Crappy Lawn

Morning folks from a new gardener we had our garden re done 3 yrs ago and had new lawn laid by the company that did all the work stating it was grass they used for bowling greens now im no expert but bowling greens where in bloody beirut ??? I enclose a cpl pics of the lawn and say to you HELLLLLLLPPPPPP please . Any ideas how we can get lawn up to nice garden stage this year or is it lost cause

 

To the forum Nash.

Goodness me Nash, your lawn is in 'need' of some TLC. I'm no lawn expert (someone else will come along soon) but I'm wondering if you have a lot of tall trees/conifers shading the garden? The grass seems to have died off & I was trying to work out why??
I think if I were you I'd buy some lawn feed & sprinkle that over the lawn to see if it helps? When we moved into our house the lawn was a total state not much diferent to your lawn hubby got it back using some lawn feed which I believe was high in nitrogen.
I'm sorry I can't be anymore helpful than that, & I hope someone more experienced comes along soon.
Good luck & please keep us up to date with the progress

 

Yikes . Looks like they gave you the wrong grass seed. Its just a guess from your photos but is your lawn in heavy shade,compacted and have poor drainage in parts?
You may need to remove it and just relay with turf or reseed.
Sort the shading out,if you cant get shady grass seed in (on sale at my local B&Q yesterday make sure its fresh) Give the soil a dig over first then level it adding sand if boggy. You may need to aerate regularly also in the future
Would really need more info before the right advice is to be given (not by me as I struggle with the lawns too)

 

Do you have children or pets that use the garden much? With a small lawn it's going to take a bashing.

 

no pets and child is one so shes not using lawn yet lol the builders laid turn after doing work on back n front garden as when we moved in garden was a right mess ,,,,we do have tall trees in id say 75% of garden to stop us being overlooked so thanks for your ideas everyone ...think I will try some lawn feed which is high in Nitrogen would that be ok ??

 

Morning Nash, I'm only guessing here but I wonder if the builders have turfed straight over rubble etc??? Prehaps if that's the case the ground under the grass is draining too quickly??? Also the trees will be shading the lawn, could you have the trees cut back? That would certainly help to get more light into the garden, obviously you wouldn't want to cut them back too much as you would then be oberlooked. I think some lawn feed is worth a try but you may need to also get more light into the garden too. Good luck

 

Could you replace a few and use climbing plants to provide you with privacy?

Think I might be inclined to get back in touch with that company and have a word or three (all polite, of course!)

 

You may find you need to over seed parts of the lawn. It would be best to either use a general purpose or seed for shade. Sprinkle a good amount of seed on the bare patches and put a fine layer of compost over the top. Tread it down so it's flat and make sure it gets water every day rain or otherwise, until it's established. Also, a reminder that grass seed needs a temperature of 12C to germinate.

 

12 degrees eh could be at least June before that eh lol,,,thanks for the advice

 

You'll be under way by the middle of April I reckon Nash.

 

Yeah few nice days in April as norm then snow in may lol

 

I agree you should use lawn feed and then over seed parts of the lawn. Also set up a sprinkler so that it is getting plenty of moisture if you're not getting much rain.

 

again thanks for the advice good people ..now the question what food etc would the good people here recommend for me to use

 

It depends on what you want to pay Nash. Evergreen is a good lawn feed but more expensive than others. Over the last few years I've been using B&Q's granular lawn weed and feed and found it's okay.

With granular you will have to scatter it and water it in, or put it down just before it rains. If it isn't watered in one way or the other, it will burn the grass. Or you could use a liquid feed diluted in water which means you'll be back and forth with a watering can. It's really down to which you prefer.

Be prepared for extra mowing for several weeks after.