Hi,

Back in August when it was still wet, I sowed lawn seed in my front garden,
covered the lot in 'fleece' and watered daily (if required).

After about 10 days, I replaced the 'fleece' with a netting (the fleece and
netting was to prevent birds eating the seeds and foxes digging/doing their
business).

After a short holiday, I returned to find the grass quite long (almost like
a deep green luxury pile carpet) - I mowed it with the mower on its highest
setting.

A week later, it was getting a bit untidy so I mowed it at the next height
setting down.

Since then (about a month) it seems to be growing in patches - some patches
are much longer than others whilst others seem to remain quite short. The
shorter areas are also showing a bit of yellowing.

From a distance it still looks very nice but close up I am worried. Perhaps
the second cut was a bit too short/close?

Any ideas of how to get the whole lawn growing at the same speed and how to
stop the yellowing?

Thanks in advance,

Kroma

"Kroma" wrote in message
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Hi,

Back in August when it was still wet, I sowed lawn seed in my front
garden,
covered the lot in 'fleece' and watered daily (if required).

After about 10 days, I replaced the 'fleece' with a netting (the
fleece and
netting was to prevent birds eating the seeds and foxes digging/doing
their
business).

After a short holiday, I returned to find the grass quite long (almost
like
a deep green luxury pile carpet) - I mowed it with the mower on its
highest
setting.

A week later, it was getting a bit untidy so I mowed it at the next
height
setting down.

Since then (about a month) it seems to be growing in patches - some
patches
are much longer than others whilst others seem to remain quite short.
The
shorter areas are also showing a bit of yellowing.

From a distance it still looks very nice but close up I am worried.
Perhaps
the second cut was a bit too short/close?

Any ideas of how to get the whole lawn growing at the same speed and
how to
stop the yellowing?

Thanks in advance,

Kroma

I think that you will find that the difference in grass texture is due
to the soil conditions. Do the yellow patches suffer from poor
drainage, soil compaction or both?

Regards,
Emrys Davies.

On Oct 10, 12:31 am, "Emrys Davies" wrote:


I think that you will find that the difference in grass texture is due
to the soil conditions. Do the yellow patches suffer from poor
drainage, soil compaction or both?



My lawn has pretty much all the same conditions as the soil was
"new". It has patches and I think it's because of the grubs.

On 10/10/07 17:53, in article
, "adder1969"
wrote:

On Oct 10, 12:31 am, "Emrys Davies" wrote:


I think that you will find that the difference in grass texture is due
to the soil conditions. Do the yellow patches suffer from poor
drainage, soil compaction or both?



My lawn has pretty much all the same conditions as the soil was
"new". It has patches and I think it's because of the grubs.


Is the lawn new because it's a new build house? Builders or renovators
could have left bricks, cement etc. lying around in odd corners and then
just covered them with topsoil.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

The house is about 20 years old and I believe that the first owner had lawn
here. The second owner replaced it with tiny stones (which seemed to attract
the local cats). We got rid of the stones, dug over the underlying soil,
added more soil and finally seeded it.

I don't think that drainage is a problem and it shouldn't be particularly
compacted - in fact when mowing, the soil felt rather spongy.

I do have some soluble lawn feed - would it possibly help or is the lawn
likely to be too young for this?

Thanks,

Kroma


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 10/10/07 17:53, in article
, "adder1969"
wrote:

On Oct 10, 12:31 am, "Emrys Davies" wrote:


I think that you will find that the difference in grass texture is due
to the soil conditions. Do the yellow patches suffer from poor
drainage, soil compaction or both?



My lawn has pretty much all the same conditions as the soil was
"new". It has patches and I think it's because of the grubs.


Is the lawn new because it's a new build house? Builders or renovators
could have left bricks, cement etc. lying around in odd corners and then
just covered them with topsoil.

On 10/10/07 22:58, in article ,
"Kroma" wrote:

The house is about 20 years old and I believe that the first owner had lawn
here. The second owner replaced it with tiny stones (which seemed to attract
the local cats). We got rid of the stones, dug over the underlying soil,
added more soil and finally seeded it.

I don't think that drainage is a problem and it shouldn't be particularly
compacted - in fact when mowing, the soil felt rather spongy.

Ummm. I'm no lawn expert but spongy usually means wet. Could something be
preventing drainage in that area? Not many plants - including normal lawn
grass - like to have their roots permanently damp. That's why worms in a
lawn are so important and why golfers have spikes on their shoes etc. etc.
All help to aerate and drain the soil under the grass.

I do have some soluble lawn feed - would it possibly help or is the lawn
likely to be too young for this?

The generally received wisdom is not to feed a sick plant. To revert to the
old days "the answer lies in the soil" - I'd suggest digging up that
particular area of lawn and seeing what is underneath it and dealing with
that first before going into expensive treatments which might do more harm
than good. IF you have a boggy area that won't drain well, you can make a
bog garden, for example. But have you asked any neighbours to either side
of your area if they have a similar problem? It may go with the territory.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

The house is about 20 years old and I believe that the first owner had
lawn here. The second owner replaced it with tiny stones (which seemed to
attract the local cats). We got rid of the stones, dug over the
underlying soil, added more soil and finally seeded it.

I wonder why the previous owner put tiny stones down. Perhaps they had
similar problems.
Just a thought Probably not a very good one .
JOHN