If the roller resists rolling too much, you might do damage digging your feet in with the effort. So be prepared. First a gentle walk, then, perhaps, heels.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
When you're at the point where you're cutting it regularly, that will also help to settle it in better. It does depend quite a lot on the soil itself. Your climate is also a factor in how often you're cutting though. Many people had serious drought last year, and not just last year either, so grass wasn't green - it was brown. I'd have thought where you are will mean you can cut reasonably regularly though - just don't cut it too short if it looks like dry weather for a long time. Most people cut their grass too short anyway and it then struggles if it's dry. It has to be the right sort of turf/seed mix for being cut short, and you still need enough moisture for it to stay green. You'll find most gardeners on the forum aren't that fixated about their grass though
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hi all, after the very hot June we had where everyone’s grass turned yellow! Mine still seems a bit yellow and isn’t going green all over.
We’ve had quite a lot of rain lately and I thought that would help things, but it hasn’t. Should I be concerned, or will it sort itself out as we approach autumn?
@matthewroche have you given it a feed? It also helps, when we have hot, dry weather 🤔, to not cut the grass too short. It will recover but you can help by giving it a nitrogen and iron feed and aerating the lawn ideally with a hollow tine aerator but you can also use a garden fork. If you have a scarifier you could go over your lawn with the spring tine cartridge, making sure to raise the height so you’re not going as deep as in spring or autumn. Alternatively you can rake using a springbok rake (aka spring tine rake). This will create grooves in the lawn allowing air to flow through cutting down on diseases and remove dead grass. With the weather we’ve been having you will get away with scarifying your lawn now but ordinarily during summer I wouldn’t recommend it unless you water your lawn on a regular basis. By the way stay away from all in one feeds. They’re not very good.
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I had a walk around on it last night, it wasn’t too bad, a bit of movement on the joints and the edges.
The roller wasn’t resisting at all and feet weren't digging in so hopefully things aren’t too bad and the sponginess will settle.
I don’t know if the roller was heavy enough mind. Maybe I need a heavier one…or use this one another couple of times…or just leave it alone!
Your climate is also a factor in how often you're cutting though. Many people had serious drought last year, and not just last year either, so grass wasn't green - it was brown. I'd have thought where you are will mean you can cut reasonably regularly though - just don't cut it too short if it looks like dry weather for a long time.
Most people cut their grass too short anyway and it then struggles if it's dry. It has to be the right sort of turf/seed mix for being cut short, and you still need enough moisture for it to stay green.
You'll find most gardeners on the forum aren't that fixated about their grass though
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We’ve had quite a lot of rain lately and I thought that would help things, but it hasn’t. Should I be concerned, or will it sort itself out as we approach autumn?