Garden Turf

tracy1969 · 30 Aug 2015

Hi everyone. Does anybody know how long you have to wait before you treat new turf?. I had some new turf put down on the 18th Aug. It has taken well, but in places it is a bit bear and doesn't seem to put growing much, i.e. its not very green. I would like to put some feed treatment on it like Evergreen etc, but I don't know if its ok to do that yet, or if I need to leave it a bit longer, so does anyone know?

thanks

Nige F · 31 Aug 2015

Bare patches ? could be your dog

bernardgreen · 31 Aug 2015

Nige F said:
Bare patches ? could be your dog

Or the person(s) who laid it forgot the golden rule of turf laying

Brown side down and green side seen

tracy1969 · 31 Aug 2015

to freddymercurystwin, I cant find a gardening section so if you could point me in the right direction id be grateful. To Nige F, I know its not my dog because she doesn't go on the garden, she has her own area out of the way

Nige F · 1 Sep 2015

You can get a patch repair that has seed in it - that should be OK . A lot of the dressings have a black residue that animals/people can get on their feet and walk indoors. All instructions are on the packets - should be a straightforward job and won't do any harm if you just treat the patches. As to an all over treatment I'd leave it a season to let the roots establish.

r896neo · 1 Sep 2015

You should be fertilizing new turf if it wasnt done at the time of laying. Be sure to use just a feed though as you want to avoid 3in1 weed feed moss type products as they are not good for new turf.

Are you sure you are watering it enough? Any chance of a photo? are the brown patches big? At the ends of rolls?

tracy1969 · 1 Sep 2015

to r869neo, the new turf wasn't fertilized at the time of laying....I have contacted my local garden center today and spoke to a specialist regarding my lawn, and he recommended I buy Scott's Autumn lawn feed, as this isn't to high in nitrates and isn't a 3in1 feed like Evergreen etc.....as for watering, it has rained nearly every day since the turf was put down, and the patches are in the middle of the turf. I will try and get some pictures and post them

JohnD · 2 Sep 2015

leave it till next spring before applying chemicals.

If it has gone brown the patches are probably dead so fertiliser will not help them. It might have been a fungal attack.

Animal wee is quite likely.

It can also be dripped or spilled fuel from lawnmower or machinery.

r896neo · 2 Sep 2015

Its always worth fertilizing new turf at the time of laying or shortly after. Animal urine will be characteristically a brown patch surrounded by a fast growing green ring.

Very unlikely to be disease if the turf was only laid a few weeks ago unless its from a terrible supplier

Nige F · 2 Sep 2015

r896neo said:
I. Animal urine will be characteristically a brown patch surrounded by a fast growing green ring.

I thought that was fairy rings

tracy1969 · 4 Sep 2015

Im really confused now, what I should do

. John D says leave it til next spring before putting anything on, and r896neo says its worth fertilizing new turf at the time of laying or shortly after.........if I did put this Scotts Autumn Lawn Feed on (which I have already bought now) whats the worst thing that could happen?.....i was thinking about going for artificial grass, but because of the cost I decided against it, but I am now wishing I had bitten the bullet and gone for it

r896neo · 6 Sep 2015

Frankly there is no good reason to leave it til spring. all turf growers and suppliers will tell you to fertilize before or soon after laying.

Sorry to ask yet again but we seriously need pictures or at least a better description??

If these brown patches are small say 1 foot across or less then its almost certainly animal urine or perhaps fuel spillage as john said. Animal urine patches will have fast long lush growth around the dead spot.

Oh and Yes one type of fairy rings are characterised by dead patch surrounded by lush ring of growth but they are normally bigger than an animal urine burn. However there is no way fairy rings would appear so quickly in turf just laid and if it was affected before harvesting the patches would have been dead on arrival and when first laid not green and then develop.

I have a urine burn in my lawn at home caused by a dog, ill photograph it tommorow for reference.

Confusingly Urine on new or well fertilized grass will cause a brown burn as the excess nitrogen in the urine over fertilizes and kills the grass.

However urine on unloved grass which is not well fed will cause a lush green patch as the grass delights in the nitrogen fertilizer.

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