Lawn condition (autumn)

Hey all,

As I am new to all this maintaining a lawn malarkey I have a question regarding what I can expect in regards to the condition of the lawn from now onwards.

It was laid (turfed) in April so is only 6 months old, started off a nice lush dark green, but during the summer suffered from brown spots (which was cured by occasionaly poking holes in and watering a lot).

Now it seems the lawn is patchy (areas of yellowing)

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and when I pull the green grass apart you can see quite a mess underneath (highlighted in the photo below.

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is this normal for this time of year or do I need to do something?

Cheers

 

Agreed with Loofah. Give it a scarify in the autumn after the grass has stopped growing. If you're really looking to keep it in top condition then investing in an electric scarifier would probably be best. They're usually around £50 in B&Q. Don't be afraid of scarifying hard, off a more established lawn about your size I could usually get off about 3 or 4 wheel barrel loads of thatch, moss and badly established grass.

Elliott

 

Forgot all about this post lol.

That top photo looks nothing like that now, I have found that during the winter the sun is too low for that part of the garden to get any sun at all.

It is the section I went over with the lawn rake today, It doesn't look terrible, but compared to my concerns in the opening photo it is no where near as good.

This is my first lawn, and it will a year old next month, once the sun starts hitting that section of the garden I am sure it will all recover nicely.

I'll try and get comparison photo tomorrow.