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Need advice on what to do with shady lawn section
Posted on 9/26/23 at 8:30 am
Posted on 9/26/23 at 8:30 am
This spring I put down some of the Pennington shade mix. It contained the following:
Tall Fescue
Perennial Ryegrass
Kentucky Bluegrass
Fine Fescue
From about March - late June, lawn was doing fine. I watered occasionally and kept it alive and mowed when needed. Once the temps stayed well above 90 and past 100 a few times, I had neglected the yard and most of it had died off. I'm now left with basically what I started in the spring, but a few small patches of grass remaining.
What would be the best thing to do with my shady sections now? Should I put more seed again and be more diligent about watering? I really just didn't think the heat would be that aggressive for so long.
Baton Rouge
Tall Fescue
Perennial Ryegrass
Kentucky Bluegrass
Fine Fescue
From about March - late June, lawn was doing fine. I watered occasionally and kept it alive and mowed when needed. Once the temps stayed well above 90 and past 100 a few times, I had neglected the yard and most of it had died off. I'm now left with basically what I started in the spring, but a few small patches of grass remaining.
What would be the best thing to do with my shady sections now? Should I put more seed again and be more diligent about watering? I really just didn't think the heat would be that aggressive for so long.
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 9/26/23 at 9:13 am to BilbeauTBaggins
Those are cool season grasses so they won't handle Louisiana heat very well. How shady is it? You can try Geo zoysia.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 10:01 am to BilbeauTBaggins
quote:If you seed again in two weeks you'll be looking great until June. Sounds almost worth it to me.
What would be the best thing to do with my shady sections now?
Most people seed cool season grasses down here around this time for the purpose of having a green winter lawn. I didn't know it would hang around for so long.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 2:34 pm to ronk
Yeah I really just wanted something to cover up what we had, which was just dry river silt.
It's our backyard which has a massive tree canopy. I've already tried pruning as much as I could without needing to climb 20+ feet to get any other branches, which seems unnecessary.
Where's the best place to get that zoysia? And could I seed now or should I wait til early Spring?
It's our backyard which has a massive tree canopy. I've already tried pruning as much as I could without needing to climb 20+ feet to get any other branches, which seems unnecessary.
Where's the best place to get that zoysia? And could I seed now or should I wait til early Spring?
Posted on 9/26/23 at 2:35 pm to bayoubengals88
quote:
If you seed again in two weeks you'll be looking great until June. Sounds almost worth it to me.
Most people seed cool season grasses down here around this time for the purpose of having a green winter lawn. I didn't know it would hang around for so long.
Are you suggesting I see the shade mix now? I just know it's probably going to die from another heat wave if I try later on. I'd rather go with a good zoysia that can blend with my St. Augustine that gets almost full sun.
This post was edited on 9/26/23 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 9/26/23 at 2:43 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
Here's what it looked like July 1st.
Below is a panoramic I took last week after mowing. Bottom left is where the above photo is.
Below is a panoramic I took last week after mowing. Bottom left is where the above photo is.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 2:44 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
quote:No, I was suggesting mid October.
Are you suggesting I see the shade mix now?
Rather than thinking of it as a shade mix, it's really a cool season grass mix, which means it works up north in the summer and down south in the winter.
Posted on 9/26/23 at 2:51 pm to bayoubengals88
But then it would die in the summer, no? Zoysia should hold up year round if maintained?
Posted on 9/28/23 at 8:10 am to BilbeauTBaggins
Bumping this.
Posted on 9/28/23 at 8:48 am to BilbeauTBaggins
quote:Zoysia would go dormant in the winter just like any warm season grass.
Zoysia should hold up year round if maintained?
Yes, I wasn't suggesting the cool season grass as a year round option (there are none here), but it would look good until spring at which point you can kill the cool season grass intentionally and get started on your new geo zoysia lawn.
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