On Monday, April 9, 2018 at 6:27:33 AM UTC-4, SeanL29 wrote:
HI Guys, new to the forum so hello!
thought id introduce myself... MY names Sean and purchased my first
house last year... i took on some renovations to the garden then hurt
myself in a bike accident and it all seems to have gone very wrong!!

i am back to full health now and would really love a nice green garden
again.

ive attached some pictures so you can see and i would appreciate any
help.

the garden was half "astro" and half blocks... i ripped both up. removed
loads of dirt and rotovated the whole garden, i also laid "pre turf"
fertilizer and all seemed to go so well. the grass started lovely, but
now it just seems to be so patchy.

the area where my new little pup has been weeing is nice and green so i
can only assume the grass may be lacking nutrients? as the wee may be
acting as a fertilizer?

anyways. see pictures and let me know


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SeanL29

It doesn't look patchy to me. I was expecting to see some real trouble.
It looks great. I don't know what kind of fertilizer or how much you
put down earlier, but after about a month I'd put down some starter
fertilizer. That's what they call it here in the US, it's intended
for seeding a new lawn, it has more potash and phosphorus, less nitrogen,
so it promotes root growth better. Here the fertilizer is labeled
N-P-K, eg 30-5-5, the first is the nitrogen. One with 30 as the first
number has 30% nitrogen per pound, it's intended to green it up a lot.
You want one with a lower first number, bigger P/K, eg 18-20-15 or similar.

Give it enough water, but don't over water it either. Probably every
other day, moving to every third day in a few more weeks. Overall it
looks fine to me.