new lawn dying!

HI all as the title says my new lawn is dying!. I recently had my garden landscaped and had a new lawn laid (Q lawn). That was in june, i have done everything i was told to do for a new laid lawn. But recently it has begun to look a little yellow at the roots ,and just yesterday i cut it and i,m beginning to get dead patches appearing?. Does anyone have any tips or advice that may help me? :confused:

thanks in advance

 

Maxi....need to know more...yellow at roots... not top ? drying out ?? ...needs to be watered daily in hot weather...possible put fertiliser down...and burned roots...who did it ? always best feed liquid fertil. after it settled...and starts to grow....

Ladybird

 

As Ladybird says a few more details would be good - but if a company did the work, have you thought about calling them back.

If the turf was good, the ground prepared well, and no-one has put something harmful on it and its been watered regularly - should be going from strength to strength. Most lawns suffered during the dry summer, and new lawn will be more vulnerable, thats why it has to be watered lots - but we have had quite a bit of rain lately so it should have picked up.

 

The roots are yellow and thinning badly ,i have only feed it once with miricale grow about a month ago ...but i think my garden is a quite damp permenantly....for the first month it looked absolutley brilliant but now its looking in a pretty bad state!.I have a big tree at the bottom of my garden which has needles not leaves and there allways falling on the garden could this be the problem?.The ground was well prepared they had a rotivator on it for a whole day!.1 thing i have noticed it grows very very fast! but recently it has got thinner and thinner like i said a quality lawn turf was used Q lawn...do you think it might need airreating/ (sorry for spelling!)
thanks maxi

 

One question that wasn't asked, do you have any pets?
Cat and dogs urine can damage grass, for some reason females urine is more potent.

Otherwise, bare with it, keep watering it, mow the lawn only when you really have to. For I believe the word 'turf' shouldnt be used for this type of grass, I think it should be called 'tough grass', as I know it recovers well.

 

Sorry Maxi - you really need to get the landscapers back before you try and do anything beyond what you have been told to do. I haven't the faintest idea what "Q lawn" is - but fresh turf properly laid in June, and kept watered regularly and treated as advised should not be exhibiting the symptoms you describe especially if fed as well. aeration shouldn't be a problem in three months following rotavation - unless you've had an army walking over it every day.

The pine tree should not be causing a problem unless it is casting deep shade over the lawn (needles can be raked off) - and would have been known by your landscapers anyway.

I would strongly reccomend you contact your landscapers. Is this a problem for you?. If so, then go with greenfingers advise and keep it watered, and fed on occasions and keep your fingers crossed.

 

Hi Maxi,

I'd go with all the obvious suggestion here of contacting the landscapers. Sometimes turf just doesn't take very well on the soil it was laid on; you can get an idea of this by trying to pull up a couple of the turfs - it it comes up easily it hasn't rooted into the native soil, and is really a problem for the landscapers to sort out.

I noticed you said the lawn grows very quickly. Is the yellowing (I presume you mean at the base, not the roots) even over the entire lawn, or is it patchy?

Some turf growers feed their turf very heavily in order to be able to cut it earlier, and have it looking greener when it is laid. Adding more feed to that could cause Fusarium Patch, which sometimes shows similar symptoms to what you are describing (though it's hard to tell without a picture).

One other thing - if turf is laid in June, even daily watering is often only enough to wet the top half inch or so - ie, the turf itself. In order to get the turf to establish, you need to wet the soil it was laid on as well, so a good soaking every couple of days can work wonders, with a lighter daily watering in hot spells.