"Jeff Guay" wrote in message
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Hi,
We recently moved in to a new house. The entire lawn came from a local
sod
farm. Now that the snow has melted I notice alot of brown, dead blades of
grass in with the good green grass. I thought this was thatch and it
could
be thatched out, however after researching this and other newsgroups it
seem
that thatch is stuff beneath the grass on the surface of the soil. It
almost seems that the lawn is dying. This brown grass isn't in one spot
it
is through the entire lawn.
Any suggestions on how I should proceed? I purchased a coring aerator and
a
dethatcher to pull behind my lawn tractor. Unfortunately my new tractor
hasn't been delivered yet.
Thanks for your time,
Jeff



Sounds perfectly normal to me. The dead grass from last year will decompose
and help fertilize the new growth so I wouldn't try to get rid of it.

New lawns will often take a little bit longer to get going in the spring
'cause they don't have the root system developed yet. Give it time.

Peter H