Drought Repair for Lawns

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The drought of 2021 was hard on lawns around the Twin Cities region.

The drought of 2021 stressed most lawns and did severe damage to quite a few. If yours was one of them, read on for tips on getting your yard back in shape this year.

Drought Repair for Lawns

Are you seeing damage where the lawn died completely or became very thin and patchy? How about heat-loving weeds like crabgrass taking hold? The combination of little rain and extreme heat over sustained time periods is catastrophic to a family of plants like grass that prefer some heat with generous rainfall. Couple that with mowing too short and inadequate irrigation and your lawn is likely suffering and getting unsightly!

The solution is quite simple: heal the soil and build healthy turf. This is simpler than you may think! Follow these easy steps to get your lawn ready for BBQ season:

1.) Slit seed with a drought tolerant blend of turf grass seed. Use pelleted mulch or erosion blanket where needed.

2.) Top dress with a quality compost or other organic matter and apply compost tea if possible.

3.) Follow up with an organic fertilizer. Make sure to fertilize again in the fall to keep grass healthy.

4.) Keep the soil moist with 10 – 20 minutes of watering daily and wean off slowly over the course of 4 weeks. Be sure to water deeply once a week for 60 minutes.

5.) Never mow below 3”. In the case of a drought or extreme heat either skip mowing altogether or raise mower to 4”.

A warning: you will get some weeds that come up with the grass! It’s inevitable. You can hand pull them, but be sure to sprinkle in a little grass seed and compost in the holes to prevent more weeds. Another option is to treat broadleaf weeds with Low Toxicity Herbicide (we like Fiesta Pulverize — 3 applications, 3 weeks apart, starting in mid-spring or late August, be sure to follow label instructions).

Drought repair likely will need some touch up the following year. If you follow the directions above, your lawn will look better than it did before the drought, and following a regular organic lawn care regimen will strengthen your lawn and soil to be drought resistant in the future.

Feel free to contact us if you have questions or want an estimate for our Drought Repair or other organic services!

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