It's Time to Get Ready for Cooler Temps and You Can Still Plant Grass

If you haven’t done your fall fertilization, then it needs to be done in the next week. If that doesn’t happen, then you should wait until spring to fertilize. It the temperatures aren’t warm enough, your grass won’t absorb the fertilizer you put out there so you’d be wasting your money.As the temperatures cool, you should cut back on your watering. You need to continue to water, but you should decrease the amount and the frequency of watering.If you continue watering as you did during the summer months you invite fungal diseases like brown patch. You should also try to water in the mornings to prevent your grass from being wet all night. That could also invite fungal diseases.Even though the lack of rain this fall has limited the occurrence of brown patch it’s still a good idea to apply Heritage G to your lawn. Remember to apply again 21 days after the first application.We are still open and still selling grass. Fall is the second best time of the year to install grass in the Houston area. If you install now and we have a warm November, your grass may take root. If not then your grass will take root in the spring when the weather warms.If your newly installed grass does not have enough warm weather to take root, you should keep heavy foot and dog traffic off the grass until it does have a chance to root in the spring. You also need to ensure that your new grass gets water, either from the sky or from sprinklers.Please call us with any questions at 281-431-7441 and visit our website at Houstonturfgrass.com.Here's a link to the Houston Grass Tip Sheet for Newly Installed Grass.And here's the Tip Sheet for Established Grass.