July turf tips
Continue to mow lawn at 3 inches to shade the plant crown and roots. Pull any weeds that may show up in the yard. Long, hot summer days tend to dry out your lawn and turn it brown. Don’t worry! Cool season grasses like bluegrass, fescues and rye grasses are better suited for cooler weather and as a result will naturally brown for a while but, green up again as the weather cools and the rains return. Avoid high Nitrogen fast release fertilizers as the natural salts in nitrogen can dry and burn your turf. If you irrigate your lawn, it is better to water less frequently but, for a longer period of time. This promotes deep saturation of the ground and encourages the grass roots to go deep for water. Better to establish deep roots than grass roots close to the surface which tend to dry out faster.