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No Rain In Weeks! Why Drought can Be Good for Farms, Gardens and Lawns!

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Unlike spring, when moisture is abundant in the topsoil (first 4-6 inches) and root systems spread horizontally near the surface, dry conditions necessitate downward root growth. When the surface dries, roots are 'starving for water' and actively extend deeper to find moisture. This natural process helps to break up compacted 'hardpan' layers in the soil and contributes to increased biomass below ground, making the soil healthier and more permeable for future water absorption.

Goal: Allowing grass to experience periods of drought encourages its roots to grow deeper into the soil, breaking up hardpan and improving soil structure.

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you your grass in the springtime on any Farm or on any lawn or anywhere your grass your garden all that stuff vigorously grows it really vigorously grows why is it growing that vigorously because down in the soil in the first four to 6 Ines is moisture and that root system is spreading out spreading out spreading out all in the ground right there right on the surface of the ground now what's happened when those roots are starving for water what do they do they're no longer spreading out on the ground right they're going deeper and that's why dry times are super important for your pastures and for your Gardens you're driving down the root system into your soil thus loosening your soil and providing more biomass down in your soil so let's think about this from a clover standpoint Clover is known to fix nitrogen Clover gets little nodules on it and those nodules pull nitrogen from the air into the soil if the roots of the Clover are only this deep then they're only feeding this much of your soil if we have dry times like we have right now that Fescue that wild grasses all those different grasses that you have that are out there on your property are trying to struggle to get down deeper into the soil and what's that doing pushing Roots down building root systems and building your soil and making better quality forage now what

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