New lawn turning yellow

tecra · 26 Oct 2006

Hi,

Hope someone can offer some advice,

I had new turf laid a couple of days ago and I have watered it as instructed but I have noticed that I have a number of yellow patches appearing.

Is this normal ?

If not, is it easily treated or should I be getting back to the contractor and asking him to take it up and start again from scratch ?

Many thanks

Tosh

2face · 26 Oct 2006

sounds like animal p**s to me, sorry about being crude but an animal will destroy a newly laid lawn especially a female animal.
one solution is to remove all the dead grass and mix grass seed and compost together and spread evenly on the patches cover with a netting to help with the birds.

tecra · 26 Oct 2006

I had considered that as there were a couple of cats that used to hang around when the old turf was down.

I have noticed that there are also areas where there appears to be no grass at all, almost like the rolls of turf had parts of the grass missing !

Thermo · 26 Oct 2006

it can sometimes happen with turf thats been rolled alittle too long before being laid. the fertilisers used on them can help to generate heat whist they are rrolled up killing the grass.

you can just patch in the areas that are dead with new turf. If it is where the cats have been then remove the soil underneath and replace it.

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New lawn turning yellow

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