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In b4 B87 claims that it only rains for 22 hours out of the year in London, cloudy skies are rare, summer hhas brown grass because of how hot and dry it is, etc etc
Summer is dry, I've even posted photos of grass in summer before, yet still you think I'm just making stuff up.
Summer is dry, I've even posted photos of grass in summer before, yet still you think I'm just making stuff up.
That is because your grass sucks, as it's only ryegrass. If you would have the same hybrid grass we do, it wouldn't become yellow during normal summers.
That is because your grass sucks, as it's only ryegrass. If you would have the same hybrid grass we do, it wouldn't become yellow during normal summers.
Actually most UK grasses are a mix of ryegrass, fescue and Kentucky bluegrass.
Actually most UK grasses are a mix of ryegrass, fescue and Kentucky bluegrass.
Well, why do your grass get yellow, while our stay green? We have more sunshine and daylight, and only some 10 mm more rainfall a month. Because of the soil maybe?
I took this pic in July 2013 which was very dry, and this is as yellow as our grass ever gets:
As you can see the lindens suffer from drought too as their leaves are getting yellow.
Well, why do your grass get yellow, while our stay green? We have more sunshine and daylight, and only some 10 mm more rainfall a month. Because of the soil maybe?
I took this pic in July 2013 which was very dry, and this is as yellow as our grass ever gets:
As you can see the lindens suffer from drought too as their leaves are getting yellow.
We have clay soil, which is damp in winter but by the end of April is baked into something like concrete. If it rains after that then the water just runs off the surface, and barely soaks into the soil. In summer, there could be a shower and the ground will be dry enough to sit down on again maybe 30-60 mins later. The sun here is stronger than it is there, too.
Areas with sandy soil tend to have more drought-resistant shrubs such as gorse, broom and heathland plants like heather and lavender. The main trees in these areas are pines, and these areas commonly experience fires in spring and summer (usually April but can be Feb/Mar in dry springs).
We have clay soil, which is damp in winter but by the end of April is baked into something like concrete. If it rains after that then the water just runs off the surface, and barely soaks into the soil. In summer, there could be a shower and the ground will be dry enough to sit down on again maybe 30-60 mins later. The sun here is stronger than it is there, too.
For us, it takes 1.5"/38mm a week to keep up with the rate of evaporation in soil moisture during the summer months. If there is no rain for 2 weeks here, the grass gets brown.
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