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of leaf blades.

If you walk on the lawn and your footprints remain visible for several minutes, the turf is not very turgid and wilting is occurring. If the lawn isn’t watered soon after these initial symptoms appear, dormancy and possible death can occur.

If you have areas of your lawn that are bare or dead, this is normally an excellent time to overseed the lawn. If the areas are small, just scratch them up with a steel rake or tiller and broadcast seed over the area. Apply a small amount of starter fertilizer and cover the area with straw to conserve moisture.

Grass seed needs constant moisture to germinate successfully, so water lightly at least once a day for several weeks.

This is also typically the time of year to start fell fertilization of the lawn. I would hold off an that chore until we get some major rain, however. Fertilizer is a salt and can pull existing moisture away from plants and bum the roots as well as foliage. The same for fell weed control; wait for irignifirunt ram before proceeding.

Many trees and shrubs have

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