Lawn dressing disaster!

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  1. NCFCcrazy

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    I put down some lawn dressing last week and must have put it down too thickly as it has scorched the lawn really badly!

    I can overseed but fear that the lawn won't recover and seed will die off too.

    Any ideas??
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    You've got to wait till the excess nutrients get leached away, you can help by really soaking the affected areas a few times.
     
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      Thanks, hose going on tomorrow I think!! Maybe I should read the directions next time!

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      That is a really bad scorch, bad luck NCFC. One reason why I only use liquid feed.As JWK said you have to let the high feed levels get down to near normal . I think at this time off year you could only reseed next spring. Maybe our lawn gurus can give better advice.
       
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      If you don't want to wait you could dig out the damaged areas and use new soil and a compost mix, then re-seed. It's late in the season though and seed is very slow to germinate now as it needs a minimum temperature of 12C. Overnight temperatures are also down to single figures which won't help. It would probably be better to leave it until next spring or use turf. :)
       
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