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Help!! New Seeded Lawn yellow and very thin.

lat109lat109 Posts: 6
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Hi,

I have sown a new lawn back in the first week in June. It has come up quite well in places but the bottom half has almost stopped growing and looks really yellow. Compared to the top half it is like a different lawn. See pic below. I didn't sow fertiliser before after or up until now. Should I attempt to feed the lawn yet and if so what would anyone recommend?
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  • glasgowdanglasgowdan Posts: 632
    Does the poor half get a lot more sun? It may just need watering
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Bump

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • lat109lat109 Posts: 6
    @ glasgowdan - I would say the garden gets the same amoung of sun which is for most of the day. It has been kept watered quite well through the really dry spell in June. Could it be a soil issue and if so is the grass mature enough now to take some fertiliser or feed?
    Thanks for your reply.
  • lat109lat109 Posts: 6
    @ Dovefromabove - Please explain what you mean when saying "Bump".
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hi @lat109

    We had a lot of spam on the forum first thing this morning ... I was up early  :open_mouth: so tried to 'bump' recent threads up above the spam ... if I didn't have anything constructive to say (or couldn't think of anything at the time, it was very early) I just posted 'bump' which is sort of a convention on here, as anything  you say will bump the thread up to the top of the front page.

     :) 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Dave HumbyDave Humby Posts: 1,145
    Quite likely to be the ground conditions in those areas. The lawn in the corner this side of the fence seems similar in colour to the area beyond where the saplings are planted.

    'Bump' is just a note to add when moving a thread back up the pecking order so it get's some visibility. @Dovefromabove did this in the hope folks might see it and contribute some thoughts for you. 
  • lat109lat109 Posts: 6
    @ Dovefromabove - lol ok well thank you for bumping it up the list :smile:
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    You're welcome  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • lat109lat109 Posts: 6
    @ Dave Humby - You could be on the right line as I laid out about 4 tonne of screened top soil whcih did not completely cover the garden so it could be a soil issue. Any idea as to how I would improve the soil in that area or is the grass too young to be adding anything right now? Thanks for you comment.
  • Dave HumbyDave Humby Posts: 1,145
    I'd be tempted to leave it for now and see how it fairs through the autumn. It might be that one area is richer in nutrients or a different ph or stoney etc. Could be any one of a number of contributory factors. Grass will often change colour over time as it settles into it's environment. You may just find that the lighter area is just more free-draining than the area you laid the additional topsoil and with the lack of rain we've all experienced it's just drying out quicker there. Come the autumn it will probably look more uniform. An ongoing feed treatment across the whole area at the right time will help but you may just have to accept it's not going to be a bowling green. 
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