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Test Your Lawns pH Level
Dandelions love a pH of about 7.5. Grass loves a pH of about 6.5. So if your pH is 7.5 or higher, your grass will probably never beat out the dandelion. Lower the pH to 6.5 and your grass has the advantage!
Be sure to have your pH tested professionally. The kits that you can buy in the store will often give you the wrong information. I once spent $18 on a pH meter that told me that my lawn pH was 6.0 when it was really 7.8. So I should have added gardeners sulfur, but instead I added lime!.
If you’re going to buy a pH tester, be prepared to spend around $85 for the tester and the calibration solutions. A long time ago I bought the Oakton pHTestr 2 plus 4.0 and 7.0 solutions. I think most folks will wanna keep their $85 and just pack some soil samples to the local extension office.
A little side note: a dusting of lime on the soil surface has been shown, in most cases, to nearly double earthworm reproduction.
A Heat Wave Will Engulf Pennsylvania
A heat wave will engulf Pennsylvania for the rest of the week.
National Weather Service forecasters say a large ridge of high pressure parked over the central Appalachians will provide the state with mostly clear and hot weather for the next couple of days.
Heat advisories are in effect for the southeastern third of the state. Heat indexes – the feel-like temperature of the air based on temperature and humidity – are forecast to range from 100-104 degrees.
An air quality alert is in effect for Allegheny, Butler, Beaver, Armstrong, Washington, Westomoreland and Fayette counties. The state Department of Environmental Protection says ozone levels will rise and air quality will stagnate.
There are some things residents can do to minimize their risk of succumbing to excessive heat and humidity.
- Stay out of the direct rays of the sun and seek shelter in the coolest place available. An air-conditioned building is preferable. Most shopping malls and theaters have air conditioning.
- Dress in lightweight and light colored clothing and avoid strenuous activities.
- Drink plenty of water or other nonalcoholic drinks and avoid alcoholic beverages.
- Eat less or eat lightly. Food consumption increases metabolic heat production and increases water loss in the body.
- Do not take salt tablets unless a physician specifies it. Those on salt restrictive diets should consult their physician before increasing salt intake.
- Look after family, friends and neighbors. Those are most susceptible to heat reactions include elderly senior citizens,. infants and small children, chronic invalids, those on certain medications – especially tranquilizers and anticholinergics – and people with weight and alcohol problems.
Golf Shoes for Your Lawn? Yeah. Try It.
I personally know a man who lives in Bellwood PA. He walks on his lawn atleast once a month with regular golf shoes. The spikes in the golf shoes act as an aeration device. They poke small holes the soil and allow water and oxygen to enter the root system of the grass. Give this a try monthly, or let us aerate your lawn and watch the difference appear in only weeks. You will have a lawn greener than all of your neighbores.
Home Made Fertilizer
Simple solution.
Take 2 cups of water, 1 cup of beer, 1 cup of amonia, and 1/2 cup of epsom salt. Mix this together in a spray bottle of some sort and go out and spray your lawn.
The water won’t do much but equal out the mixture, the amount of water applied really doesn’t help anything.
The beer will feed the root systems.
The amonia will kill and diseases that are living on the grass.
The epsom salt will work as an aerator and help the water penatrate the soil.
Spray this on your lawn and in a couple of weeks your should notice an improvement!