new lawn problem
 

sFive weeks ago I laid a lawn with Rolawn turves – some of which had
suffered heating in the rolls – with the subsequent death of some
rolls. After telling Rolawn they provided me with three replacement
turves – which I used for patching two weeks after I initially laid
the lawn.
Due to this and the servicing of my lawnmower which took far longer
than I imagined – the lawn became very long and went to seed.
I cut the lawn back last Saturday – by just over a third – reducing
the length from 8 inches to just under 6 – to find that many of the
swards had gone spindly. Some areas have really thinned out.

Will I need to reseed these almost bald patches – or will the grass
regenerate and grow thicker and spread across the bald patches.

I was also wondering if I have overwatered. Because of the presence of
the new turf when I patched in the dead areas – I continued with the
‘new turf' regime of 20 minutes twice a day – to find that the area
was very soft (though not flooded) when I cut the lawn back last
Saturday.

I have since suspended watering the area – and intend watering for 20
minutes twice a week.

Could anyone advise me on the above.

Thanks,

Scott Whitehead

new lawn problem
 

"Scott Whitehead" wrote in message
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sFive weeks ago I laid a lawn with Rolawn turves - some of which had
suffered heating in the rolls - with the subsequent death of some
rolls. After telling Rolawn they provided me with three replacement
turves - which I used for patching two weeks after I initially laid
the lawn.
Due to this and the servicing of my lawnmower which took far longer
than I imagined - the lawn became very long and went to seed.
I cut the lawn back last Saturday - by just over a third - reducing
the length from 8 inches to just under 6 - to find that many of the
swards had gone spindly. Some areas have really thinned out.

Will I need to reseed these almost bald patches - or will the grass
regenerate and grow thicker and spread across the bald patches.

I was also wondering if I have overwatered. Because of the presence of
the new turf when I patched in the dead areas - I continued with the
'new turf' regime of 20 minutes twice a day - to find that the area
was very soft (though not flooded) when I cut the lawn back last
Saturday.

I have since suspended watering the area - and intend watering for 20
minutes twice a week.

Could anyone advise me on the above.

Thanks,

Scott Whitehead

Sounds like to me it needs watering well every day plus feeding with a
liquid lawn fertiliser this should soon improve things along with regular
mowing

new lawn problem
 

[snip]
I'd agree with the watering. The turves have very shallow roots until they
bed in. When my brother-in-law laid his lawn, he was advised to water for
about an hour each night - it takes a shocking amount of water! He kept
this up for a very long time and his lawn has taken nicely.

FYI, as a general rule I've always heard that if you need to water, water
long. The water needs to have time to penetrate down to encourage rooting
otherwise only the top inch or so of soil gets wet and the roots stay high
up. As soon as you stop watering, the roots are too shallow to find their
own moisture!

Paul DS.