How to Use tall fescue in a Sentence
tall fescue
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Deep bunkers and tall fescue await tee shots that bail out to the left.
—Brent Kennedy, The Aegis, 25 May 2018
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For their project, the girls planted tall fescue grass seed in trays of soil.
—Suzanne Baker, Naperville Sun, 3 July 2018
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Next spring, overseed your lawn with tall fescue grass seed to match your sod.
—oregonlive, 20 Dec. 2020
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Bigelow said a lot of homeowners will find tall fescue easy to work with.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2022
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Cool season grasses, such as Kentucky blue and tall fescue, grow in the north and upper third of the country.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 15 Apr. 2021
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Its color is lighter green than tall fescue, sometimes with a slightly blue cast.
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 29 Mar. 2018
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For example, zoysia should be mowed at 1 to 1 ½ inches tall, while tall fescue should be mowed at 2 to 3 inches.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 15 Apr. 2021
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The next four weeks present the best time of year in the Mid-Atlantic to sow cool-season grass seed, such as tall fescue, as part of lawn renovation and repair.
—Washington Post, 7 July 2021
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For example, fine fescue can be planted in an area with dense shade, where tall fescue doesn’t grow well.
—Washington Post, 7 July 2021
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Thatch is less likely a problem with buffalograss and tall fescue lawns.
—Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 14 June 2019
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By mid-June fertilize cool-season lawn grass (turf-type tall fescue, ryegrass and Kentucky blue grass).
—Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 11 June 2019
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The predominant grass type in the Mid-Atlantic, turf-type tall fescue, grows rapidly in spring, especially a wet one.
—Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2021
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This was something altogether different, a monster of a U.S. Open layout, with rock-hard greens and tall fescue rough blowing in the breeze.
—Gary D'amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2018
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With most lawns being turf type tall fescue, which is dark green in color, annual bluegrass is very visible.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 16 Apr. 2022
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What was the American Dream, in the 20th century, if it wasn’t aproned by a quarter acre of Kentucky bluegrass or tall fescue, which is good for recreation and admiration and not much else?
—Dan Zak, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
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Keep in mind that the grasses with a higher fertility requirement will still need to be fertilized some (e.g., perennial ryegrass and tall fescue) to look their best.
—oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2023
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Zoysia is a fine-bladed, low-growing, heat-tolerant grass that is more environmentally friendly than the more common turf-type tall fescue.
—Washington Post, 7 July 2021
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And like ryegrass, tall fescue will occasionally grow in isolated thick dark green bunches.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 15 Mar. 2022
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All the classic elements of a traditional links course are here: pot bunkers, tees adjacent to greens, tall fescue, berms, hollows and bedeviling greens that range from microscopic to a massive double green.
—Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2018
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Ramachandran tested the laundry water on tall fescue, a type of turfgrass, and an assortment of vegetables, comparing the effect of soap nuts with organic and conventional soaps and detergents.
—Jeremy Deaton, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2021
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