My Lawn may have died

ellie14

I putweed and feed on a few weeks ago ,no rain and I forgot to water the lawn ,it is now covered in moss like brown patches ,I have scarrified it ,watered it but the brown like moss patches remain ,will I have to dig it up and lay a new lawn.I keep going out and scarrifying but its not looking good ,any advice please.

Kevie192

The dark bits are just the moss dying. Give it a few weeks and it should be nice and green again.

VfM4meplse

Yes do persist. Sprinkle a few packets of grass seed over your lawn if you want it to look greener faster.

Kay_Peel

Granular weed and feeds don't always dissolve properly and you can end up scorching the lawn in places. The only remedy is do what you are doing - keep watering, watering, watering the brown patches to dilute the chemical.

This has happened to me. I lived with an unsightly horrible mess of a lawn for one season but by the end of August it was fine. I vowed never to use weed and feed ever again.

In places where it was really bad I got some turf from other parts of garden, dug up and lifted out the brown patch and replaced it with the healthy turf. I covered it with a smattering of topsoil so that it bedded in quite nicely. The other brown patches repaired themselves.

Having said that, I think your weed and feed is just doing its job: it has killed the weedy areas and those are the brown patches. Iit's just a question now of whether you can live with it and let Mother Nature repair the lawn or whether you can't live with it and want to re-seed or replace the patches.

One thing's for sure. Unless you've not followed the instructions on the packet, your lawn is not dead - but the weeds are. Rake them off, water the patches and relax (if you can!).

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savemoney

I over did mine and got large brown patches but after a few weeks it came back to life dont give up, worse can happen is reseed the patches and careful watering best with a sprinkle it will come back to life in 3-4 weeks

By the way dont save the grass cuttings in compost heep bin them or give them to green collection when council come

ellie14

Thanks .thats very reasuring,I will keep raking and watering plus I have some grass seed. .The weeds came over from next doors garden its a rental house and they dont garden or cut the grass,I will have to get on to the management and report them ,this is a nice area big houses but a few who dont cut grass.