The good ole' heat of St. Louis summers is making its stay apparent. A lot of lawns are starting to experience heat stress from all the heat and humidity. Warm season grasses like zoysia and bermuda love and flourish in this kind of weather. Your cool season grasses start to use extra energy from there root system causing the roots not to be as strong. A good watering can help your lawn from this stress.
A good morning watering 2-3 times per week will help lawns not resort to there stored energy and continue to prosper. When your lawn starts to wilt or starts to turn light brown (as if it`s going dormant) is a good rule of thumb to start watering. Watering in the morning helps the lawn to dry off by the night helping to avoid the infection of disease. A good spring lawn care program helps the lawn during heat stress from higher mowing heights and proper fertilization.
Other things that help during heat stress is to avoid walking on the lawn and avoid using herbicides. Also avoid dethatching and aerating as this can further hurt the turf.
