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Old 01-31-2010, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Russ_Boston View Post
It's the grass types in FLA - They go dormant every year - Up north we mostly have a blue/rye/fescue mix which stops growing but stays mostly green. The zoysia and bermuda go dormant brown and then green up in late winter/early spring. That is why the TV golf courses overseed with rye during this time of year.

Not a water thing.
How do you know it is green? When I lived in NJ, the first snow hit in November and the grass was white (ie snow) until march April. You live in Boston where the snow must stay longer.

I lived in Jacksonville, Fl for 35 years and tan/brown was the normal color in the winter. Green is a non-color in the winter.
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