Comments on: Atlanta FINALLY gets some good rain http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20081009/atlanta-finally-gets-some-good-rain/ Keeping you informed about the Georgia drought. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:28:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Linda http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20081009/atlanta-finally-gets-some-good-rain/#comment-4300 Linda Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:01:13 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=332#comment-4300 I have a lawn of emerald zoysia here in Atlanta. It's the perfect grass for this region, I think. It's been so dry here over the past almost 20 years, that the ground under the grass is like concrete, but the grass looks and feels great. It needs very little chemical treatment. I put down weed and feed once a year and preemergent twice, although the commercial companies use much more than that. I didn't watered it at all this past summer. It would look very dry and then a small amount of rain would green it right back up. I even like its tan/brown color in the winter, and I love not having to mow it. And of course, a hard freeze is no problem for it. It struggles in shady areas and I sometimes have a bare spot or two, but I think that's a small price to pay. The only problem I've had recently is brown patch, which is a fungus that is taking over lawns in Atlanta since the drought. There are also some grubs that have been eating zoysia lawns around here. Both can completely destroy a zoysia lawn in a very short period of time if not treated. Linda I have a lawn of emerald zoysia here in Atlanta. It’s the perfect grass for this region, I think. It’s been so dry here over the past almost 20 years, that the ground under the grass is like concrete, but the grass looks and feels great. It needs very little chemical treatment. I put down weed and feed once a year and preemergent twice, although the commercial companies use much more than that. I didn’t watered it at all this past summer. It would look very dry and then a small amount of rain would green it right back up. I even like its tan/brown color in the winter, and I love not having to mow it. And of course, a hard freeze is no problem for it. It struggles in shady areas and I sometimes have a bare spot or two, but I think that’s a small price to pay.

The only problem I’ve had recently is brown patch, which is a fungus that is taking over lawns in Atlanta since the drought. There are also some grubs that have been eating zoysia lawns around here. Both can completely destroy a zoysia lawn in a very short period of time if not treated.

Linda

]]> By: johnc http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20081009/atlanta-finally-gets-some-good-rain/#comment-4298 johnc Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:16:05 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=332#comment-4298 Prootwadl, yeah the fecuse would be a good choice for shade. I have some bermuda but was suggesting looking into the zoyisa for drought tolerant grass. The bermuda needs a lot of nitrogen so that might not be as useful. I agree, it's just grass. I watter one dead spot in the front yard like once a month during drought. But I'm tired of doing that so I planted some zoyisa seeds and hopefully that will do the trick. I'm in Charleston and everyone has St Augestine which also goes dormant but doenst die. St. Augstine would die from cold in Atlanta. Anyway, a few bare spots don't bother me either. The fecuse looks really nice and green under trees in the winter. Then the rest of the grass going dormant looks good too. It's a little bit of a balancing act for me right now. I was just wondering how zoyisa would do in Atlanta? Prootwadl, yeah the fecuse would be a good choice for shade. I have some bermuda but was suggesting looking into the zoyisa for drought tolerant grass. The bermuda needs a lot of nitrogen so that might not be as useful.

I agree, it’s just grass. I watter one dead spot in the front yard like once a month during drought. But I’m tired of doing that so I planted some zoyisa seeds and hopefully that will do the trick.

I’m in Charleston and everyone has St Augestine which also goes dormant but doenst die. St. Augstine would die from cold in Atlanta.

Anyway, a few bare spots don’t bother me either.

The fecuse looks really nice and green under trees in the winter. Then the rest of the grass going dormant looks good too. It’s a little bit of a balancing act for me right now.

I was just wondering how zoyisa would do in Atlanta?

]]> By: Prootwadl http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20081009/atlanta-finally-gets-some-good-rain/#comment-4291 Prootwadl Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:38:33 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=332#comment-4291 I moved here from the Twin Cities. Lawns were not quite as high a priority up there due to long winters and a much drier climate. Some of your grass was going to die of cold in January and/or drought in August anyway. :) I moved here from the Twin Cities. Lawns were not quite as high a priority up there due to long winters and a much drier climate. Some of your grass was going to die of cold in January and/or drought in August anyway. :)

]]> By: Chicken Little http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20081009/atlanta-finally-gets-some-good-rain/#comment-4290 Chicken Little Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:32:56 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=332#comment-4290 Prootwadl Says: October 26th, 2008 at 6:00 pm ...Besides, it’s just grass. -- I (heart) Pruittwaddle BGAWK! Prootwadl Says:
October 26th, 2008 at 6:00 pm

…Besides, it’s just grass.

