turf

i have just had turflayed in my garden ..when they had finished laying it its a bit patchy is ome places and yellowed. will this just settle and evan out on its own? and also how long should i stay off the grass for ?

 

When you say yellowed is that the whole grass area?
Dave

 

Hi I woudnt be happy if it was yellow , sounds as if it been rolled up for too long and no sunlight to keep it green , they knew it wasnt right it may go green butnot a good start and it is May !!! keep watered and if not happy let them know .

with going on the grass , what prep had been done before it was layed ?. ie soil dug over or not as I would keep off for the next couple of weeks apart from cutting it & keeping well watered and that might be everyday until it roots in but you will still need to water over the summer at least once a week , get yourself a sprinkler as using a hose pipe you will soon get bored

Spruce

 

Take a photo of the turf now with a date on, incase you need to complain about it in the future. However, give it a good soaking now and then and you'll soon see when it starts to bed in. Once it is growing away and feels firm when you give an edge a tug, you can walk on it.
Spruce is right, shouldn't really have been delivered/laid yellow. Check that the corners of each piece of turf aren't dry and dying back. If they are, take a photo. You could resolve it though by spreading a few shovels of top soil on top of the new lawn, rubbing it into the cracks with the back of a rake and watering well. At this time of year grass recovers well so long as it doesn't dry out before it roots in.
Don't forget to cut it a bit higher than normal for your first few cuts too.

 

As other have said, plus I would not cut it at all (especially if you have a Rotary, rather than a Cylinder, mower) until the roots have bedded in - i.e. when you cannot easily lift a turf any-more (because its roots have grown into the soil below). That could be a few weeks, and the grass may be quite long by then, but don't cut more than 1/3rd off the height at each cut. You can reduce the height over a period of a month or two - don't overdo it during the dry Summer though.