What do you think happened to our lawn? The yellow streaks that you
see in the pictures came on in a matter of a couple of days.

1. Fertilizer burn. Fertilizer was applied last week.
- or -
2. Not enough water. Temperature was in the mid to upper 90s all
last week. Grass was only watered every other day for 10-15 minutes.
- or -
3. Other. Something else.

The pictures are at http://members.lycos.co.uk/sqrlspam/lawn.html

The lawn next door (marked by the other set of brick steps) has no
yellow patches nor streaks at all.

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AngryFish wrote:
What do you think happened to our lawn? The yellow streaks that you
see in the pictures came on in a matter of a couple of days.

1. Fertilizer burn. Fertilizer was applied last week.
- or -

No -or- needed. It's fert burn.

--
GO# 40

AngryFish said:

What do you think happened to our lawn? The yellow streaks that you
see in the pictures came on in a matter of a couple of days.

1. Fertilizer burn. Fertilizer was applied last week.
- or -
2. Not enough water. Temperature was in the mid to upper 90s all
last week. Grass was only watered every other day for 10-15 minutes.

Fertilizer burn, probably aided and abetted by the hot, dry conditions.

Fertilizing in the heat of summer without adequate irrigation is asking
for trouble.
--
Pat K.

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

I agree, it's probably fertilizer burn, but it's hard to identify lawn
problems with long distance photos as the only clue.

It is never a good idea to apply fertilizer in hot weather. Many lawn
diseases and fungus are encouraged by high nitrogen, water and
sunlight.

I only apply fertilizer once in the spring and twice in the fall. Of
these, the fall is the most important.




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AngryFish wrote:
What do you think happened to our lawn? The yellow streaks that you
see in the pictures came on in a matter of a couple of days.

1. Fertilizer burn. Fertilizer was applied last week.
- or -

No -or- needed. It's fert burn.

Thanks for all the replies. We've learned our lesson albeit the hard
way!