"When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." I think that came out wrong. I was not hinting at anything you said. I was setting up for what I was about to say. My hammer is corn meal, which in the organic world is recognized as a fungal disease preventer and cure. The nail is your yellow grass. When I see the yellow grass, I assume it is a fungal problem. I can see where that could easily be misinterpreted. Sorry. YES, you have to wait until late summer to reseed. Why? Well you don't have to but if you want good results, wait. Seeding now will give you a yard full of crabgrass right away and later on, any grass that did germinate will die from the heat allowing the crabgrass to fully take over. If you want to fix that for the future, you could seed in some Kentucky bluegrass in the late summer. It will spread to fill in weak spots where fescues do not spread.

(I have brain issues in addition to physical. My typing tends to get squirrely, so just consider it 'code'! PLUS, Succinct is NOT my middle name...have fun) Hi all, This past year I started my first garden(tiny apartment 'yard') in what seemed like forever...In looking for novel AND INEXPENSIVE ideas, I bought some aluminum duct work pipes at the Habitat Thrift store for fifty cnts each, in addition to some white "hanging baskets" with their metal wire hangers,. I spray painted the duct pipes with shades of green and yellow kinda swirly and fun. THe white baskets were the perfect size to fit right down into teh standing duct pipes. You can swivel the pipes into the ground a bit for stabilizing. And folks just loved the idea. THEY were perfect height and when watered, they drained welll. You could stack these next to each other and tie them togehter for extra stability. *************************** I also have used Cinder Blocks for planters. Last year, they were stacked 'three high' horizontally,, which made two planting holes per stack. THeyr drain really well.The block holds in moisture and keeps out heat. I wrapped them with cream colored burlap for something to do. THis year I have placed Cinder Blocks around teh perimeter of my patio fence. Some are stcked two or trhee high. Others are one high.It makes for a fun plant height adventure. and I'll plant three-foot ziiinias and coleus in them with some lobelia for trailing down. They are a good height this way for easy to grow plants. For fun I paint them. Spray paints seem to work lots better than painting by hand. I've tried both ways. With the spray paint, you can just blow over them while they are stacked on top of or next to each other. and then I place them. The paint wears okay on the block. It naturally seasons in the wearther. (Keeping your finger pressed on Spray paint can nozzles can make your finger tingle or even go numb after holding down teh nozzle for a while. There are little 'spray nozzle triggerss' you can find in paint departments. This trigger fits over the top of the can and presses teh nozzle down when you press teh finger trigger. I lost feeling in a fingertip for over two months one time. so take care of your fingers!**) CInder blocks can also be used to make "brick and board" shelves by positioning at least two of them verticlly, then place a board on top across them. I once made an entire book case and entertainment center with two dozen of the decorative sqaire blocs withvarious lengths of board.(YYes, that was 'way back when I did weighty things by myself. I don't get into stacking these kinds of things more than the three high planters now...) hope this fuels your ideas for some areas. YES, THE cinder blocks ARE HEAVY!! THEY ARE ALSO very inexpenzive comparee to planters. For $1.33 each, yuo have 'two'planting spaces. And you can make designs by stagerring them like you said, 'strawberry pot' style or other shapes. Many blessings, Devi (like davy and gravy)

I think hibiscus also. I had some I had to ask about a while back. some one called mine flower of the hour. I'm not sure which one yours is. Hope you figure it out. Bonnie

Pictures of the whole plant and the new foliage that is having trouble would be helpful. It could be a huge range of things based on your description, and the one close-up is hard to contextualize.