Building a new lawn

Congratulations. You now have a lawn.

 

It's looking good Car.crash but don't forget to treat it gently for the time being.

 

The rain is hammering the hell out of this lawn and it's doing funny things.
Some areas have really stumped growth and others have yellowing appearing.
I've had to cut it today as it was getting too long but I bagged the clipping and didn't mulch them.
I will cut it again in a few days to try and cover it all as the mover flattens most of it because it's so thin.

 

It's probably lack of sun and to much rain at the moment Car.crash. I believe you are using a cylinder mower to cut it which isn't ideal on a new lawn because the shoots are young and it just flattens it. A rotary mower would be better. Mulching a new lawn is also not a good idea because it's not giving the young grass a chance to breath and establish itself. Don't worry about the yellowing at the moment, wait and see what happens when the weather improves.

 

The yellowing could be Anthrancnose which is caused by prolonged surface wetness. Normally compaction runs in hand with this so as long as the soil prep work was done well you should not see this.
The organism for this is Colletotrichum graminicola and the symptoms are yellow plants with rotten base. Keep your eye on the area just in case.

 

I turned the surface over to at least six inches thoroughly and I wouldn't say it's been compacted since.
The rain pretty much has not stopped for a long time but fingers crossed it eases up and I can keep it at a nice length.
I will report back in a few days.

 

I don't know what area you're in Car.crash but the weather is set to improve this week, probably all over Britain.

 

Ignore the terrible stripes.
I have to keep going over the same areas in different directions.

 

It's knitting together quite well Car.crash.

 

Some of the lawn growth has pretty much stopped and others are doing better.
I'm sure all this rain has washed away all my pre seed fertiliser.

Would this stuff be ok to lay down?
http://www.notcutts.co.uk//notcutts/fcp-product/10769

 

It's been a wet old end to August and September has started the same way. Dipping temps too so that slows top growth down.
How about the yellow patches, have they settled down?

 

Yellow patches have settled and lawn looks much healthier.
I used the rotary mower now the soil has more structure.