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I just sprayed it. A shiit ton lol. A lot more brown out there than I thought. If its a fungus, I should see some results. Intuitively I have always thought(and still think) this is more of an indication that the tree roots are winning out and starving the grass of nutrients. We shall see. In other news, I saw a legit tarantula in the grass while I was spraying. Biggest spider I have ever seen here, and there are plenty of big wolf spiders. This thing was textured/bumpy and ugly af. I should have taken a picture, but my first instinct was to stomp on that mother fu**ker, lol.

I took the advice of @WinterWxLuvr and went to a local AG place that sells blends of grass seed specifically for the soils of the eastern shore. The dude there was very knowledgeable, and he recommended spraying. Based on my description, his recommendation for a product was Fung-onil, so I went with that. I might get it sprayed tonight, as it seems unlikely it will actually rain lol.

Barrel aged Narwhal to kick off HH. Really good stuff.

I will let you know when I figure it out lol.

Cant hurt. I'll stop at Lowes and grab something on the way home. Thanks.

So apparently the fungi/spores are always there but they do the damage when grass become stressed for whatever reason. I just always assumed it was burning due to the sun/soil dryness. Maybe worth spaying the whole area using a garden sprayer? Not a big area at all where I am trying to maintain some decent grass.

Actually maybe I am wrong. Just looked it up and fungus can occur do to dryness. Shows my ignorance. Looking at the photos, it looks like what I am seeing now. Patchy brown spots where it appears the grass is going to thatch. It occurs in places where the sun is beating down on it all day. Maybe I should put up a few small canopies lol.

That's one thing I have never had to worry about here lol.

Plenty green here, for now. If it doesn't rain every few days this time of year I have to water to nurse the grass along though. Super well drained soil plus competition from large trees all around makes it a difficult task with high sun and long, hot days..

As expected, it all pretty much died as it moved eastward. 0.00" Not looking very promising for here today either. Sprinkler time! #mustsavethegrass

Yeah it does look pretty impressive. Models sometimes kill the convection too quickly. If anything makes it here it will be a pleasant surprise.

These storms will likely fall apart as they move eastward towards the bay this evening. Models have clearly depicted that.There is a bit of ridging(subsidence) behind the departing upper low in eastern areas, plus the energy with the shortwave is moving more north than east. Eastern/NE MD may not see much of anything. I will be cranking up the sprinkler again by tomorrow lol.

Ha we will see how it works out. We almost always go into torch mode for much of July and August.

Looking at the ensemble guidance, it appears a strong upper ridge with an axis to our west builds at the end of the month into the first few days of July. That would keep us in more of a NW flow, but with the ridge so close, it would likely be at least a bit above normal, but nothing out of the ordinary. Beyond that, the GEFS retros the ridge and we end up with this. Looks kinda familiar. Its pretty far out, but not seeing any strong indications of a prolonged period of excessive heat for our area, and I will gladly take it.

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3.86" for the month after 0.80" today. Was pretty dry the past 10 days though, so much needed.

You made up some ground today.

It's all downhill beginning tomorrow. Days get shorter as we head towards another forgettable winter.

Sure has. 69 here. Clouds are breaking and very comfortable.

Looks to be pretty active over the next several days with a warm to hot and humid air-mass, and some small scale disturbances moving through. Later in the week it appears there will be a cold frontal passage with maybe a marginal severe threat? Anyway, not a boring stretch of weather, and at least some decent rain chances continuing. Might not need the sprinkler this week at all.

Locally, just about every place around here has probably had more rain, but I am quite content with the 0.80" in my bucket. Does not appear at this point I will see anymore. Should be winding down over the next couple hours in most areas with the loss of daytime heating.

I will take it if it produces rain without long dry stretches, and keeps prolonged bouts of extreme heat away. Looks like we will see that continue through the end of the month. Remains to be seen how things play out beyond that. We pretty much know the deal in the MA though.

0.76" so far. This round is winding down. Looks like another batch developing to the SE and moving NW. It has been thundering for more than 4 hours here lol. Not often that happens, especially when for nearly 3 of those hours not a drop of rain fell.

Low rolling thunder. Heavy rain. Very dark out. Anyone up for a Dark and Stormy?