. My lawn used to die off every summer.

This year, it’s doing well. I think over time, 3 things happened:
1. Occasionally I let the grass go to seed (in the spring). I suppose the hardier varieties end up taking root and improving overall lawn survival.
2. The lawn is bordered on two sides by flower borders that are under automatic drip irrigation, which uses minimal water to send drops directly to the soil. I installed this years ago, but maybe it took that long to help.
3. The other two sides have trees or bushes (plus the house wall), that provide occasional shade and moisture retention.

I need to mow in August, which I haven’t had to do before!

[Anonymous]

We have a well established bluegrass and fescue mix.
Certain spots in front, often near concrete, dry and yellow each year. This year totally dead.
We use Scotts patch mix every fall.

[Anonymous]

Our front yard is limping along, but the back yard fescue mix is dead. Not dormant, dead. I'm trying to figure out exactly what to do. I'd prefer to switch to zoysia, but the process of getting that established is not well-aligned with having dogs.