WE WILL CONTINUE WATCHING THE
DOW FOR YOU.
BROWN GRASS ON LAWNS ALL OVER
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
WE HAVE THE GRASS GURU.
SHE IS SOME TRICKS TO HELPING
HER LONG LOOK AT HER.
WE'VE ALL GOTTEN USED
TO TIPS
LIKE THIS WITH A BROWN GRASS,
BUT SOME PEOPLE JUST SEEM TO BE
MANAGING HER LAWNS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENTLY AND SOME REALLY
SUBTLE TRICKS YOU CAN DO.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND GRASS IS HURTING YOUR
THAN THEY THINK IT IS.
CAN PROBABLY SURVIVE
AND BE
HEALTHY WITH A LOT LESS WATER
THAN PEOPLE THINK.
WE ALSO HAVE TIPS ON HER
WEBSITE.
THELAWNINSTITUTE.ORG.
DEIRDRE: LET'S SHOW A COUPLE OF
THEM.
THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A WARM
SEASON BERMUDA GRASS.
THIS WILL USE ABOUT 20% LESS
WATER THAN SOME OF THE
TRADITIONAL WE CALL THE COOL
SEASON GRASSES.
THAT IS A GREAT TIP.
DEIRDRE:
EVEN THE TYPE THAT YOU
PLANT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
20% LESS WATER FOR CERTAIN TYPES
IS A GOOD ONE.
WHAT ELSE?
IF YOU WATER ONCE OR TWICE A
WEEK AND PUT ABOUT NINJA OF
WATER DOWN.
IT SHOULD DO JUST FINE FOR YOU.
DEIRDRE: FOR THE MOST PART IT IS
PRETTY GREEN.
IT IS ENOUGH TO KEEP THE
GRASS HEALTHY.
YOU WANT TO BE CONTRACEPTIVE ARE
YOUR USING HER WATER AND BE
EFFICIENT.
IT WILL GREEN UP.
DEIRDRE: WITHIN A COUPLE OF
DAYS, IT WOULD GREEN UP IN ONE
AREA.
IT WAS REASSURING TO KNOW THAT,
HOPEFULLY, IN THE FALL WHEN IT
STARTS TO RAIN AGAIN, WE WILL
GET SOME OF THIS BACK.
GRASSES SUPER RESILIENT AND
OFFERS ALL SORTS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS.
IT COOLS THE AIR, KEEPS DIRT
FROM BEING BLOWN INTO YOUR WATER
COME IN DRINKING WATER.
--
YOUR WATER, DRINKING WATER.
THESE ARE SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS.
THEY ARE A TILL YOU CAN USE TO
HELP YOU DETERMINE WHEN YOUR
LAWN NEEDS WATER.
DEIRDRE: THIS IS MOISTURE AT THE
BOTTOM.
WHAT IS IT TELLING US?
RIGHT NOW IT IS SAYING DRY.
PROBABLY BECAUSE I DID NOT PUT
AT HER EASE IN IT THIS MORNING.
-- BATTERIES IN IT THIS MORNING.
DEIRDRE: WHAT WOULD YOU IMAGINE
BASED ON THIS PIECE OF SOD IT
WAS SAFE?
I THINK WOULD BE JUST FINE.
I WOULD PROBABLY LOOKING TO
WATER IT IN ANOTHER DAY OR TWO.
DEIRDRE: AND THIS IS ANOTHER
MOISTURE METER?
IN THE TERMS OF THE LINK THAT
YOUR LONG-TERM SHOULD YOU LET IT
GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER RATHER
THAN KEEPING IT SHORT TO SOAK IN
THE WATER?
DURING THE DROUGHT,
KEEP YOUR
GRASS STRONG AND LET THE ROOTS
GROW DEEP, WHICH YOU WANT,
BECAUSE THEN THEY WILL GET WATER
FROM DEEPER IN THE SOIL.
YOU CAN LET YOUR LAWN GROW --
MOST GRASSES ARE GREAT HEIGHT
ABOVE THE SOIL ABOUT 1.5 TO TWO
INCHES.
WHEN YOU MOW, DON'T TAKE UP MORE
THAN 1/3 OF THAT PLANT TO KEEP
IT HEALTHY.
DEIRDRE: I'VE NEVER HEARD SUMMIT
OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WANT AS
MUCH IS THESE DAYS.
YOU WOULD BE A HIT AT A COCTEAU
PARTY WINS PEOPLE FIND OUT WHAT
YOU DO.
-- COCKTAIL PARTY WHEN PEOPLE
FIND OUT WHAT YOU DO.
WE NEED TO BE REALLY
CONSCIOUS IN TRYING TO ADDRESS
THIS SHORT-TERM PROBLEM BECAUSE
THIS DROUGHT IS TEMPORARY, THAT
WE'RE NOT CREATING MORE PROBLEMS
IN THE LONG TERM.