When is the best time to burn a fine fescue lawn?
There is a lot of dead grass and my yard is very thick. Kansas Burning a lawn to remove excess dried grass stems and leaves can be dangerous and illegal (check your local ordinances). Some field managers will burn a fescue pasture, or a field of fescue raised to produce commercial-grade lawn seed. In these cases, the fields are not mown and there are literally tons of hay and straw on the surface. Burning the field eliminates the need to dispose of the straw, while on a home lawn the few inches of brown leaves are easily handled. Burning also reduces field-type weeds and diseases. Weeds and diseases in home lawns are not as susceptible to burning as there simply isn’t enough straw to provide the necessary heat. The best way to prepare your lawn for spring is to mow it very low, to about an inch and a half, and bag the clippings. This will remove all the debris that may choke out the grass plants as they begin to grow in the spring. This will also expose the sensitive crowns to the elem
