What happened to my grass!!

J6BLA

Hi 1st timer here so please be gentle lol Moved into a property last October and didn't do anything till around March Thai year to the lawn it was fairly overgrown and weedy so bought a decent mower and got it all cut. Since then I've used various lawn feeders etc to try and get rid of weeds and get the grass in a much better condition. But to my disappointment it's actually got much worse and very patchy what could of caused this as I've only used grass feeder type products.

Dovefromabove

Hello and welcome to the forum

Can you post a pic of the lawn so that we can get some clues?  Click on the green tree icon on the toolbar to upload a photo

J6BLA

I've tried to put a photo up in my 1st post then read elsewhere in the forum that the facility was not working currently.

Dovefromabove

I'll check ........

 

 It's working fine - it just doesn't work from iPhones.  Click on the green tree icon and follow the instructions ... let us know if it doesn't work

Topsoiled

Guessing - as no photo etc that the feed may have contained a selective weed killer that's killed off things that weren't grasses, or because your looking after it any moss that was in it has died off - short grass warm dry weather, which has left it looking patchy. Keep cutting it and the grass will spread or do some patch repairs.

J6BLA

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J6BLA

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J6BLA

thanks for the comments the 1st photo above was maybe back in Mid 2014 when the house was for sale then it was left until roughly march this year and there was a lot of weeds and moss so wonder if putting a treating on it has killed it all off. if so i am keeping it short with weekly cuts and giving it a wetting most days to stop it drying up.

 

cheers

 

Dovefromabove

What sort of treatment was it and how was it applied?  Was it exactly at the rate in the directions?  I've a feeling the lawn may have been scorched.  Was it applied in hot sunny weather - that can cause scorch too.  Had the lawn been left to get long, then had it recently been cut short and then the treatment applied?  That might be another possible cause of scorching.

I would give it a good scarifying with a lawn rake - this sort of thing is fine http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Lawn-Rake-1625mm-Carbon-Steel/p/500103 ,  wait until some rain is forecast in September and then scatter some  grass seed all over the lawn -with  the combination of warm soil and autumn rain and the grass seed will germinate quickly - don't mow it until its 3" tall.

Applying the lawn seed all over rather than just the bare patches means that even if the grass is a slightly different colour to the existing, it will all blend in.

Never cut the grass short - it just causes the grass to dry out and then you get bare patches where weed seeds can take hold.  Far better to cut it medium but slightly more often - that way it'll always look healthy.

Good luck

J6BLA

Thanks for that.



I think that might Of been the case as in i cut it short then put the seeds down so yes potentially scorched along with the hot recent weather etc.



I will keep on keeping it damp for the next 10-12 weeks (at home as normally work away) and see how it gets on as I've put down grass seed the last time I sprinkled some seed on some that might knit.



Cheers

Dovefromabove

Not too damp - don't want fungal infections to feel at home