How can you get your grass to grow in this hot whether?

Answer 1

A couple of the answers here have good points, but there is alot of useless info also. The most important thing you can do, is deciede if you want to keep the lawn green or just let it bounce back when normal weather returns. Doing a mix or watering alittle here and little there will only cause more harm that good. So make a decision and stick with it. If your going to water and maintain a green lawn, watering in the morning is the absolute best time to water. You want get the majority of the watering done id say before 9am. The water will not burn the lawn if you happen to water in the day. The bulk of the water will evaporate thats all. So watering during the middle of the day, im going to say is alot of waste. It will still help, but youll be waisting water. Do not water at night, the only thing this will do is promote disease and insect activity. Just remember some water is better than no water. So if that is the only time you have available, do it then. Next, you want to mow at the highest setting on your mower. The hotter it is the hight you want to mow. Keep your mower blades sharpened. These two things are easily the most important in maintaining a healthy lawn this time of year. In the spring and fall you wont see the damage those two things do to your lawn but in the summer you will notice the damage right away. But remember your lawn needs 1''-2'' of water a week. If your going to try to keep your lawn green, stick with it. Otherwise it will bounce back when weather returns to normal

Answer 2

I'm not sure where you're at, but I'm in Las Vegas where we're averaging 115 degrees during the day. Add a little fertilizer to your watering and water at the end of the day. DO NOT water in the early morning or during the day as this attracts the sunlight and dries out the grass. Once your grass starts growing, mow every second or third day on the HIGHEST mower setting. This prevents weeds from growing and sucking up all of the water your grass should be getting. Also, don't over water, common mistake in the desert. If you step on the grass, it shouldn't splash. If you can afford it, try planting some shade trees too, nurseries sell them mature and ready for replanting. Most will plant them for you, for a fee.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

You can't. Grass and many other plants will go into a type of dormancy when the temps are either too high or too low. Extra water will not help. Be glad that you don't need to mow as often when it's so hot! Don't worry, once things cool a bit grass will resume growth!

Answer 4

If it's a cool season grass such as Kentucky bluegrass, perennial rye or the fescues, it naturally wants to slow down in the heat! That's why it's called cool season grass. Forcing it to grow in extreme heat is just inviting disease problems. But if you insist; nitrogen and water. Fertilize and apply plenty of water.

Water when it the coolest so the water will penetrate and not evaporate. Two to four hours after watering, stick a very long shank screw driver into the ground. If it penetrates easily at least 5 inches, then you have applied enough water. You want water down into the soil, so water less frequently but water throughly. You may exceed application rate (soils vary in how quickly they can take in water) and water just runs off and not into the ground. In that case split the application........water for a bit, turn it off and wait an hour and water again.

Answer 5

best to water it in the day, i hear

i mean it doesnt sound too logical.. cuz u think the sun will just dry it faster..

but i hear if u water it at night it hurts the plants a lil.. not sure

(might be something to do with grass releasing co2 instead of oxygen at night)

Answer 6

You have to water it heavily but only before the sun is on it and after the sun goes down.
Watering in direct sunlight will just burn the grass.

Answer 7

the absolute best time to water is in the morning before 6 am.

make sure that you're watering is deep and saturating, not superficial. the best way to ensure saturated watering is to cut your lawn to the appropriate length for your grass type (yet not too short) and make sure there isn't too much thatch (old dead grass) in your lawn.

Answer 8

Water it. Grass will take almost any heat as long as it gets enough water.

Answer 9

you don't - converse water and let the grass die. plant desert plants instead.

Answer 10

set your mower height higher......won't dry out as fast.