Learn With Us, week of September 6

On By durhammastergardenersIn Garden events
Sept. 8, 2 PM on WCOM FM 103.5 – Getting Dirty Radio Show
Japanese Tea House at Duke Gardens
Charles Murphy concludes his tour of Duke Garden’s Asiatic Arboretum by visiting the Japanese Tea House with its curator Paul Jones.  Duke Gardens offers programs at the Tea House throughout the year and Charles tells us what it has in common with the tobacco barn at the Brody Discovery Garden. Listen to past episodes at gettingdirtyradioshow.org
Sept. 11, 2 PM on WCOM FM 103.5 – Getting Dirty Radio Show
Time to Plant Wildflowers
You might want to consider adding wildflowers to your garden this year.  Lise Jenkins learns how to create a wildflower bed and meets some people who are using wildflowers to help garden VIPs —that’s Very Important Pollinators.  Listen to past episodes at gettingdirtyradioshow.org

Lawn

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by Michelle Wallace

The first two weeks of September is the best time to reseed your cool season lawn.  Do not wait! Use 6 pounds of seed/ 1000 square feet.  Choose seed with a germination rate above 90% and with as high a percentage of guaranteed seed 97% or better as you can find.  Plan to water 2-3 times a day at first for the first 2 to 3 weeks then gradually reduce the number of times a week you are watering to once a week (by the third mowing). The grass needs about an inch of water and the water needs to be reaching depths of 6 to 8 inches deep.  This will promote deep rooting and protect the grass from long periods of dryness.