When you zoom in on it that grey/brown stuff doesn't look like grass ........ and whatever it is, it looks as if it's been allowed to grow too long between mowings.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Fairygirl, I know it is difficult to offer a solution, without seeing the whole lawn. It really does seem very odd.
I have lived in this house 15 years and never had a problem with the lawns. The other lawn is unaffected.
Dovefromabove, not convinced this could be the case. I do cut both lawns together and treat them exactly the same.
The lawn that is affected lies a couple of feet lower down, than the other lawn, which is on a slope. I suspect there is an underground stream running underneath, the lawn. Not sure this is relevant, it has never been an issue in the past.
The stream could be very relevant ... this year has been unusually wet in most areas, particularly the late summer and autumn. If the affected lawn is lower, sloping and has a possible underground stream it is very likely to have been considerably wetter than usual, leading to a lot of mossy growth, possibly raised in clumps, which is what the discoloured patches look a lot like ... only chewed by a mower.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes Dovefromabove I think that does make sense. I have never seen moss, growing in raised clumps, like this before. That is what has been puzzling me. So perhaps this is the answer.
I need to figure what to do to remedy this. It is a large lawn!
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I bought a new lawnmower this Spring, coincidence surely?
The whole lawn looks the same.
Last edited: 05 November 2017 20:23:33
When you zoom in on it that grey/brown stuff doesn't look like grass ........ and whatever it is, it looks as if it's been allowed to grow too long between mowings.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Fairygirl, I know it is difficult to offer a solution, without seeing the whole lawn. It really does seem very odd.
I have lived in this house 15 years and never had a problem with the lawns. The other lawn is unaffected.
Dovefromabove, not convinced this could be the case. I do cut both lawns together and treat them exactly the same.
The lawn that is affected lies a couple of feet lower down, than the other lawn, which is on a slope. I suspect there is an underground stream running underneath, the lawn. Not sure this is relevant, it has never been an issue in the past.
Last edited: 06 November 2017 19:25:59
The stream could be very relevant ... this year has been unusually wet in most areas, particularly the late summer and autumn. If the affected lawn is lower, sloping and has a possible underground stream it is very likely to have been considerably wetter than usual, leading to a lot of mossy growth, possibly raised in clumps, which is what the discoloured patches look a lot like ... only chewed by a mower.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes Dovefromabove I think that does make sense. I have never seen moss, growing in raised clumps, like this before. That is what has been puzzling me. So perhaps this is the answer.
I need to figure what to do to remedy this. It is a large lawn!
Last edited: 06 November 2017 19:51:20