We are experiencing an extended wet spell that may end abruptly or hopefully not so fast that we flip into another extreme. Either way cool season grass is growing fast for now!
The high humidity and relatively cool night time temperatures are major contributors to the lushness we are experiencing with the cool season lawns. When we hit around 80% humidity at night along with 80 degree temperatures, we could be seeing Brown Patch disease like crazy. We are likely to have some disease problems so call if you don’t know what you are dealing with so you can treat appropriately!
Follow these steps for the first few weeks of June:
Cool Season Lawns:
*Continue to mow at 3 ½ inches MINIMUM! Sharpen the blade after 8-10 hours of mowing too!
*Fertilize with 100% organic fertilizers or don’t fertilize at all (10#/1000 ft. sq of Milorganite ® is what I suggest).
*Spot spray weeds very early in the morning to avoid burning the good grass. READ THE LABEL!
*Apply fungicides as the label recommends. Usually every 25-28 days. Remember, they are like antibiotics…they control from inside of the plant, not in the ground!
*Apply Merit for grubs right now. Be sure to water in any granule application
*Water has been plentiful recently but the turf is able to take up a lot of water as well when it is growing so fast.
Warm Season Lawn:
*Totally different then our cool season lawns! TOTALLY!
*Mow at 2” MAXIMUM! For best results
*Fertilize with High Nitrogen fertilizers or Organics now and again in 30 days for best results
*Apply both quick killing and long last insecticides. Most zoysia problems are misdiagnosed as fungus, when they are actually insect problems. http://turfpath.missouri.edu/reports/update06_05_12.htm
Click on the above link for the best information possible related zoysia and the insect problems we are having here!
* As long as we are this wet just continue to monitor the ground moisture levels, eventually we will get to normal summer water routine!
I feel like any day this advice might change as we dry down so keep checking back!
Happy Fathers Day to all Fathers out there. Prayers to those in Oklahoma
to those who are working hard on clean up…be careful!
Life is like the weather, it changes.
Life is unpredictable, just like the weather.
Extreme weather teaches us to appreciate the days of warm sunshine.
The weather also teaches us that we have no control over life!
Good luck to all those parents and budding lawn gurus out there! Stay Sharp!
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