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Originally posted by Ozarkwoods:
Bald1 is spring creek running this year for the last 4 yrs it’s been dry?

Although I haven't been out to see it, given pictures of Rapid Creek and Pactola, etc. on the news I'd be very surprised if Spring Creek isn't currently flowing.

Just noticed it having a brownish hue today whilst mowing. The grass growth rate has also slowed considerably in the past 2 weeks.

Northwest Lancaster County here and yep, already seeing some brown.

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Originally posted by divil:
Just noticed it having a brownish hue today whilst mowing. The grass growth rate has also slowed considerably in the past 2 weeks.

My grass has barely grown in 2 weeks now

The guy I pay to come cut it with his zero turn (he does the neighbors too) was not pleased when I called him off again this week. There’s no point in cutting grass that’s not growing and already showing signs of stress.

Dang, that's really sad.

I gave up on the idea we are getting any rain this summer and started watering last week. Everyone’s grass around here is like dry straw now and it’s only the beginning of June. The forecast for June doesn’t show any rain either so we will be going 2 months with very little rain if this keeps up.

I guess I’ll be doing a lot of reseeding in the fall for the areas I’m not going to water.

I've got 6 acres and mow about 3 and it's getting close to dust bowl. The mature oaks and maples are dropping foliage. I've been here for 50 years and don't recall a May/early June like this one.

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Originally posted by Genorogers:
I've got 6 acres and mow about 3 and it's getting close to dust bowl. The mature oaks and maples are dropping foliage. I've been here for 50 years and don't recall a May/early June like this one.

I read an article that said this was the driest May in Pennsylvania since they started keeping records around 1875.

We normally will get 3.0 to 4.5 inches of rain in the month of May here and we got maybe 0.15 inch right at the beginning of the month then nada, zip

All you other parts of the country where you are saying it’s raining for days on end, send some of that up our way!

This year in particlar, I don't have grass. It's mostly weeds, pretty ugly. But when you cut it short, it doesn't look to bad from 1/4 mile away.

Was cutting my grass every 4-5 days, until this week.

Turning brown and not growing at all.

Been very dry in the Cincinnati area.

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Originally posted by PASig:
I gave up on the idea we are getting any rain this summer and started watering last week.

We get bone dry summers here. It's not uncommon to go a month or more without a drop of rain. Last year (maybe it was the year before) it was two months with nothing.

16-16-16 application in May and July with daily watering keeps it looking nice. Only problem is I have/get to mow every 3-4 days. I don't mind much. I've got a rider, cold beer, and a cigar. It's a nice way to spend the evening.

Brown here in mid-MO. Average rainfall for April is 4.5" and May is almost 5". In those two months combined we had less than 3. Going to be a long hot summer around here.

After a really wet April, May has been a bust, rain-wise. My neighbors' lawns are turning brown.

We have a sprinkler system and are on our own well, so we're good.

Actually, I kind of envy the neighbors, in a way. They don't have to cut their lawns

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Originally posted by Gustofer:

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Originally posted by PASig:
I gave up on the idea we are getting any rain this summer and started watering last week.

We get bone dry summers here. It's not uncommon to go a month or more without a drop of rain. Last year (maybe it was the year before) it was two months with nothing.

16-16-16 application in May and July with daily watering keeps it looking nice. Only problem is I have/get to mow every 3-4 days. I don't mind much. I've got a rider, cold beer, and a cigar. It's a nice way to spend the evening.

Power steering. You need that too.

Very dry Spring here. The corn is a foot high but it is going to be in trouble if we don't get some water pretty quickly. None predicted for a week.

Our yard is pretty dry, and according to the extended forecast, there isn't enough rain coming to make much of a difference. The local weather says we just had the driest May ever, and we're about 5" behind in rain for the year so far.

Lousivlle spring was warm with good rain so grass was lush and 5 days was my usual time between cut. Been bone dry and hot last 8 days and grass has slowed.

I get brown spots from dog pee but if I put gypsum pellets on them they fade fast. Watering tomatoes and flowers regularly or they're toast

I’m leaving my grass longer than usual. It needs less water that way.

Lots of brown grass here, trees only have about 50-60% of leaves then normal and they are starting to drop some of them.
Got a text yesterday that any burning is currently banned.
I only got a half inch of rain in May and April was pretty sparse on rain also.

On Wednesday one of my customers asked “what can I do to get that green, lush grass”. He was hoping that he could get me to put some magic on it and his lawn would beat the neighbors.

I said “You know what I’m going to tell you.”

“No, what?”, the inquisitive look on his face told me he thought I had some esoteric secret.

“Water your lawn.”

The man laughed at me. I shrugged.

I have 200 customers and only one of them waters their lawn but that’s only if you consider me my own customer. It’s mind boggling. They spend hundreds of dollars for a nice lawn but won’t spend one penny on watering it.

Water your lawn. Deeply and infrequently. My personal choice is about once a week for 45 minutes.