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Fri, Aug 1, 08 at 8:40
| Hi All,
The city had to tear up part of my yard and re-seeded - but it has been so hot and humid that I had a white cottony fungus in 4-6" circular patches when I checked it this morning. The grass sprouted on Sunday and I've been watering it each morning - as the surface soil dries out in the sun. But our humidity is so high that the dew has everything sopping wet until about noon. Even where I haven't been watering. Any ideas? I don't know what type of grass seed as the city planted it - but in our area KBG and fescues are most common. PS I have been putting down coffee grounds, and had done corn, soybean and alfafa meal earlier in the season. I hadn't planned on having to deal with new grass during the hottest part of summer. |
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| If it's staying wet until noon from the dew, you can probably cut back on the water. |
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- Posted by lucygreenthumb (My Page) on Fri, Aug 1, 08 at 11:28
| Thanks bpgreen. I probably will. I've never grown grass from seed as you can probably guess. I'd read somewhere to water it twice a day the first 2-3 weeks. So I thought the early morning waterings were showing some restraint...sigh! Any ideas on how to undo the damage, stop the fungus from spreading??? |
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| I don't have a lot of first hand experience with fungus since I'm in the desert, but I've read that spreading ordinary corn meal (like you buy at the grocery store) at a rate of 20 lbs per 1000 sq ft can help. |
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