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| Hello, all.
In my neck of the woods (central CT), many of
Does anyone know what variety it is? Better yet, why in the world would a homeowner
Looks aweful!
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| Probably Zoysia, but who knows without seeing it. I guess they made the choice to have an easier to care for lawn during the summer/spring, but brown in the fall/winter. Some, probably most in your area, choose the opposite. I haven't talked to your neighbors lately, so can't be entirely sure of their reasoning. LOL! |
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| I'm in CT too, and I see Zoysia all the time and I agree it looks terrible. If you look at the ads for Zoysia in things like Parade they make it sound like the greatest grass in the world, with no flaws. They briefly mention that it turns tan in the winter, but it is one sentence and by the time you read it you are so impressed by the other claims, you pretty much ignore it. |
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- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Tue, Mar 27, 12 at 8:46
| It could also be dormant Kentucky bluegrass. Fescue is about the only grass you can rule out. It remains green all winter. |
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- Posted by GardenGuyZone6a 6a (My Page) on Tue, Mar 27, 12 at 10:48
| Dchall, KBG turns full yellow over winter? I did not know that. |
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| I have tall fescue and it turns brown over winter. All of my neighbors have the same TF grass and they turn brown for a few months. It's not 100% brown, but at least half of it is dormant. I'm sure it wouldn't if we all continued to water it. But it's nice to have a break from lawn care for a few months... |
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| Fine fescue will also turn brown during "open winters," which are winters without much snow cover, like this past winter. If there is enough protective snow cover, they'll just turn to a lighter shade of green. Paul Tukey in The Organic Lawn Care Manual makes this observation for cool season grasses in general. And I saw it for myself in my backyard this past winter with little snow cover. The fine fescue browned in the latter part of the cold weeks. It looked like the fescue was making a valiant effort and would remain green all season, but near the end of the colder weeks, it started browning--right near the end. Of course, this was a mild winter here, where I think the coldest temp this year was only about 13* F. Usually, it gets down to minus 3 to 6 below zero, but not this unusual year. Makes me wonder if the fescue would have browned earlier had this been a regular winter. But then again, if there had been enough protective snow cover like in a regular winter, it may have stayed green. The variety of the fine fescue is probably Boreal. |
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