On Friday, October 17, 2014 1:23:06 PM UTC-4, houser85 wrote:


Rough history:

01-June-2014 the turf was laid

Sadly I don't know the type of grass that was laid.

Watered it consistently each day for a month or so

First cut it roughly 15-July-2014

Since then I have cut roughly fortnightly and watered either twice

weekly or once if it has rained. I try not to soak the ground too much.

I always cut my grass at the highest setting which is 6cm.

20-Sept-2014 I fed my grass with 'Evergreen Complete 4-in-1'. I fear

it's not the most suitable feed and may only serve to make the blades

grow thick and green to give a good impression, but may not contain the

nutrients my grass needs. I found it very hard to find anything better

online. Its nearly all moss killer + lawn feed.





I have notice two problems:

1) Some areas at brown. Not brown blades of grass, it looks more like

roots?

Hopefully, the roots are in the soil and you can't see them.



I'm guessing maybe the grass got too long and even on the highest

setting, I took off more than 1/3rd of the blades. Is this the case or

could there be something else wrong? I've attached a pic of one of the

areas. How can this be remedied?



2) I have lawn rust in certain areas - what can be done?



Those brown spots are likely some kind of disease. Identifying exactly what
can be difficult. You can see the blades dying, going yellow from the tips
back.





It's been an unusually warm September here in Bristol, UK, but I'm sure

thats coming to an end soon.

That will likely eliminate the disease problem. Most of them are condition
specific. The things that tend to promote most disease problems are a
combination of high temps, moisture and high nitrogen. With the weather
conditions changing, that turf will likely recover. If you're watering it,
with lower temps now, I'd only water it about once every 5 days, if it hasn't
rained. You want to water it so it gets at least 1/2". And water it so that
it doesn't stay wet at night. Worst time to water is early evening. Best
time is to start watering so that the watering ends around dawn.




I bought an autumn/winter lawn feed, but

not sure if it contains Potassium or Potash - I hear this is the right

stuff to use at this time of year? Well again, I struggled to find any

online. it all seems to be generic crap targetted at idiots who don't

want to understand the problem.



The bag should be labled with an NPK rating, as in X-X-X. First number
is percent nitrogen, then phosphorus, then potassium. If it's labled as
a fall lawn fertilizer, it should be fine.




Other questions:

Should I get a soil testing kit?

Yes, it's good to have so you can check occasionally, mainly for PH.
If it's low, you add lime.