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I (heart) Pruittwaddle

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]]> By: Prootwadl http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20081009/atlanta-finally-gets-some-good-rain/#comment-4289 Prootwadl Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:00:17 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=332#comment-4289 Johnc, we have a very shady partially-wooded yard including a huge flowering cherry tree in the front, so I don't know how well bermuda grass would do. The fescue does seems to thrive in the shade, and after the few showers we've had over the past several days it's getting green again, so I'm really not that worried. Besides, it's just grass. :-) Johnc, we have a very shady partially-wooded yard including a huge flowering cherry tree in the front, so I don’t know how well bermuda grass would do. The fescue does seems to thrive in the shade, and after the few showers we’ve had over the past several days it’s getting green again, so I’m really not that worried.

Besides, it’s just grass. :-)

]]> By: Chicken Little http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20081009/atlanta-finally-gets-some-good-rain/#comment-4288 Chicken Little Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:56:47 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=332#comment-4288 Drivin' & Cryin' Says: October 24th, 2008 at 11:04 pm What a lonely person. Or IS this board a just a joke? -- lighten up, Clarence my comment about the blog becoming boring was deleted, so no, no it is not a joke (unlike your LIFE) BGAWK! Drivin’ & Cryin’ Says:
October 24th, 2008 at 11:04 pm

What a lonely person. Or IS this board a just a joke?

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lighten up, Clarence

my comment about the blog becoming boring was deleted, so no, no it is not a joke (unlike your LIFE)

BGAWK!

]]> By: johnc http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20081009/atlanta-finally-gets-some-good-rain/#comment-4286 johnc Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:43:06 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=332#comment-4286 Glad you flolk finally got some rain. I went camping up in the Smoky Mountains that are also in the same drought zone and it rained almost every day. I didn't mind because it was so dry before the rain. Prootwadl, have you considered another grass besides fescue? I have some of that under some oak trees that does well, but it doesn't grow at all in the sun. I know a lot of people don't like the grasses that turn brown in the winter but I do. The marsh also turns tan and I like it. But I'm not sure how long it would be green in Atlanta? Zoysia is drought very tolerant. It can be agressive but I have bermuda grass that is also agressive and it doesn't take over flower beds or anything like that. I realize most people are set in their ways, but I'm going to plant some drought resistant grass in my dry bare areas. I don't mind 4 months of tan grass. Glad you flolk finally got some rain. I went camping up in the Smoky Mountains that are also in the same drought zone and it rained almost every day. I didn’t mind because it was so dry before the rain.

Prootwadl, have you considered another grass besides fescue? I have some of that under some oak trees that does well, but it doesn’t grow at all in the sun. I know a lot of people don’t like the grasses that turn brown in the winter but I do. The marsh also turns tan and I like it. But I’m not sure how long it would be green in Atlanta?

Zoysia is drought very tolerant. It can be agressive but I have bermuda grass that is also agressive and it doesn’t take over flower beds or anything like that.

I realize most people are set in their ways, but I’m going to plant some drought resistant grass in my dry bare areas. I don’t mind 4 months of tan grass.

]]> By: Drivin' & Cryin' http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20081009/atlanta-finally-gets-some-good-rain/#comment-4285 Drivin' & Cryin' Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:04:26 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=332#comment-4285 What a lonely person. Or IS this board a just a joke? What a lonely person. Or IS this board a just a joke?

]]> By: Chicken Little http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20081009/atlanta-finally-gets-some-good-rain/#comment-4284 Chicken Little Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:08:33 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=332#comment-4284 Okay which will hit bottom first, Lanier or the Dow Jones Index? BGAWK! Okay which will hit bottom first, Lanier or the Dow Jones Index?

BGAWK!

]]> By: Chicken Little http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20081009/atlanta-finally-gets-some-good-rain/#comment-4274 Chicken Little Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:21:52 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=332#comment-4274 We'll all be raising our own chickens soon enough. Silly worries such as maintaining a green, weed-free lawn will be a thing of the past. BGAWK! We’ll all be raising our own chickens soon enough. Silly worries such as maintaining a green, weed-free lawn will be a thing of the past.

BGAWK!

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