Southern California . Not sure if my grass is dead or dormant. Also what should I do to help this? I sprayed liquid fertilizer last week 22-0-3 and it didn’t help
Stop spraying fertilizer and start spraying water…. It’s the middle of the summer so unless by “southern California” you mean the southern hemisphere then no your grass is just thirsty.
SleeperMuscle
Dormant? It’s July. Lol
Crypto_Loco_8675
It’s not dying. It is going dormant from heat stress. Raise the mower height a couple of notches until it cools down. You’re cutting it too short.
Top_of_the_world718
Dormant. Fertilizer does nothing to dormant grass. Water like hell or wait until temps come down and things will recover
melmwood
I vote aerate, overseed, water. Soil looks dry and hard.
supercoolhomie
Let it grow out a bit put a bag of weed and feed on it and water it alot more. It’ll get green again within a week I’d say 30 min a day at least of water. Morning before heat best
Retirednypd
That was the worst thing you could’ve done. It may be dead now even if it wasnt
infiniti30
What kind of grass is that? If a fescue you are scalping the shit out of it in high heat.
LoveFrenchFries
Water less often and more time. I water twice a week at 1.5 hours and lawn is managing. I’m in Northern IL, haven’t had much rain since spring, 85°+ and sunny lately. Although it is raining now so that’s a bonus
Crawlliencefighter
Nuke it
Midnite-Miles262
Dying Summer – Dormant Late Fall , Winter .
No_Security4009
It’s grass, it’s not a doormat
Lopsided-Farm7710
Looks like it needs more water and less mowing, to me.
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Stop spraying fertilizer and start spraying water…. It’s the middle of the summer so unless by “southern California” you mean the southern hemisphere then no your grass is just thirsty.
Dormant? It’s July. Lol
It’s not dying. It is going dormant from heat stress. Raise the mower height a couple of notches until it cools down. You’re cutting it too short.
Dormant. Fertilizer does nothing to dormant grass. Water like hell or wait until temps come down and things will recover
I vote aerate, overseed, water. Soil looks dry and hard.
Let it grow out a bit put a bag of weed and feed on it and water it alot more. It’ll get green again within a week I’d say 30 min a day at least of water. Morning before heat best
That was the worst thing you could’ve done. It may be dead now even if it wasnt
What kind of grass is that? If a fescue you are scalping the shit out of it in high heat.
Water less often and more time. I water twice a week at 1.5 hours and lawn is managing. I’m in Northern IL, haven’t had much rain since spring, 85°+ and sunny lately. Although it is raining now so that’s a bonus
Nuke it
Dying Summer – Dormant Late Fall , Winter .
It’s grass, it’s not a doormat
Looks like it needs more water and less mowing, to me.