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Lawn SOS after Hurricane

Posted by didsmj NY (My Page) on
Tue, Aug 30, 11 at 16:01

hello all,

As with the rest of Long Island, we got walloped by the hurricane and as I live by the coast my yard was flooded with Brackish/Salt Water and covered for probably 8-12 hours.

After the water has receded for a couple of days, the grass now looks like it is going brown and I am concerned about it dying. I turned the sprinklers on for a half hour after the water had receded and then the next day thinking the fresh water would dilute the salt but I also want things to dry up.

Should I be watering more or refertlizing now?

Any advice would be great as I dont want to lose the grass!

Thanks


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RE: Lawn SOS after Hurricane

Everything it rains i see some houses here in NJ get totally flooded with water and their grass is immaculate. I would hit it with some fertilizer fast don't water anymore. see if that works!


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RE: Lawn SOS after Hurricane

It is a week later. What are you seeing in your grass?


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RE: Lawn SOS after Hurricane

There are spots that died completely and the majority is still brown but appears to have grown as the blades are tipped white where I am presuming the saltwater burnt. I am now wondering if I should fertilize?


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