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Top growth is slow or stopped, but roots are still gong rowing.
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Originally Posted by MikeBear
Can you fertilize even in 40 degree or less average temps? Our grass has basically gone dormant already, but the leaf removal time period hasn't quite finished.
In the Fall, if at all. But don't fertilize with anything so strong that will prompt the grass to grow when it ought to be dormant. And do not cut the grass short for the winter. Cool-season grasses do best when consistently mowed to a height of three inches.
That’s the great thing about fertilizing cool season lawns in late November as all the energy from the fertilizer goes to the roots instead of top growth....creating an early spring green up.
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Originally Posted by VendorDude
In the Fall, if at all. But don't fertilize with anything so strong that will prompt the grass to grow when it ought to be dormant. And do not cut the grass short for the winter. Cool-season grasses do best when consistently mowed to a height of three inches.
In the Fall, if at all. But don't fertilize with anything so strong that will prompt the grass to grow when it ought to be dormant. And do not cut the grass short for the winter. Cool-season grasses do best when consistently mowed to a height of three inches.
Fertilizer doesn't prompt grass to grow. I think if I remember correctly from high school biology, it is the amount of sunlight that prompts plants to grow.
I fertilized on Sat. Top growth is pretty much done but the grass is still nice and green. Still have my mower out to help with leaves. Once the leaves are gone...mower gets an oil change and gets put away.
I might lower it some, but this concept of cutting short going into winter is not a good idea.
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Originally Posted by villageidiot1
Fertilizer doesn't prompt grass to grow. I think if I remember correctly from high school biology, it is the amount of sunlight that prompts plants to grow.
Yes top growth is about done here as well though just did my final cutting to give it that clean look and managed to catch some grass.
Great time for a final application of fertilizer for the year.
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Originally Posted by BostonMike7
I fertilized on Sat. Top growth is pretty much done but the grass is still nice and green. Still have my mower out to help with leaves. Once the leaves are gone...mower gets an oil change and gets put away.
We are still removing leaves here for the umpteenth time (going on two months now). The oak trees just won't shed after all the others are pretty much done. Now the oak trees are finally dumping, but only a small portion now and again. Then the winds blow them around enough (I live by a lake) that they cover the whole lawn fairly quickly and then stick.
Next year I'm buying a tractor type leaf vacuum. It's too much to handle anymore.
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