Saturated Soil + Heat= Tough year for lawns

It looks like this year is going to be a repeat of last year.  We’ve received over 150% of normal precipitation over the last 30 days.  The massive amount of precipitation has discouraged root growth.  Now that the heat is setting in, photsynthetic activity is severly limited.  Since the grass cannot undergo photosynthesis properly it must resort to using nutrients stored in the roots.  The rain, however, has severly limited the amount of nutrients able to be stored.  These conditions are, unfortunately, perfect for the formation of fungus and to heat stress.  Read this in order to fully understand how the weather will affect your lawn in the coming months.