Ive ruined my lawn Help !

I sprinkled some grains of lawn feed/weed killer on my lawn and black oily patches have appeared and killed the grass.Also in some areas the grass has turned a white colour.I know nothing about gardening so would be grateful for any advice on how to get my lawn back to normal.Thanks.

 

Mmm, that doesn't sound very good. Any chance you can post a picture, as it may not be as bad as you think. It will also help with giving advice on how to make it better again. Grass can be treated harshly, but it is also easy to replace if you have a little weed killer accident!

Hope this Helps!

 

Thanks very much for your help.

 

If you applied moss killer as well it looks fine to me - as it appears that the moss that been killed. Give the whole lawn a good rake to get rid of all the dead stuff and any thatch - and over seed the whole area. I would wait until there soil has had a good drop of rain.

We haven't seen any rain down here for weeks and I'm putting off scarifying etc until the soil is moist

 

Thanks everyone for your help.:gnthb:

 

You can always get a bad lawn back into shape. Earlier this year I made a classic balls up and sprayed a good amount of Pathclear (hardcore weed killer NOT for lawns) on my lawn rather than Verdone.

I was very worried it would mess things up. Looking back it was a good thing, the BIG BIG weeds that had been there for five odd years died and it helped get a very tired and neglected lawn back into shape much quicker.

A bit of attention, a good mower, scarify, aerate, over seed, top dress and it will all come back.