Even A Little Precipitation Can Matter!

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[@MrKevinH]

The total "event" as my weather center captures it, was .23 of an inch. That's a decent recovery for that little. We have decent chances every afternoon this week, which should tell us what is truly dead vs. dormant.

[@AndrewK209]

For what it's worth I'm thoroughly enjoying this experiment 😂 i have a fescue lawn too and dealing with 110 degree days. Mine is looking rough too but luckily i have a very small lawn so I'm keeping it alive

[@MrFergusonLawn]

Ha, well if I wasn't overseeding this fall, I wouldn't be letting it go this far....but let's see what happens!

[@tellitallnow3914]

I have a Tall fescue lawn i planted last fall (Barenburg water saver with RTF) and my front yard is doing great conpared to my back yard. The difference is i keep my front yard watered. I dont have irrigation so i use one aimpulse sprayer. I know they say your suppose to water your yard in the mornings but since this drout started i have been watering my lawn in the evening between 3:30 and dark. I consentrate on one section a day and do a deep watering one area per day, and my grass has flourished. I am using propaconazole and azoxystrobin to combat any fungus and so far i have no fungus. I live on the maryland eastern shore and we havent gotten any good rain in Over 6 weeks and its been terribly hot and humid. I wish i could post some pictures of my evening watered yard. It looks amazing compared to my back yard and neihbors yards that hasnt recieved any water i have the greenest (front) lawn on the block. And the only tall fescue lawn on my street. My semi watered tall fescue is doing waayyyy better then their burmuda right now. I do have some bermuda popping up now the prodiamine has worn off. I will be killing that off with Fusilade in august. FYI, if my math is right , you can save you alot of $$. You can make 14.5- 32 ounce bottles of ornemac 170 (@ 40-60 bucks per bottle) with one 32 ounce bottle of fusilade II for 89.00. And you can make 3.5 -32 ounce bottles of ornemac over the top with one 32 ounce bottle of fusulade II which has 24.5% of the same active ingredient vs ornemac 170 has 1.7% and ornemac over the top has 6.75% active ingredient.

[@TheCreamRisesToTheTop]

We’ve gotten diddly squat here in East Tennessee. It has been quite frustrating trying to establish a new lawn these past 10 months or so. After seeding last fall we didn’t get rain for at least a month and now this summer has been ridiculous. I’ll be surprised if I have any fescue left at all by the end of this.

[@rmb5858]

Don't worry - it will come back. Just get water on it at least 1x a week to keep the crown from dying

[@toml1084]

I did green shoots yesterday!! First time use so I am excited to see the results. I am battling some sort of vine taking over our woods and saw Pete use the green shoots on what looked like the same vine in his trees.

[@MrFergusonLawn]

@@toml1084 🙌🏼 excellent

[@nomargins]

Wow, when you have a large lawn, these are the breaks.

[@davidcrowson4745]

That's impressive how much color came back to your lawn. I was looking at the forecast looks like greater chance of getting some rain this week. Any way thanks for the update.

[@MrFergusonLawn]

@@davidcrowson4745 I agree. For so little, it actually did a lot. Thanks David!

[@aaroncogginslawn]

Hope you get some more good rain soon!! I’m sure a lot will come back. We got close to 2 inches here in Archdale yesterday!!

[@MrFergusonLawn]

@@aaroncogginslawn Wow! That’s precisely what we need!

[@robturner7853]

Killing it all this week!!! So much Bermuda invaders, its senseless to fight off. I need to level a few areas anyway...Cheaper to start over than fight that creeping, crawling Devil-grass!! I WILL PREVAIL & RETURN STRONGER 💪GL to the rest of you!!

[@MrFergusonLawn]

@@robturner7853 Go for it man!

[@harley1793]

Have you thought about rain barrels for your downspouts, for using for watering the lawn? Love your videos

[@MrFergusonLawn]

@@harley1793 Yep, lots of thoughts about it. Not persued it yet.

[@harley1793]

Gotcha:)

[@robertellis2717]

I know this may sound a little crazy, but have you ever thought about watering when it’s raining to add more water to the grass. Don’t know if this would even help purely a guess. It probably doesn’t matter with how hot it is there they’ll just all evaporate anyhow!!! are your soils more clay-based?

[@mattjones1378]

It's a struggle with global warming (heat/drought) in my area, NE Florida. HOA is on my butt for dead grass. City says were only allowed to water 2 times a week. It is time for the HOA in my region to approve front lawns that look like front lawns in Arizona.

[@tellitallnow3914]

So your HOA is requiring y'al to keep your lawn green?? SMH.

[@mattjones1378]

@@tellitallnow3914 Basically. I'm now looking at green paint for dead/stress damaged grass.

[@adiamond1990]

I live in Texas with Artimuss TTTF I have to let the lawn go dormant. Doesn't matter how much water the lawn gets its the heat that forces the turf to go dormant. I water just enough to keep the crows and roots wet.

[@MrFergusonLawn]

Yep, I don't think some people understand the weather we deal with either. It's not as simple as "just water it".

