I got my back yard laid with Palmetto exactly 5 weeks ago on sunday 5th March. This is what it looked like on day of laying:
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For the next 3 weeks, I diligently watered every day early morning and evening (bout 4.30). I didn't water in the next few days because cyclone Debbie started happening, and being on the gold coast, we got reports that the aftermath would make its way down here by Thursday 30th, which it did. Ever since then it's mostly been sunny and hot with a couple of rainy or overcast days between then and now. About nearly a week after our deluge, my lawn started to thin out and get brown and looking like this:
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Is this from too much water or not enough? Is it salvageable? Last weekend I aerated with a pitchfork.
Also second issue. My front yard (laid last October) is thriving, except for the patches that have soil over them. The soil patches were thrown over same day as backyard was laid, was excess organic underturf from backyard, so 5 weeks too. Will the Palmetto eventually grow over ? If not can I get Buffalo seeds to cover these patches?
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