Sudden yellow patches in my lawn - HELP!!

Hi all,

well here's an update:
as you can see yellow patches worse.




I phoned treat your lawn and the guy promised he'd phone me back and arrange a visiit. He didn't so I phoned and left a message. No reply again. They are obviously useless!!

I also phoned greenthumb, and they don't operate in my area.

Since taking this photo, I have used Miracle gro liquid feed (via the hose). Also bought Rolawn 6 million nematodes leatherjacket killer. I applied that 2 days ago. Hopefully it will at least not get any worse now.

Has anyone got anymore advice?

Should I reseed the area's again? (I did overseed it a couple of months ago as I do every year.

cheers

 

I am a very natural, leave it alone and let's see what it does person. I wouldn't apply any more concoctions to that lawn at all, just give it a light trim at least once weekly and see if it greens up by itself. I'm willing to bet it will be fine if left alone to recover. If after a month or two you can see definite bare patches then sow them up with lawn seed.


My husbnad keeps threatening it with feed and weed-he's absolutely forbidden to use weedkillers or pesticides in my garden so he isn't happy. Having said that, my lawn is green-and I definitely don't go out of my way to care for it.

 

looks to me like there could be drainage channels underneath the lawn.

Try watering just the yellow lines on a regular basis, and see what happens, see if they green up. I'm with Lollipop, and would advise to stop putting treatments onto your lawn, at least for a while.

I am sure that it will come green of its own accord. It may just be one of those things, that is making it turn yellow, so don't worry bout it!

 

Have you fertilized the lawn like this before?

If not I wonder if there is something under the lawn (old footings or somesuch) which is restricting the grass growth, and the fertilizer has just highlighted where they are (a drought would do the same)

 

Hi,

The lawn was laid from scratch in spring/summer 2007.
This was the same lawn last year about the same time of the year:




(sorry, but had to post the last 3 as haven't got a complete photo of that part of the lawn).
As you can see, no problems until now.
I use exactly the same fertalizer every year. Weslatnd weed and feed in spring, then every 4 weeks or so miracle gro liquid feed (in summer).
This week was the first time of miracle gro this year.

Cheers for advice so far

 

Thought i'd let everyone know. I had Greenthumb round yesterday to inspect the lawn.
He told me what a few people have already said...looks like I missed a few patches on feeding.
He said the lawn was in great condition and said he wouldn't bother buying his treatment.
What a nice bloke. He could have spun me a line and said he could sort it out...need his treatment etc, but didn't.
I asked about treatments for future and they are £14 per treatment and they usually do 4 a year.
I will most probably do that next year as probably spend nearly that much on the lawn throughout the year anyway.

Just wanted to big up greenthumb...what great service.

Cheers

 

Thanks for the heads-up on Green Thumb - I might now give them a call.

Could you tell me rough what area your lawn is - sq.yards or sq.meters?

I think £14 for coming to you is very good - I can't see how they can afford to cover the cost of travel, let alone whatever they do when they get there - so presumably the price would not be much more for a lawn even twice the size of yours.

 

Hi Kristen,

My garden is a very strange shape and has 2 areas. I wouldn't have had a clue on size, but he told me whilst he was here in all it's about 70 square metres (the lawn part). You can get a rough idea from the pics I posted.
To clarify, he didn't charge me a thing yesterday. Just gave excellent advice.

cheers

 

"it's about 70 square metres"

Excellent! Thanks.

But jealous that it must take you only seconds to mow your lawn, and it takes me hours :(

 

Now, I'm jealous. There is nothing more I'd love than an absoultely huge garden with loadsa lawn and flower beds. I have to settle with my little plot(s) We moved in 3 years ago from living in a flat for 7 years, so at the time wasn't too bothered about the garden. The selling point was the huge bedrooms (the house is pretty large). It was only then that I caught the gardening bug (previously the whole garden was a concrete jungle). Also, the garden is quite bad for sun, It certainly isn't south facing. Still, I know for next time.

 

Are you into Veg? If so would be worth putting your name down for an allotment - particularly if you think that if/when you move it would be nearby - so you could keep the same allotment :thumb:

 

No, not really into veg. Eat loads as married to a vegetarian, but really love my flowers, so that's my vice ;-)
I have grown Carrots, tomatoes and spring onions this year though, admittedly, in big containers!!
I might still get my name down for an allottment, as my son is 18 months and I think it would be nice when his 3-4 to start him early.
Cheers for the heads up.

 

Perhaps an elderly person, with a large garden, would like to "share" it with someone who could do/help with the work?