Damaged Grass - Dont know what to do.

Hi guys,

I'm having problems with my grass, and I've stumbled across this helpful forum with a wealth of knowledge... I'm hoping I could tap into your knowledge and diagnose my problem.

I moved into a new house in north east England and approximately 1 year ago I turfed the rear garden. There appeared to already be plenty of topsoil down, so I got some turn from a well known company at Scotch Corner. The turf looked great last year however this year it is only growing in certain areas and looks very patch. The brown areas look like they have a matting of dead grass. Any advice? I've uploaded three images to help explain.

Thanks in advance.
Phil

P.S. I've already fed it with Miracle Grow feed, but I'm going to buy some more tomorrow and give it another go.

 

All I can suggest is water, water water.
I've never known anything to stop grass - whether you want it or not.
Find a way to pour the water on there.

 

I agree it appears to be a lack of water.

Look at the area near the fence at the back, it appears much greener, probably because it gets some shade.
At this time of the year established lawns need plenty of water. I water mine every day. As we've probably had the driest spring/summer for ages, a new lawn will suffer even more.
Water it daily, or even twice a day if it's sunny. Regular feeding will help, but not too often.

 

Looks similar to pictures I saw of Hyde Park in London last week - parched dry with lack of rain. It will recover, but as others have said, keep watering it if you want it back looking green sooner.

 

Yes, keep watering if you can but not easy if you have a biggish garden and are on a water meter. We are on a meter and our garden is not huge but there is quite a lot of grass. I have put the sprinkler on it a bit, but to water it all really well would take ages and I dread to think how much it costs if I have the sprinkler on for half an hour or more as well as watering the flowerbeds and pots (and I'd probably be told off for wasting water too - luckily no hose pipe ban here). So good luck and just do what you can.

 

Thankyou very much guys... That all sounds pretty conclusive. Plenty of water required. I've had the sprinkler on for a couple of hours today and have bought some MiracleGrow lawn feed. Will continue to water it tomorrow.

We are on a water meter but its probably better to pay the increase in bills than have bad looking grass.

Thanks again and I'll let you know how I get on.

The area is approx 10m by 12m. I've been watering the whole area for approx 2 hours today. What would you say the norm is?

Cheers
Phil