New grass turning yellow!!

[psarinuk]

Hi,

Please see below the pic of my garden with turf that was laid in July 2013. For some reason most of the grass is turning yellow, especially through these winter months. Is it dying or is this normal?

Can I use any fertilizer in the winter months to help it get back to green? I've used a product called "Aftercut" once last year in October 2013. It grew really fast after that but it was so green before than it is now.

Please advise if anything needs to be done here.

Thanks.

 

[JohnD]

is it very wet?

 

[psarinuk]

Hi, Yes with the rainfall over the past few weeks, it has been very wet I would say. But we have not been walking on it..

 

[JohnD]

you could try tining it with a fork, it may help the surface to drain.

It could be that waterlogging is killing it.

don't use fertiliser in winter.

 

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[pinenot]

I have seen this repeatedly on new build houses and turfed grass lawns. Spiking with a garden fork will help as it always tends to be lack of drainage that causes it. Remove the grass box from your lawnmower and cut often in the growing season, this encourages worm activity as they come up to the surface to digest the clippings, leaving a milliard of holes, which is natures drainage...pinenot

 

[skhudy]

Last year I rang a lawn comany last year to buy seeds for my thinning lawn and asked about the yellowing I was seeing, and they said the heavy rainfall washes nutriants away and to use fertiliser, they were getting lots of calls on it. Potash fertalisers are the best ones.

 

[r896neo]

Don't panic it doesn't look too bad.

Dont put normal fertilizers on at this time of year it will only encourage growth that will then die off should we get a cold snap.

Put iron on it if you want to green it up.

Try to stay off it if its very wet you will only compact it further.