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Does anyone try to keep their lawn alive during dry periods in summer? Any green areas of mine are slowly disappearing. I really should put a sprinkler on. But you have to do it consistently, and Iβm too lazy. Looking around my neighbourhood, most people choose the let it die path.
It's not dead, it's sleeping. If you like, now is the time to mow it down real hard, apply weed killer to the flat weeds (if any) and wait for rain. The real grass will spring up like magic after some rain. Grass does this - stores itself in its roots ready to go as soon as it gets water. Grazing pressure has the same effect as mowing.
They almost always bounce back :)
I have a few pot plants I water, and thereβs a bit of a green patch where the run off goes in the lawn. Makes it more obvious how dead the rest is. I remember the drought restrictions when watering lawns was not allowed, and I still feel bad to do it. So the grass will just have to go yellow and wait for rain.
It's not just lack of water that can kill a lawn, strong sun can burn it. Choose a tough grass.
Most of mines was doing ok with all the additional rain, but we did mow it a bit short accidentally last time and itβs struggling a bit now. Iβm just throwing some water around hoping it comes back ok