Field Notes · Seasonal Reading
The Journal.
Field notes, soil science, and seasonal observations from a turf-care practice that does it the slow way. Written between visits.
SeasonalJUN · 20266 MIN READ
Why your lawn looks pale in July — and why it's usually iron, not water.
Every July I get the same call: the lawn is going pale and yellow-green even though it's getting plenty of water. In Cache Valley the culprit is almost never the watering — it's the soil pH locking up iron. Here's what's happening, and how we fix it.
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Why aeration timing matters more than aeration itself.
Most Cache Valley lawns get aerated in the wrong window — either too early when soil is wet, or too late when growth has stopped. The mechanical work isn't the problem. The timing is.
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