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Covering Bare Soil Post Hurricane Helene

By Steve Pettis

Here we find ourselves nearly 8 months out from Hurricane Helene and many areas of bare soil remain. This year has been wet so erosion is still an issue. Fall is the time to plant cool season grass to protect soil.

Grasses Grasses are divided into cool season and warm season.Cool season grasses do most of their growth in fall and spring. Sometimes they suffer in the summer heat. Cool season grasses stay green year round and do better in shade.

Source : ncsu.edu

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