Lawn dry patches

Hi there
Moved to a new place a few months ago and finally have a garden!
We got a landscaper to re-do it as the old one was completely abandoned and not maintained at all for decades.
We decided to go for grass. The turf was planted almost 2 months ago and we gave it a lot of water initially etc.
When I did the first trim of the grass (it had grown almost 30cm) I noticed a dry patch, and a bit of yellowy grass in some spots.
Is that a sign of too much water?
Any advice appreciated

Thanks!

 

Have you got a dog?

 

No but loads of cats around!
Aaah it's cat urine that has scorched the grass is it??

 

I thought it was just dog (or rather, bitch) urine that made brown patches, not cat. Maybe fox?
Very unlikely to be too much water - I don't think it's possible to overwater a lawn unless the drainage is pretty much non-existent, and with a new lawn that shouldn't be a problem if the ground was prepared properly (you'd know if it was - the water would have puddled on the surface when you watered it).

 

Ok thank you
Maybe it's foxes, we do have them around.

How often do we need to water the lawn and how much?

Thanks!

 

It depends how much rain you get and how picky you are about keeping it green.

An established lawn not watered in dry weather will gradually turn yellow/brown but will green up when the rain comes so it's not really necessary to water unless you're bothered about how it looks. But as yours is new, it might be best to try to keep it growing this first summer unless you get a hosepipe ban and aren't allowed to. A deep watering once a week if there's no significant rain is probably enough by now, best done late in the evening to minimise water loss due to evaporation, but follow the advice of the people who laid it for you.

Edit: if you want to check how much water you're applying, stand a straight-sided jam jar on the lawn so you can see when it's got to an inch or so.

 

Ok thank you very much!

Will keep an eye

 

Well the rest of the garden looks lush to me so I would put it down to an animal.

 

thanks! it does look nice the grass and grows so fast!

 

Well its funny this lawn thing should crop up because we've had a similar problem please allow me to explain...we have a 100 foot back garden mostly lawn with borders however for a few years we had this patch of grass that refuses to show any enthusiasm no matter what I've tried i.e. feed, aeration re seed etc each year, so today I got permission off my good lady to dig it up and start again up bear in mind its only a patch about 4x4 feet give or take a fart so nothing too drastic anyway to cut a long story short I found 40 plus leather jacket grubs which feed on grass roots, needless to say the local robins had a field day.
Said area is now all seeded up hopefully bug free for a bit with a polythene sheet over it to aid germination.