aahhh.. knitting.. not made myself a jumper or cardi in years.. takes me back.. i can thandle the needles now as i have rumathoid arthritus (cant spell it) so have prolbem moving fingers.. hence why my words are bad at times..
@geoff.. not it doest sound at all.. fingers just seize up and i cant even manage to click on the misspelled words.... anyway back to my lawn..
green thumb man came today.. his verdict.. it is just dry underwatered grass. and is suffreing short cut mowing burn.. he tested for disease..found none.. said it is still healthy just suffering from teh very hot weather (yesterday 25c) then heavy rain today.. must admit not had much rain in the last month.. so very dried out.. i know this becuase the soil when weeding is like concrete.. so no treatment needed.. they will scarify it and airate it oct..
If that is the case then it should green up once it rains-odd that when they did the treatment they didn't mention about the mowing-usually the feed makes the grass grow stronger and able to withstand drought
Time will tell -providing it doesn't get any worse
yes fingers crossed (if i could) geoff... thanks for all your help.. said it is the mix of very hot and very wet that has caused it.. has had 43 cases in last week of people thinking the same as me.. we hve had very hot weather for last couple of weeks here..
And his explanation for the track around the curved bed was ....?
The symptoms of 'mowing burn' and a chemical scorch would be very similar - but mowing burn would usually follow the path of the mower - this does not seem the case from your photographs - so I really don't think your hub should take the blame.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You know -that doesn't sound right somehow-you are across the water from me yet my grass is lush and green has had no feed this year and needs cutting twice a week.
For them to say they have had 43 cases sound iffy-they cant say wet and hot caused that damage-I would not be happy at all with that explanation
@dovefromabove.. taht is what hubby said.. "not m fault" man told me it is just that.. but if it gets no better in teh next few weeks to call them back.. thou some of their fertilizer is still undissolved on the lawn.. he said it is slow release.. i just stopped myself from LOL to that.. anyway i will be keeping close eye on it and see.. told hubby to cut grass longer while weather is so unpredictable..
so we will see.. they come again in september.. so they can look at it then...
@geoff.. yeah neighbours lawn.. that has no care looks blerdy better than mine.. i will see and if i am not happy i will get them to sort it out.. told me to water it regularly.. as it not getting much.. which is true..
How much do these firms charge to take care of your lawns - when you still have to mow and water them yourselves?
And 'not getting much' - if it's anything like mine it had nothing else for the last 6 months - it's only been since the Olympics started that we've had any dry weather at all, (and I know 'cos my daughter got married in the middle of the Olympics and we were praying for a dry spell for weeks). Anyway a well established lawn should have enough root not to look parched after a couple of weeks of dry-ish weather.
I really wouldn't be happy with that explanation at all.
My lawn was overgrown and unkempt and full of weeds when we moved in a year ago - all we've done is mow once a week and I've hand-raked the thatch out and spiked the most compacted area with a fork - it's not been fertilised and it's not been watered and we've had scorching weather this week and it looks quite lush and green.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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aahhh.. knitting.. not made myself a jumper or cardi in years.. takes me back.. i can thandle the needles now as i have rumathoid arthritus (cant spell it) so have prolbem moving fingers.. hence why my words are bad at times..
gf-there is a spell checker facility on here if you click on ABC on the message bar-that could help you?-hope that doesn't sound condescending
@geoff.. not it doest sound at all.. fingers just seize up and i cant even manage to click on the misspelled words.... anyway back to my lawn..
green thumb man came today.. his verdict.. it is just dry underwatered grass. and is suffreing short cut mowing burn.. he tested for disease..found none.. said it is still healthy just suffering from teh very hot weather (yesterday 25c) then heavy rain today.. must admit not had much rain in the last month.. so very dried out.. i know this becuase the soil when weeding is like concrete.. so no treatment needed.. they will scarify it and airate it oct..
so dunno whether to be happy or just fobbed off..
If that is the case then it should green up once it rains-odd that when they did the treatment they didn't mention about the mowing-usually the feed makes the grass grow stronger and able to withstand drought
Time will tell -providing it doesn't get any worse
yes fingers crossed (if i could) geoff... thanks for all your help.. said it is the mix of very hot and very wet that has caused it.. has had 43 cases in last week of people thinking the same as me.. we hve had very hot weather for last couple of weeks here..
And his explanation for the track around the curved bed was ....?
The symptoms of 'mowing burn' and a chemical scorch would be very similar - but mowing burn would usually follow the path of the mower - this does not seem the case from your photographs - so I really don't think your hub should take the blame.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You know -that doesn't sound right somehow-you are across the water from me yet my grass is lush and green has had no feed this year and needs cutting twice a week.
For them to say they have had 43 cases sound iffy-they cant say wet and hot caused that damage-I would not be happy at all with that explanation
@dovefromabove.. taht is what hubby said.. "not m fault" man told me it is just that.. but if it gets no better in teh next few weeks to call them back.. thou some of their fertilizer is still undissolved on the lawn.. he said it is slow release.. i just stopped myself from LOL to that.. anyway i will be keeping close eye on it and see.. told hubby to cut grass longer while weather is so unpredictable..
so we will see.. they come again in september.. so they can look at it then...
@geoff.. yeah neighbours lawn.. that has no care looks blerdy better than mine.. i will see and if i am not happy i will get them to sort it out.. told me to water it regularly.. as it not getting much.. which is true..
How much do these firms charge to take care of your lawns - when you still have to mow and water them yourselves?
And 'not getting much' - if it's anything like mine it had nothing else for the last 6 months - it's only been since the Olympics started that we've had any dry weather at all, (and I know 'cos my daughter got married in the middle of the Olympics and we were praying for a dry spell for weeks). Anyway a well established lawn should have enough root not to look parched after a couple of weeks of dry-ish weather.
I really wouldn't be happy with that explanation at all.
My lawn was overgrown and unkempt and full of weeds when we moved in a year ago - all we've done is mow once a week and I've hand-raked the thatch out and spiked the most compacted area with a fork - it's not been fertilised and it's not been watered and we've had scorching weather this week and it looks quite lush and green.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.