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Counteracting a high acidity on new lawn
Jenny_Aster
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Hi All. Newby here 
We've just moved into a new build; the back garden was laid to turf about 6 weeks ago and appears to have taken well.
The problem is my dog. Rusty is coming up to 9 years old and he has a pancreatic problem. He's on a strict clinical hypoallergenic diet as instructed by the vet. Unfortunately every now and again he has a pancreatic flair up which results in him vomiting bright yellow bile. Obviously he rushes into the garden when he starts to vomit. This bile I understand is mega acidic and it's causing patches of lawn to die, it's just like it's been splashed with weedkiller.
I'm just wondering if there's something, say an alkaline product, where I can counteract the problem? Where I can, I do try to flush the vomit with water.
Writing this down, I can see we'll probably have to live with this.
BTW removing the problem, ie my much loved dog, isn't an option - not in a million years!
We've just moved into a new build; the back garden was laid to turf about 6 weeks ago and appears to have taken well.
The problem is my dog. Rusty is coming up to 9 years old and he has a pancreatic problem. He's on a strict clinical hypoallergenic diet as instructed by the vet. Unfortunately every now and again he has a pancreatic flair up which results in him vomiting bright yellow bile. Obviously he rushes into the garden when he starts to vomit. This bile I understand is mega acidic and it's causing patches of lawn to die, it's just like it's been splashed with weedkiller.
I'm just wondering if there's something, say an alkaline product, where I can counteract the problem? Where I can, I do try to flush the vomit with water.
Writing this down, I can see we'll probably have to live with this.
BTW removing the problem, ie my much loved dog, isn't an option - not in a million years!
Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am!
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
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There's not much you can do other than pour a gallon of water on it to stop the grass getting burned and dying back. You don't need anything specifically alkaline which may cause more problems.
The grass will recover and green-up again after a while even if you do nothing.
I do feel very sorry for your poor dog with pancreatic problems.
I suffered a severe episode of acute idiopathic pancreatitis in 2005 - the pain was off the scale - and according to my consultant considerably worse than childbirth!
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Thanks for your sympathy for Rusty, when he's ill he normally curls up in a ball and sleeps until the episode passes. Now we understand what's happening, he's fully recovered within 24 hours. He's so sensitive what he can eat, a lick of blood from a raw meat container or a slither of sausage can cause him such grief.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
But even if you forget, the lawn will recover quite quickly anyway.
I know how poor Rusty feels, and it's not nice.
Fortunately I recovered quite well even though I lost 75% of my pancreas.
On the plus side I cannot put on weight despite eating lots of naughty things.
Give Rusty my best wishes
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Keeping a watering can full of water is now on my agenda
Will try the soda, I believe Amazon stocks it, I'll get some, it's a handy product to have even if it's only to stretch the washing powder.
Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda 55 oz.
Thank you everyone! I'm so glad I found this forum
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.