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I noticed that when it snows the grass on the hills always turns brown. When I was looking up today it was the colour of muck. I will get a pic tomorrow.
Im not sure what the grass is up there. Maybe it isnt grass?
The entire US does not have brown grass in the winter. I would say that occurs in the Northern Plains, Upper Midwest, and colder regions of the Mid-Atlantic/New England. In our area the grass doesn't usually goes all brown unless the turf is made up of warm season grasses, or we have an exceptionally cold spell with multiple ice days or below normal rainfall (even in winter coold season grasses require adequate moisture). After the passage of the cold spell the grass will green back unless there is below normal rainfall. The cool season grasses require more rainfall. The grass in winter around where I am will never be as fully lush green as it is in Fall and Spring. In Summer, unless it is cooler and wetter than normal, the cool season grasses will go brown, so unless you have warm weather grasses your lawn will tend to look brown/green.
These are February pics (not this year) 20 miles outside Philly.
In the US South the grass goes brown because of the heavy usage of warm weather grasses, unless overseeding with cool season grass is done in the Fall. The grass in the UK and northern Europe would fry to bits in the summer in the South and even here. This article explains grasses for the South, and how to have year round green grass in the South if people want it. Takes effort though, and makes sense that only homeowners would do it and not public areas due to cost.
The entire US does not have brown grass in the winter. I would say that occurs in the Northern Plains, Upper Midwest, and colder regions of the Mid-Atlantic/New England. In our area the grass doesn't usually goes all brown unless the turf is made up of warm season grasses, or we have an exceptionally cold spell with multiple ice days or below normal rainfall (even in winter coold season grasses require adequate moisture). After the passage of the cold spell the grass will green back unless there is below normal rainfall. The cool season grasses require more rainfall. The grass in winter around where I am will never be as fully lush green as it is in Fall and Spring. In Summer, unless it is cooler and wetter than normal, the cool season grasses will go brown, so unless you have warm weather grasses your lawn will tend to look brown/green.
These are February pics (not this year) 20 miles outside Philly.
In the US South the grass goes brown because of the heavy usage of warm weather grasses, unless overseeding with cool season grass is done in the Fall. The grass in the UK and northern Europe would fry to bits in the summer in the South and even here. This article explains grasses for the South, and how to have year round green grass in the South if people want it. Takes effort though, and makes sense that only homeowners would do it and not public areas due to cost.
Good article. Bermuda grass was the grass (summer grass) I was referring to a few posts back. It's very drought tolerant but very invasive, although it has the advantage of being easy to see in winter. I've seen the odd overseeded lawn around here.
The entire US does not have brown grass in the winter. I would say that occurs in the Northern Plains, Upper Midwest, and colder regions of the Mid-Atlantic/New England. In our area the grass doesn't usually goes all brown unless the turf is made up of warm season grasses, or we have an exceptionally cold spell with multiple ice days or below normal rainfall (even in winter coold season grasses require adequate moisture). After the passage of the cold spell the grass will green back unless there is below normal rainfall. The cool season grasses require more rainfall. The grass in winter around where I am will never be as fully lush green as it is in Fall and Spring. In Summer, unless it is cooler and wetter than normal, the cool season grasses will go brown, so unless you have warm weather grasses your lawn will tend to look brown/green.
These are February pics (not this year) 20 miles outside Philly.
In the US South the grass goes brown because of the heavy usage of warm weather grasses, unless overseeding with cool season grass is done in the Fall. The grass in the UK and northern Europe would fry to bits in the summer in the South and even here. This article explains grasses for the South, and how to have year round green grass in the South if people want it. Takes effort though, and makes sense that only homeowners would do it and not public areas due to cost.
Grass is mostly brown up here now. Not really sure when it'll green up again. I guess sometime later this month or in early May. Unless there's a drought, I have to mow my lawn at least once a week during the summer.
I think autumn is the best time to plant new grass, but I could be wrong.
Grass is mostly brown up here now. Not really sure when it'll green up again. I guess sometime later this month or in early May. Unless there's a drought, I have to mow my lawn at least once a week during the summer.
I think autumn is the best time to plant new grass, but I could be wrong.
I think the grass will probably start greening up in the last week of April. The cold weather is mostly gone by now I think, and frosts are also becoming more uncommon. When we start getting those milder nights is when it'll start growing.
I think you're right about autumn being the best time to plant grass. I planted some grass last November and it grew like crazy in just 2 days of 60 F, and it even stayed somewhat green through the whole winter!
I've noticed though that the grass seems a LOT more greener from late August to mid December than it does in spring and early summer. I never understood why.
For the early part of the winter, it's common for grass to look like your photo. But by sometime in January a severe cold spell will kick in and the grass will turn brown. Last winter was unusually mild, though.
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Thats what I was thinking and thats why I said earlier that i bet up there in maine they use southern grasses.
No. I suspect the situation is the same as Philadelphia:
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Originally Posted by tom77falcons
The entire US does not have brown grass in the winter. I would say that occurs in the Northern Plains, Upper Midwest, and colder regions of the Mid-Atlantic/New England. In our area the grass doesn't usually goes all brown unless the turf is made up of warm season grasses, or we have an exceptionally cold spell with multiple ice days or below normal rainfall (even in winter coold season grasses require adequate moisture). After the passage of the cold spell the grass will green back unless there is below normal rainfall. The cool season grasses require more rainfall. The grass in winter around where I am will never be as fully lush green as it is in Fall and Spring. In Summer, unless it is cooler and wetter than normal, the cool season grasses will go brown, so unless you have warm weather grasses your lawn will tend to look brown/green.
But a spell with multiple ice days isn't exceptional here; it is almost inevitable here, let alone in Maine. So the same unusual conditions that will brown Philadelphia grass will brown it here, except it's not unusual. I do not believe it is physically possible for plants to remain green when the soil is frozen. The grass type is irrelevant.
Grasses are a spring plant with a little fall rebound.
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