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HOGANSVII/ HERALD = THURSDAY, AUG. 7, 2012
By BRIAN MADDY,
:Extension Agent
County
It's hard to believe that
the summer is about over and
kids will be going back to
:: school, if not already.
We survived a pretty
tough winter that was espe-
cially hard on warm season
: grasses.
If we have another bad
winter we want to make sure
:that our lawns enter it in the
best condition possible.
If you haven't soil tested
this year, now is a good time.
If your pH is low, this is the
time to determine from a soil
test report how much lime
you need to put on.
Spreading lime in the
October-November window
would allow the winter rains
to activate the ];Jne by spring.
If your soft test indicates
low magnesium, use
Dolomitic lime, otherwise
use Calcitic lime.
The pH for
, Centipedegrass should be
between 5.0 and 6.0.
Bermudagrass, St.
Augustinegrassand Tall
Fescue pH should range
between 5.5 and 6.5.
The pH for Zoysiagrass
should be between 6.0 and 7.0.
Do not be tempted by all control winter annuals inmust be 65 degrees E You may also wish to seed
the TV advertisements to warm season grasses. It is very important to 1hll Fescue during the fall as
"winterize" you warm season The best time to apply a water the herbicide in with- well.
grass lawn. preemergent herbicide is in 24 to 48 hours. Most seed is sold as a
Never apply nitrogen between August 20th and A December application blend of different varieties.
after September 1st, not even September 15th. of atrazine will also control A straight cultivar is usually
at low rates. Do not apply "weed and the Annual Bluegrass thattwice the cost of a blend.
It stimulates the grass to feed" to warm season grass- might have escaped the ear- If you want to have your
growat the wrongtime which es. The "feed" usually con- lier application, warm season lawn look like
increases the chance of win- tains a high rate of nitrogen. Fall is also a good time to Augusta National in the
ter kill and pest damage. The There are preempt- aerate the lawn. spring, you may want to over-
various funguses attack the gent/fertilizer products that Aeration works best when seed Perennial Rye which
rapidly growing tips of the do not contain any nitrogen the turf is actively growing, provides better turf quality
grass, but you must read the label Solid tines are usually and wear tolerance that
The warm season grass- very carefully, what homeowners have avail- Annual Rye.
es need to go into dormancy To control Crabgrass the able. The Perennial Rye will
when soil temperatures soil temperature must be 55 The hollow tines which act as annual. It also grows
reach 50 to 55 degrees E degrees F and to control removeplugsareusuallypre-at an even rate as opposed to
Fall is also a good time to Goosegrass, the temperature ferred by landscapers. Annual Rye.
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Mountain Trail has been scheduled for 10 a.m. It should conclude about 2 p.m. years old and older.
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