Can You Grow Kentucky Bluegrass In California // Dec KBG Update 

Got kbg in Texas. Seeded last fall. Survived the summer this yr and now I got the only green lawn on the block while everyone else is dormant 😅

My KBG front lawns here in NJ (band 6), are still active in Dec 23! We got a sprinkling of rain yesterday, and all of last night's flooding rain...we ran out last night at 5pm before the heavy rain started and I noticed that the grass was actually standing proud the same way it would in the spring/summer mornings while taking in the water and nutrients before the heat and sun set in. Absolutely crazy!

SF Giants and Oakland A's used to use Kentucky bluegrass but transitioned to hybrid bermuda about 15-20 years ago.

I am thinking of doing KBG in Los Angeles.

It will be interesting to see the threshold of heat tolerance of the kbg and it's appearance if you are willing to allow it to be exposed indefinitely next season even if only for the educational demonstration value. I'm sure you can doctor it up to it's greatest potential with cytogro and hydratain along with an array of organic ferts and biostimulants and perhaps your more sandy soil will enable greater rooting depth than most other soil types. The north facing lawn will also be a big plus for the kbg in this situation I can imagine. There could be a single spot-on cultivar that would outperform all the other kbg's but I wouldn't know exactly which one. Idk maybe you could put down 2" of water a week on just that small section when it gets over 100F, kind of high maintenance, it may be impractical though. Whatever you choose to do, it's intriguing. I've used the granular hydratain called moisture manager from site one, but it's like $100 a bag, got 3 but used only half of it this past season, saved the rest for next year. I wasn't exactly sure how much to get, but I think it did effectively help. Was it worth the cost? Well, that's another matter, I guess it depends on how obsessed one is with prioritizing such a thing as a personal interest or hobby in lawncare. The granular is definitely way more expensive than the liquid, but for a big area it is easier to apply imo.

your kids don't seem to be missing the snow and cold much

Use beet juice for ice

Hey what is the growing hype on spreading wood ash on your lawn? does it help with acidic/ hard soil turf? LI NY

Crazy idea! 😂 Why not TTTF?

It was really popular back in the 70s and 80s , everybody switched to fescue in the 90s ) Bayarea) you need to raise the cut to over 3in for in to live and once a week watering is not going to do work.

what grass seed would you recommend for Orange county california?

Agh kids so cute!

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