Lawn grass turning yellow?!

Bit concerned this spreads to the rest of my lawn, please no!




It gets pretty good sun and rain on it, nowhere else on the lawn is this happening.

 

Before fearing the worst I would kick off by giving it a mow, this will clear off dead grass, let some air in and then see if it recovers when weather picks up.

 

I wouldn't worry too much about it. The wet weather last year and the delayed spring has meant that a lot of lawns have used up a lot of key nutrients and are taking energy back into core parts of the plant (the yellowing) until spring arrives and it can grow new leaves.
I would give it a good feed, preferably something reasonably high in Nitrogen (N) and Potassium (K) as it will be needing some N to get growing, and the K will probably have been washed out of the soil due to last years rains.
I would also recommend a seaweed spray, if you have any, as that is really good at helping the grass to replace essential trace elements and carbohydrates, and you can use it in tandem with a fertiliser.
Other than that, a good mow (with sharp blades!) and it will pick up as quick as anything.

 

Okay, thanks all. Panic over!

I'll have to get the kitchen scissors out then as the mother-in-law has asked for her lawn mover back, the cheek of it!

Kris, would a sprinkling of blood, fish and bone help? Maybe on the whole lawn as well?

 

Yes I do, it gets scarified and mown every three weeks at the moment. This part of the grass it right next to a concrete border so is a bit fiddly. Thank you though.

 

I would just like to point out that lawn raking and scarifying are not the same thing at all.
Raking occasionally is a good idea to get the grass to stand up, but done too often and you'll damage the grass. Scarifying is much more aggressive and done every three weeks would smash it to pieces!

Some more info:
http://www.lawnsmith.co.uk/novice/lawn-scarifying-raking/raking-vs-scarifying-the-lawn

 

I think I must be rakifying it then Kris, haha!