Patchy grass

jayod30

Last year I had my garden relaid with new turf. After being laid I watered it every day and fed it every second/third as per instructions. Ended up with a beautiful new lawn. Now, after the winter it's just gone to hell. It's gone patchy, brown patches here and there. Looking for some tips on how to restore the lawn I once had. Any products out there that any of you have used that are effective in restoring my lawn. Appreciate any help, thankyou

jrby

I have the same problem. I put down loads of seed and fertiliser earlier in the year....all the may up to start of may. Eventully i have given up on it and tuesday evening i dug up the patch bits, turned the sod and racked it back. I put down new compost and more seeds.....plan to water it with fertillizers this evening........

manarocket

If its patchy it might not have good drainage, you will need to use some lawn sand or whats known as top dress some fertiliser and seed.
Spike the lawn with your fork and apply sand, give it a good rake through allowing the sand to fill the holes made by your fork apply some seed and fertilsier but it is the wrong time of year for seed it should be planted in april. Plenty of watering every day and keep spiking and sanding every couple of weeks too.

jrby

thanks. drainage is a problem....I was forking it but didnt seem to do much good....

it will become an articifal putting green next year, if i can't get it sorted out this summer....

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LimerickCity

You could use a Hollow tiner but again as one poster said above it is the wrong time of year.



This special tool is used in the same way as the fork and using the same spacing, but it has hollow tines, meaning that cores of soil are removed, which should be filled in with good quality top-dressing.

Short term you could give it a try with a garden fork.

Soil compaction can be relieved by pushing the solid tines of a fork into the lawn down to a depth of about 3 inches (8 cm) and wiggling the fork slightly to widen the holes before continuing this process every 4 inches (10 cm).

manarocket

hey were can you get one of the hollow tiner's from the pic?