Lawn Grass

[Dusty MI]

Can the grass in your lawn die from lack of water, and not grow back?

 

[1948CaseVAI]

Can the grass in your lawn die from lack of water, and not grow back?

Depends on what grass it is. Fescue tends to go dormant so it is brown and looks dead but comes back. Bermuda cannot be killed by drought. Bluegrass can die but spends a long time dormant before it gets to the point of not coming back. But instead of asking here where the answers are often sketchy just google the kind of grass you have and get the real information. Google will give you the source so you can judge the veracity for yourself.

 

[560Dennis]

Recently seeded grass will die from lack of water. Roots are not established.

 

[Watthour]

The turf grasses in my driveway will never die.

 

[showcrop]

I had a little die last year. I was watering that high area frequently and thought that I was giving it enough but this spring there were some small dead patches.

 

[Stephen Newell]

Any plant can die from lack of water. The soil you have would determine how quickly it would die off and how close to the ground you cut it. Grass is only suppose to root down to about the depth it's cut above ground. I have sugar sand on my place and it doesn't hold moisture at all. Grass dies quickly here and can take several years for it to come back if the drought is bad enough. I usually only mow 2 or 3 times a year. When summer arrives the grass usually quits growing. Most years it quits raining at the end of May and doesn't resume until about the end of September.