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Posted by Freckles on July 25, 2006, 9:41 am
I have just planted a mix of annual and perennial rye grass. A friend tells
me the perennial rye grass will stay green year round and I could be mowing
my lawn on Christmas day. Is that possible?
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Posted by Andy on July 25, 2006, 10:09 am
Freckles wrote:
> I have just planted a mix of annual and perennial rye grass. A friend tells
> me the perennial rye grass will stay green year round and I could be mowing
> my lawn on Christmas day. Is that possible?
Andy suggests:
Do a google search on ' rye grass" and find the planting dates..
My recollection is that rye won't begin to germinate till the average
ground temp is below 70F or so... and that is right on the surface...
Rye is a cool weather grass. It will be green and need to be mowed,
all winter. It dies in the heat of the summer. In Texas , that is
May.....
and starts growing in November.....
Perennial will re-emerge with the cold weather. Annual stays
dead.....
Sure, they sell rye in the stores in the summer, but they assume either
the customer knows not to plant it till fall, or that they will come
back and
buy some more when it doesn't germinate....
Now, some of my points may be mis-remembered, but if you do the
google search and find out for yourself, you will have a lot of useful
knowledge.
Andy in Eureka, Texas
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Posted by C & E on July 25, 2006, 10:10 am
>I have just planted a mix of annual and perennial rye grass. A friend tells
> me the perennial rye grass will stay green year round and I could be
> mowing
> my lawn on Christmas day. Is that possible?
>
>
If you are living in a temperate climate I guess so. I colder climates it
becomes dormant and stops growing. The annual rye grass is in the mix for a
fast green up, assisting with appearance as well as erosion control. The
perennnial species is what becomes your lawn. Most mixes have these two
species as well as fescue of some sort and possibly a blue grass. Why are
you only planting rye grass?
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Posted by Phisherman on July 25, 2006, 10:30 am
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:41:52 -0500, "Freckles"
>I have just planted a mix of annual and perennial rye grass. A friend tells
>me the perennial rye grass will stay green year round and I could be mowing
>my lawn on Christmas day. Is that possible?
>
Depends on your climate/location.
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Posted by m Ransley on July 25, 2006, 12:00 pm
Perrennial means it comes back next yer, annual means it dies on first
full hard freezing of the ground. Rye is not the prefered grass in my
area Zone 5-6, it looks to yellow for one thing.
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