[@luckypete33]

Mr F.....it might be to late but what I have done this yr is run 10 min cycle every morning. My lawn is surviving and my checking account is too......just a thought for next yr.

[@MrFergusonLawn]

Awesome, however I don't have the time to do such lol

[@derekhernandez3699]

Bermuda ftw😂

[@MrFergusonLawn]

@@derekhernandez3699 eh…sometimes. I’d rather deal with this 2 months than brown Bermuda for 5-6. Fescue win 😄

[@Jgreendyk1]

Yeah it is not good. Pete got an order from me the other day preparing for how much I am going to be overseeding this fall. I lost 2 large areas because I didn't water due to not wanting a huge water bill. Oh well it is just grass the worst thing is I got to put more seed down this fall.

[@kennethwashington-iv8bn]

You need a water sprinkler system

[@MrFergusonLawn]

I need a million bucks too

[@kennethwashington-iv8bn]

It don't take a million bucks to get a nice lawn when it's 90 degrees

[@johnnelwhite]

We got some rain Friday right after i through down some freedom fert. I received my first sumer water bill only 137.00. Hopefully i can keep it at that each month.

[@MrFergusonLawn]

That's actually reasonable!

[@brycecarver991]

Honestly sad to see.. I’m sorry to see all your hard work turn brown 😢 I hope most of it comes back starting September! Luckily our irrigation is pretty cheap or else everything would be dead, we’ve had a total of 1.2 inches of rain since March here in Tri Cities Washington.

[@MrFergusonLawn]

@@brycecarver991 not that sad man lol. Just fescue doing what it naturally wants to do in this type weather. It’s all good!

[@glenstacy9177]

I’m in nh the weather is the same as yours and my lawn looks like yours .looked great in spring.same problem with water do I eat or water the lawn

[@robbobtheplucker3082]

We've been long overdue for a drought for a while. This is not global warming!!! It is called weather, and it changes the way God wants it to!!!!!!!! Just need to plan better for next year and stock up. Glad I have plenty of seed and bios saved up. Tenacity working great on that underlying wiregrass I've been dealing with.....Putting down about an inch a week, but yeah, I'm not going to go broke either! Just trying to survive what I can..

[@creemail]

I’m sure the death dormancy has to do with the salt of the fertilizer that you used. Do you think so? Yes it’s due to no water, but most fertilizers have some form of salt within the compound. Agreed?

[@MrFergusonLawn]

@@creemail I don’t. Honestly. It’s literally just no water and that’s it. The rain just stopped for weeks. It’s all good though !

[@creemail]

@@MrFergusonLawn I agree. As always you have a beautiful lawn. Keep up the great work and content! Love the channel!

[@robturner7853]

Bad thing is Ive got it greened up again , hydratain and watered 1x past 10 days , but that common bermuda is on fire!! its gotta go!!

[@MrFergusonLawn]

@@robturner7853 yea it’s wild man. All over the place.

[@samtrolinder4837]

I think id at least dethatch to let water get to soil. Follow up with iron & hydratain/rgs mix weekly

[@G_Grip]

Absolutely not.

[@ryanharris738]

I would say that getting rain catch barrels at your gutter downspout might help with having extra water in these dry times

[@brandonroth8861]

At least if it doesn't bounce back you'll love the new GCI seed.

[@MrFergusonLawn]

Yep, that's right!

[@mikebrown8180]

I get it. watering is expensive. you might want to skip a round of golf just to keep it alive.

[@MrFergusonLawn]

@@mikebrown8180 Golf has nothing to do g to do with it brother lol. Many times I play for under 20 or free. Regardless, I water it when I feel I have to, not want to.

[@mikebrown8180]

@@MrFergusonLawn Haha just havin fun with ya

[@AntoineClaquin-cf2hd]

That looks dead to me. I’m not a fescue guy, but I am in NC with st Aug and centipede in back. It struggles in the dry spells but my little irrigation at times helps. I’m only dormant from dec- feb on average. I’m ok with that because it gives me time off from the lawn. Good luck greening up. Should get good rains starting Thursday

[@kelvinmartinez5569]

Are you able to collect rain water in your city? Maybe this would help out a bit.

[@MrFergusonLawn]

@@kelvinmartinez5569 We do what we can with what we have, but depending on how this seasons story ends, we may get more serious about that!

[@BossMan_Jerm]

Man youre neighborhood is getting so unlucky, rain all around you smh!

[@MrFergusonLawn]

Literally. 10 min up the road they got 3 inches. We got 0. Crazy.

[@TheCreamRisesToTheTop]

@@MrFergusonLawnI feel your pain brother. Saw a map of the last rainfall we got and it felt like my house was being singled out to get nothing while everyone else got 1”+

[@williammedford3661]

Stop cutting in this heat

[@MrFergusonLawn]

Lol...I haven't mowed in over a month bud.

[@ryanharris738]

Hey Mr.Ferguson, where did you get the SolarGreen you are using? I'm having a super hard time finding it

[@MrFergusonLawn]

@@ryanharris738 doesn’t exist with that name anymore. It’s now JG Heat & Drought