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Grass issues

maria.martin011065maria.martin011065 Posts: 2
in Problem solving
I had my garden landscaped approx 6 months ago, it looked lovely. The landscaper removed 6-8ins from the lawn, put in drainage layer and new topsoil before putting down the new turf. Even though it was watered in well and it rained quite a bit here in July/August/September the grass started discolouring and dying but only in spots not all over. I reseeded those parts and it started growing and died again. I have tried dog urine neutraliser spray in case it was the dog, although we didn't have the problem to the same extend previous. The landscaper thought it might be foxes as we live beside a forest so I put in motion sensor lights and fox repellant noise alarm but no joy there. Any help or advice would be appreciated. Thanks

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  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    It doesn’t look anything like dog pee spots.. so probably not fox either.  Dog pee is a dead in the middle, yellow around that, then lush thick green around the yellow.. then back to normal lawn beyond that.  These patches are different.  
    Utah, USA.
  • maria.martin011065maria.martin011065 Posts: 2
    Any idea what it could be otherwise, I am in tears every time I look out the window and see it looking so bad having spent a lot of money on the garden 
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    There is information here that may be of help  :)
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/lawns/dead-patches
  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    It looks like dog damage to me. Some grass like fescue which most turf is made up of these days will not tolerate a strong feed / dog urine as well as say rye grass , which in turn scorch the grass , to much of anything will damage the lawn . Have you added any feeds to the lawn ? If you have when and with what.  
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited December 2021
    Burnt/scorched/dead grass in the middle caused by the high nitrogen content in the urine accompanied by a rim of lush green growth due to the effect of more dilute nitrogen around the edge … looks like text book damage from a bitch’s urine to me.  

    Watch your bitch every time she’s in the garden and every time she pees pour at least a whole bucket of water over the spot … it’ll help dilute the peel and alleviate the worst of the damage. 

    But don’t let her spend time out there unsupervised. 

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





  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Owning dogs for 50 years I'd say it looks like dog pee to me too. 
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • catrina.alistairrE10E4slcatrina.alistairrE10E4sl Posts: 31
    We had this when a neighbor's cat got into the habit of walking on our lawn, digging earth there, going to the toilet and teasing our dog. Where the cat was digging, the grass disappeared
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