"evolutionman 2004" wrote in message ink.net...
Did you lay sod or is the lawn from seed? If sod, then some of the brown
spots are normal (roots didn't extend far enough into the soil underneath).
You may also have some dead grass at the edges; normal also.

Have you tried fertilizer plus watering? If it's not too hot in your area,
try triple 13 (13-13-13) on your yard at this time (or a water-soluble
fertilizer from a hose-end sprayer).


When you have a serious problem like this, applying fertilizer is one
of the worst things you can do, though that is precisely what most
people do. Nitrogen, water and sun only fuel most fungus and
disease problems, which he may have. Lawns don't go from growing
great to this condition in a couple of weeks from need of fertilizer.





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"Moe" wrote in message
news:iq1Ac.1$Ms5.0@lakeread06...
Hey all,

I'm sure these question comes up a lot, but I at a loss.

About 60% of my lawn is new (like 5 weeks old) and was started on fresh
loam. The grass grew fine for the most part, but I'm having two problems.

1) Gray/Blue-Gray areas mostly in the new part. The grass has no
rigidity here (just lays flat) and watering doesn't seem to help. A web
search yields that this is a time to water. Does this mean that I
didn't water enough in the growth phase so that the grass didn't develop
deep roots? Is there any chance here?

2) I'm getting brown patches (on existing and new parts) about the size
of footprint. It's very strange since the grass there looks like it
died from underneath and the strawlike blades are just left hovering.
Plus the patches aren't round and don't have halos or anything, so I
can't seem to diagnose it. Ideas?


Thanks for the insight!

--Moe