Hot weather and grass burning

Manta400r

Hi all

Interested to hear what everyone does to keep their grass green in this weather? I can't really keep watering it as I've over a half acre out the back alone, could water the smaller bits in the evenings I suppose. Have a bag of 7-6-17 also so was thinking of applying this to help out...

Hard looking at the yellowy straw type grass when you put in so much effort to have it green lol

What's everyone else doing?

Ps not complaining about the weather, it's fantastic. The garden can wait until it passes lol

Kato74

A few IBC's harvesting rain water over the year & hook them up to a hose during dry periods.

They do it in Australia, but they pump it through a filter back to the house for washing machine, dish washer etc,

The Continental Op

No do not apply any fertilizer until we have had a decent amount of rain and are due to get more rain.

The fertilizer now will make it worse.

blackbox

Don't worry about it.

It will recover when the rain comes.

The Continental Op

One more point don't go cutting the grass short when its really dry, come up a notch or even two on the mower rather than trying to cut closer. When the grass is hardly growing there will be some weed or other taking advantage so you still need to cut to keep weeds and courser grasses under control.

Manta400r

Ah yeah I leave it higher and use the mulch plug to try retain moisture in this weather👍

magicbastarder

watering the lawn? are ye mad. haven't gone near it with water and it's doing fine.

happyoutscan

My lawn has been struggling this year with weeds cropping in. I manually pull the thistles when I cut it but no ideas how to get rid of the others? Lawn very patchy. It was put down on only a couple of inches of soil (3 years ago) and I've never used fertiliser.

Would someone mind giving me a product I could spread/spray that would kill the weeds but leave the grass? As it is, 'my' grass is now lodging with other grasses that have come in as well.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

SuperBowserWorld

Definitely a first world Irish problem. 🤣

Manta400r

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120687525#Comment_120687525

Dicophar is a weedkiller you can use that won't kill grass 👍

The Continental Op

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120688504#Comment_120688504

But don't use any selective weedkiller when its this dry. Ideally you want good growing conditions for both grass and weeds when you use it.

happyoutscan

Huge help, thank you.

I would need to put some soil and more seed down. I assume I would leave that until a few days after spraying?

Manta400r

Yeah let the weeds die off first and then seed and top dress. I mixed seed with soil in a bucket first and then just packed that into any of the holes and bare patches I had. Hope this helps

First big shower of rain today, can almost hear the grass drinking it as quick as it falls haha

happyoutscan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120704552#Comment_120704552

Great advice, thank you!