TALL FESCUE GRASS DROUGHT RESISTANT.(POSTEXTRA)(Gardening) From: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) | Date: August 28, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 The Kentucky Post. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: David Koester

Q: Which grass is the best at surviving dry weather?

A: Of the cool season grasses tall fescue is the most drought tolerant.

Warm season grasses such as Bermuda and Zoysia grass are very drought tolerant, but they have other problems that limit their use in home lawns.

Q: Our zucchini plants seem to have stopped blooming. Why?

A: Zucchini, like many other plants, seems to have peak times for bloom.

When it is extremely hot and humid they will bloom less often. Be patient, bloom and fruit will return.

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