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SOS my lawn is dying

AndyyyAndyyy Posts: 6
edited May 2019 in Problem solving
In need of help pls!!
This is how my turf laid 6 months ago looks now.



I live in Yorkshire and the weather hasn't been too bad and I think I have watered it appropriately. I've just used westland lawn feed once just before Easter when the weather was glorious. 

Please tell me what to do!

Help is much appreciated!! 
Thanks!!

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2019
    Panic not!  That really doesn’t look too bad to me. I think maybe you’ve cut it a bit too close ... cutting on a medium height is much better as it protects the roots from the sun and encourages ‘tillering’ which is the formation of lateral shoots so that it thickens up. 

    @glasgowdan is a lawn specialist ... hopefully he’ll see this and pop in with more helpful pointers. 
    😊 

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





  • AndyyyAndyyy Posts: 6
    Many thanks @Dovefromabove
    Good to know that is not as bad as I thought! Looking forward to @glasgowdan views as well

    cheers!
  • glasgowdanglasgowdan Posts: 632
    Hi chaps! 

    What you've got with new turf is a sparse root zone that's under  a year old, and is then cut thin, rolled and moved. It's often grown in a mesh lattice to support it when cut. So it's not well developed at all when you let it. 

    A "proper" lawn, to me, often takes 3 years when turfed. 2 years from seed. 

    It's not on the way out. Keep it cut regularly, as dove says nice and high, and it WILL develop, largely.over the autumn period  I wouldn't feed it until next spring other than a turf hardener (iron) in early winter. 
  • AndyyyAndyyy Posts: 6
    Hi chaps
    You have been very helpful indeed!! Many thanks for your advice!
    cheers
    andy
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It’s a pleasure ... let us know how it gets on 😊 

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





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