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New turf laid its now starting to turn yellow

sonik.melkoniansonik.melkonian Posts: 15
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Hi 
we received new turf on the morning of 17/4/2021, we immediately prepared the soil ( dug weeds and stones out, watered as it was warm day, raked and heel walked). We did water (using hose on spray setting), when each row when laid as it was a warm day and again the whole area for at least 20 mins. Also watered soil as it was too dry to lay turf. We watered again that evening at 7pm ( longer soak this time as it was a warm day about 30 mins). Since then I’m watering every evening around 7pm when sun gone ( it’s been warm all week). I didn’t have time to water in morning with school run and work. A week has now past, 25/4/2021, now the edges have turned yellow. Most area of turf is green and starting to take root. Is there anything I can do to get yellow to go green? Or keep watering daily? Or put grass seeds later in? Any advice is appreciated thanks
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited April 2021
     I'd have the sprinkler on for at least an hour each evening.

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





  • Chris-P-BaconChris-P-Bacon Posts: 943
    Water, water, water newly laid turf. Get a timer and water at night. The edges may have poor contact with the soil. Brush in very sandy compost to fill gaps and try to keep off it for a while.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    20 to 30 minutes of sprinkler use is nothing. If there was a light shower every day for 20 minutes you would not consider it a wet day by any stretch of the imagination, especially as a measure of that water will evaporate before getting anywhere near the roots.

    To get things underway I would be inclined to pour a full watering can along the junction of every strip of turf and to do this daily for about two weeks. The sprinkler can keep the rest of the turf in good condition.
    Rutland, England
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I think it will be OK, if watered. In time the grass will grow and spread out to the edges. I expect some of the grass at the edge lost some of its roots when it was cut.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Invest in an oscillating bar sprinkler and use it on each section of the lawn for at least 30 minutes every evening, longer in warm and breezy weather.  You really need to try to keep off the lawn as much as possible.  Possibly difficult looking at the kids wheelbarrow and the slide at the far end.
  • sonik.melkoniansonik.melkonian Posts: 15
    KT53 said:
    Invest in an oscillating bar sprinkler and use it on each section of the lawn for at least 30 minutes every evening, longer in warm and breezy weather.  You really need to try to keep off the lawn as much as possible.  Possibly difficult looking at the kids wheelbarrow and the slide at the far end.
    Yes thank you, I’ll try the sprinkler this time instead of hose ( it didn’t work but I may not have fixed the hose to it properly but will try it again). Yes my daughter likes to walk around it but she’s not out very long, maybe 10 mins and she’s very small (3.5 years), most of time no ones out in the garden as we’re busy during day. 
  • sonik.melkoniansonik.melkonian Posts: 15
    Busy-Lizzie said:
    I think it will be OK, if watered. In time the grass will grow and spread out to the edges. I expect some of the grass at the edge lost some of its roots when it was cut.
    Yes it could have as the rolls seemed dry when arrived, the company delivered the turf a day late! no idea when the turf was actually cut. We’ve laid it as quickly and best as we could.
  • sonik.melkoniansonik.melkonian Posts: 15
    Chris-P-Bacon said:
    Water, water, water newly laid turf. Get a timer and water at night. The edges may have poor contact with the soil. Brush in very sandy compost to fill gaps and try to keep off it for a while.
    Thanks. Will multi purpose compost be ok? Can I put a few grass seeds in that?
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    It'll probably grow in to the joints once it's got its roots properly down into the soil. Keep it good and wet until it starts to grow strongly all over, watering for long enough for the soil underneath to get wet. It's very hard to do that with a hose - you'd be there for hours - so do try and get the sprinkler working.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • sonik.melkoniansonik.melkonian Posts: 15
    Thanks all! I’ve just tested the sprinkler again, and it’s working perfectly! So will put it in this evening for an hour. I’ll also get the watering can for those edges. Hopefully it’s improving over the next few weeks. 
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