Let`s Grow, It`s Warm!
The sun is shining and it seems an early spring is on. Time to get out the tillers and fertilizers and get the grass growing. After all, you don’t want to be the last one with a green field. Right???
Wrong! It’s always a problem in the south in the spring when the weather turns warm for a few days that ground managers want to start “doing things” to their dormant Bermuda grass sports fields. The competition between managers to have the “earliest, greenest” field is very evident not only in the south, but all over U.S., just beginning in different months as you move north.
Ground temperatures dictate when the grasses start growing and “pushing regrowth with stimulants and fertilizers before the soil is warmed deeply enough is asking for problems if a late, quick frost or extended cool weather comes again. Bermuda grasses begin good regrowth when the soil temperature at 6 inches reaches 55
The best growth cycle for a grass plant is one that begins and doesn’t stop or slow down because of adverse temperatures. That is why a late frost is hard on a yard that has been stimulated. Much of the value of the product has already been used by the resurgent growth, only to die off and wait for warmer ground.
Most of what you did the week or two before is lost with this adverse change. With the exception of AgPro’s Reclaim
The same principles of soil temperature apply to seed germination or regrowth in all corners of the world, with consideration given to the size of the project. When the choice is yours, it may not always be the best to be the “first on the block”. Use the nice warm early days to put together a good plan for when the soil temperatures are right. When the ground is able to support sustained growth, then put on the AgPro products and the right amount of N-P-K. You will have a great field and should surpass those who planted too early, hoping to get a head start, but only using up valuable stimulants to old man winter to fall behind or spend more money.
Wrong! It’s always a problem in the south in the spring when the weather turns warm for a few days that ground managers want to start “doing things” to their dormant Bermuda grass sports fields. The competition between managers to have the “earliest, greenest” field is very evident not only in the south, but all over U.S., just beginning in different months as you move north.
Ground temperatures dictate when the grasses start growing and “pushing regrowth with stimulants and fertilizers before the soil is warmed deeply enough is asking for problems if a late, quick frost or extended cool weather comes again. Bermuda grasses begin good regrowth when the soil temperature at 6 inches reaches 55
The best growth cycle for a grass plant is one that begins and doesn’t stop or slow down because of adverse temperatures. That is why a late frost is hard on a yard that has been stimulated. Much of the value of the product has already been used by the resurgent growth, only to die off and wait for warmer ground.
Most of what you did the week or two before is lost with this adverse change. With the exception of AgPro’s Reclaim
The same principles of soil temperature apply to seed germination or regrowth in all corners of the world, with consideration given to the size of the project. When the choice is yours, it may not always be the best to be the “first on the block”. Use the nice warm early days to put together a good plan for when the soil temperatures are right. When the ground is able to support sustained growth, then put on the AgPro products and the right amount of N-P-K. You will have a great field and should surpass those who planted too early, hoping to get a head start, but only using up valuable stimulants to old man winter to fall behind or spend more money.
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