Lawn help

Hi all, i hope someone here can help me identify a problem with my lawn.

See the pictures below, the grass has been slowly yellowing and growth on affected areas is very slow and the yellowing is spreading.





The lawn is 4 years old, at the beginning of the season i took quite a bit of thatch out and also fed the lawn, i have a feeling i may of slightly over done the feeding, not sure if this could be causing the problem?

Any help appreciated

 

Hi hoops

Welcome to the forum.

I don't think you've got anything to worry about. If the yellowing hasn't happened suddenly and it's well distributed, your lawn is just a bit "tired". In other words,it's probably just the grasses that grew on strongly in spring and early summer dying back a bit now.

Provided your soil is still relatively moist, I'd give the grass a quick, light rake over and then a weak feed, watered in well. My lawn is looking much the same as yours and that's what I'm going to do.

 

thanks for the welcome

I am glad to hear i have nothing to worry about

When you say weak feed any advice on a decent product?

 

Hi hoops

Treating the lawn is one of the most tedious jobs in my book and so I favour a granular feed, which gets it done quickly, although many on this forum prefer liquid feeds.

I use Evergreen Complete which is a weed 'n' feed but they also make straight feeds and an autumn feed ( I think). For a weak feed, I just spread it at about half the normal density recommended on the packet.

I've suggested a weak feed because from late summer into early autumn, the risk of drought is higher (no, really!) and this will avoid scorching. Also, I get fed up with mowing the grass as summer wears on and I don't particularly want to stimulate it!

 

Thanks again for the info mate, it's much appreciated:thumb: