My Poor Lawn

 


Hi everyone thanks for reading, i joined this site because im having a
few
problems with my lawn!

I have enclosed a picture for you to see the problems, i have terrible
yellow
patches from our puppy (i now dont let him in the back garden)
and down the left
hand side of our fence and back of the fence the
garden has just died
altogether, im wanting some advice on the best
method of salvaging the lawn, it
was turfed around 4months ago and never
really looked healthy since, i think
alot of this may be down to me
living on a new build housing estate as most of
the lawns are pretty
poor but ours is just terrible.

I have hired a gardening company to come 3 times a year to fertilise the
lawn by
injecting it or something (sorry i know nothing at all about
gardening!) and im
hoping that may solve our problem but im wanting a
little advice on things i
could do to help growth of the lawn,

Thanks for reading.

http://tinyurl.com/yc7o6ut


(the lawn actually looks alot better on the picture than it does in real
life
you cant see all the mud patches)




--
Pooryellowgrass

 

Pooryellowgrass wrote:


Why are you asking now, in February, when the night-time temperature in
Leeds (UK) is going to be -3 tonight, and you barely hit the freezing
point during the day.

You put down sod in November and expect it to look good right now?

Where are your brains?

There's something called WINTER happening right now, and it generally
makes most plant life LOOK LIKE SHIT until it's over.


You have more money than brains - that much is clear.

And why are you posting to usenet via the lame and spammy web interface
known as a "banter" site?


Wait until spring.  How's that for advice?

What do you think you can do right now?

Do you think watering the lawn is going to help RIGHT NOW?

Do you think that spreading fertilizer or grass seed is going to help
RIGHT NOW?

 


Lawn Guy;878727 Wrote:

I am asking now because i want to be prepared when it is time to sort
the grass
out.


no i didnt put it down the house builder contracted a gardener to put
the turf
down.

My Brains??I am not a gardener a lawn is just a By-product of my house,
I hold a
2.1 Degree in Business Management and im sure my job as a
conversion cell
manager is more lucrative than being a "lawn guy" but
that is irrelevant.


More money than Brains?? I did not purchase the turf as I mentioned
earlier the
building manufacturer “Charles Church” must have no Brains
as do the company
that turfed the lawn, if a company gives you a date
they are going to lay your
lawn and they get an independent gardening
company to carry out the work who am
I to argue?


I googled Lawn advice message board and this was the first site that
popped up
so i registered and asked for advice, i am not someone who
spends hours on end
online living my life through different web
applications, If using this message
board as i have is not recommended
then why is it the number one search result
on Google with no warnings
to use the site Via "usenet"?


Thankyou for your one line of constructive advice

I do not know what i can do right now that’s why i have posted on here
obviously!

How would i know if spreading fertilizer is going to help right now? I
don’t
know if there are any winter treatments available.

I am perplexed that you think everyone in the world is as obsessed as
you with
lawns and gardens there are a reason people employ gardeners as
they see them as
to time consuming, I am 29 not 64 i have a very
stressful time consuming job and
the garden is the least of my concerns,
i have 10 mins free to deal with the
garden and ask for advice and i get
a typical arrogant "keyboard warrior"
speaking to me like shite.

So thanks "Lawn Guy" and i hope in time you realise there is more to
peoples
worlds than the internet and there Lawns! There is a whole world
out there
beyond your garden and computer monitor!




--
Pooryellowgrass

 

On Mar 1, 3:10 pm, Pooryellowgrass <Pooryellowgrass.
601d...@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote:

Some simple things.

First, a good portion of that damage appears to be from the dog.

Second, God only knows what kind of soil you have.  Builders, at least
here in the states, are not known for leaving you with 6 inches of
good topsoil.   Yet, that topsoil is the most important element.   You
can spend years on seed, sod, fertilizer, chemicals and water and
still not have a decent lawn if you're trying to grow it on rocks and
gravel.   So, first thing, go take a spade, cut some squares, lift
back the sod and see what kind of soil you have.   If you don't have
at least 4 inches of good topsoil, your best alternative for long term
success may be to start over.  That would be especially true if the
area is small.  For a small area it wouldn't cost much to get good
screened topsoil or alternatively perhaps some good compost, manure,
etc and till it in.

Here in the states, in many areas, there are county agricultural
service offices that will analyze soil for you, look at grass samples
you bring in, and give advice.   Try to find a local place that can
analyze the soil for you and tell you what if anything it needs.   For
example, it's common for trucked in topsoil on a build site to have a
PH that needs to be adjusted.

And at this point there isn't too much you can do since it's winter.
You should find out what kind of sod was laid down so you can get some
appropriate seed of the same type to re-seed the bare spots in early
Spring, assuming you're gonna go with what's there.    I'd also look
into neighbors that have nice lawns, garden clubs, etc as you may be
able to find someone there to give you advice or a recommendation to
competent pros.