turf turning to straw

 
hi guys just joined need your help !!


recently i had my back garden turfed at a cost of £400 this was just for
turf and labour


i waited 3 weeks before i used it and in that time i kept it waterd as
much as i could it looked really well and green for weeks atfer its
first cut and it grew back well and thick


after it had been down a few months i started to notice small dead
patches but continued to keep watering and cutting it


now about 4 months on the growth is really bad and just grows around the
edges and cutting it fairly fulls up the grass collection box on the
lawnmower


when looking at the grass it now has patches of a straw like colour all
over apart from the edges and the thickness of the grass is now terrible
and can see the joins again


in the hot weather it was drying out alot and i tried forking it to let
the water get to the roots because the water was sitting on top of the
soil and new growth is now very minimal


please help im a 29 year old guy whos just bought his first house and
saved hard to turf the back garden i used to love going out and looking
at the turf now i cant look at it


ive bought some grass seed to put down but i really dont know what to do




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scott0904

 
This could be an important clue.  Not clear how much water he's
been putting down or what rate, but unless it's at a huge rate water
should not be pooling on the top of new sod.   And the problem
isn't the sod, it's going to be whatever is underneath.  Sounds like
they put the sod down on some impermeable earth.  If so, the water
has no place to go and the roots can't establish.

 
hi guys when i water the turf i use the hose and dont use any attachment
so the water flow is at full flow so to speak and i leave the hose on
the turf and let it soak it through and then move to another area till
its coverd

my back garden used to have a driveway and the rest was soil and grass i
had all removed and just layed the turf straight on top and banged it
down under the slabs was sandy compacted soil which i thought the turf
would take to




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scott0904

 wrote:

And the posts of the totally clueless continues....

 
'trader4@optonline.net[_2_ Wrote:

i dont know what your trying to get at or achieve with your post but if
thats your way of helping someone then one thing i can say is the lack
of common courtesy is unbelievable




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scott0904