Posted by garden_gal2 on May 26, 2011, 6:27 am
Hi all
Bit new to this so any help appreciated.
I had new turf laid in my garden on Monday. It looked amazing at first,
so pleased with the result!
However, we have had very hot dry weather since and despite watering, I
think part of the lawn may now have died. When I returned home from work
yesterday (having watered for 2 hours the night before) two of the turf
'slabs' were a different colour from the others, looking straw-like and
an odd blueish shade of green. They felt really dry. I watered it for a
further two-and-a-bit hours focusing mainly on these areas, but this
morning the discolouration was still there :(
My mistake may have been waiting until dusk to water (as the gardener
told me to do this to avoid scorching) or possibly a faulty sprinkler -
I'm not sure it has covered all areas. However my neighbours did not
water on the first day at all (we both had the turf laid on monday) and
their still looks in better shape.
Has the turf died or can I revive it somehow with more watering? I'm so
worried about it as this was an expensive and long-awaited project and I
can't believe I've ruined it so quickly. Please help!
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garden_gal2
Posted by Old Wellies on May 26, 2011, 12:46 pm
Keep the turf wet. Water as much as possible. If layed correct, it
will recover.
garden_gal2;923098 Wrote:
> Hi all
> Bit new to this so any help appreciated.
>
> I had new turf laid in my garden on Monday. It looked amazing at first,
> so pleased with the result!
>
> However, we have had very hot dry weather since and despite watering, I
> think part of the lawn may now have died. When I returned home from work
> yesterday (having watered for 2 hours the night before) two of the turf
> 'slabs' were a different colour from the others, looking straw-like and
> an odd blueish shade of green. They felt really dry. I watered it for a
> further two-and-a-bit hours focusing mainly on these areas, but this
> morning the discolouration was still there :(
>
> My mistake may have been waiting until dusk to water (as the gardener
> told me to do this to avoid scorching) or possibly a faulty sprinkler -
> I'm not sure it has covered all areas. However my neighbours did not
> water on the first day at all (we both had the turf laid on monday) and
> their still looks in better shape.
>
> Has the turf died or can I revive it somehow with more watering? I'm so
> worried about it as this was an expensive and long-awaited project and I
> can't believe I've ruined it so quickly. Please help!
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Old Wellies
Posted by garden_gal2 on May 26, 2011, 2:28 pm
Old Wellies;923247 Wrote:
> Keep the turf wet. Water as much as possible. If layed correct, it
> will recover.
That's good to know! It rained biblical amounts here in London today,
which I'm hoping will have helped. It still looks a different colour to
the rest of the lawn, but not quite so dramatically paler, so I will
keep up the watering and cross fingers. Thanks.
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garden_gal2
Posted by trader4@optonline.net on May 28, 2011, 9:49 am
On May 26, 12:46 pm, Old Wellies <Old.Wellies.
8547...@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote:
> Keep the turf wet. Water as much as possible.
Wrong. I agree with Bob. You need to keep water available
at the roots, but no need to over do it. What exactly would
watering as much as possible mean? 24/7 with the largest
flow rate you can support?
Just water it at least once a day and keep an eye on how
quickly it dries out. Also, the advice to not water during
the day or you will "scorch" it, is rubbish. If water could
harm it that way, what would happen with passing
showers that nature provides? The reason not to water
during the day is that a lot more water will be lost to
evaporation.
Posted by willshak on May 28, 2011, 10:17 am
garden_gal2 wrote the following:
> Hi all
> Bit new to this so any help appreciated.
> I had new turf laid in my garden on Monday. It looked amazing at first,
> so pleased with the result!
> However, we have had very hot dry weather since and despite watering, I
> think part of the lawn may now have died. When I returned home from work
> yesterday (having watered for 2 hours the night before) two of the turf
> 'slabs' were a different colour from the others, looking straw-like and
> an odd blueish shade of green. They felt really dry. I watered it for a
> further two-and-a-bit hours focusing mainly on these areas, but this
> morning the discolouration was still there :(
> My mistake may have been waiting until dusk to water (as the gardener
> told me to do this to avoid scorching) or possibly a faulty sprinkler -
> I'm not sure it has covered all areas. However my neighbours did not
> water on the first day at all (we both had the turf laid on monday) and
> their still looks in better shape.
> Has the turf died or can I revive it somehow with more watering? I'm so
> worried about it as this was an expensive and long-awaited project and I
> can't believe I've ruined it so quickly. Please help!
>
Scott's lawn watering page (short video)
http://www.scotts.com/smg/learn/video/videoPage.jsp?detailId=art1400411&subNavId=&navId 300194&parentId300170&campaign=o-ps-google-smglawn-Water-20110131&ef_id=1MpNigCf6T4AAEVB:20110528141110:s
or: http://preview.tinyurl.com/3unr9h9
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> Bit new to this so any help appreciated.
>
> I had new turf laid in my garden on Monday. It looked amazing at first,
> so pleased with the result!
>
> However, we have had very hot dry weather since and despite watering, I
> think part of the lawn may now have died. When I returned home from work
> yesterday (having watered for 2 hours the night before) two of the turf
> 'slabs' were a different colour from the others, looking straw-like and
> an odd blueish shade of green. They felt really dry. I watered it for a
> further two-and-a-bit hours focusing mainly on these areas, but this
> morning the discolouration was still there :(
>
> My mistake may have been waiting until dusk to water (as the gardener
> told me to do this to avoid scorching) or possibly a faulty sprinkler -
> I'm not sure it has covered all areas. However my neighbours did not
> water on the first day at all (we both had the turf laid on monday) and
> their still looks in better shape.
>
> Has the turf died or can I revive it somehow with more watering? I'm so
> worried about it as this was an expensive and long-awaited project and I
> can't believe I've ruined it so quickly. Please help!
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