Hello all!
I laid this Sir Walter Buffalo about three months ago. I watered it attentively and used Seasol every week for a month.
About a month ago (two months from initial laying), some brownish patches started developing. I thought it was lawn grub, but when I lifted the lawn up I saw that the roots hadn’t established. It was almost like there was a firm divide in dirt between the lawn and soil below.
So why were roots forming for 2 months (when the lawn was looking good) but then the roots started retracting a month ago when the brown patches started to appear?
Some background: The turf was laid on the existing soil that I conditioned with starter fertiliser and soil wetter. I could only afford five bags of top soil (I was already at my budget as Im a full time student), which upon laying the turf I realised definitely wasn’t enough! I know, I know…
The brown patches are appearing in the area that gets the most sun (and foot traffic, which is minimal). Overall the soil is clay based, but especially where the brown patches are forming its an almost black sandy soil). Everything was adequately moist. I have a dog but she’s been weeing on the grass the whole time so I don’t think its that?
Dying areas:
Turf breaks clean from the earth (lacking roots).
>Soil on the underside of the turf is compact<
Alive areas:
Turf breaks messily/chunkily from the earth (roots).
>Underside soil not so compact<
Please let me know how I can try and get it looking good again, thankyou everyone! Im a bit anxious this will keep spreading and I can see how people get ‘thingy’ about their lawn haha. Thankyou!
PICS
1 Overall lawn
2 unhealthy underside
3 healthy underside
Kindest,
Lauren
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