During last year’s heat wave, my lawn went from green to straw in ten days. I watered every evening, thinking I was saving it. Wrong. A turf specialist explained what I did wrong: Evening watering invites fungus Short watering trains shallow roots Heat stress requires deep hydration, not frequent hydration Grass naturally goes dormant — that’s not death He gave me a simple plan: Water once a week, early morning, for at least 45 minutes Raise mower height to 3.5 inches Add a thin compost topdress in fall Aerate once a year The lawn returned the following spring stronger than ever. What I thought was “death” was stress — and I was stressing it more. It wasn’t a water problem. It was a root-depth problem. #Gardening #related