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Not sure what to do, have been giving plenty of water (early mornings, not evening), have applied seasol, and aerated. Some parts look healthy, most looks dry or greyed and shrivelled. Grass was laid 11 months ago.
Hi @helpmygrass123,
A warm welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community and thank you for your question about your lawn.
A couple of questions to start with.
Do you have any pets? Does water pool in any areas when there is heavy rain? Have the brown spots appeared quickly?
I notice that there are two fairly different kinds of patches.
These patches look quite yellow and look more like dead leaves than root structures. They are isolated from each other and seem like they're fairly recent. It looks like grass has grown, root structures have developed and then something has killed the grass. I suspect these patches could be somewhere a pet is relieving itself, maybe a chemical was spilled there or there is a lawn pest like lawn grubs.
Identifying the cause of these spots will require some further investigation. If it is related to a chemical spill or a pet, then you should mow it short, aerate and then care for your lawn with a lawn fertilizer and regular watering.
If it is related to lawn grubs, you should apply Richgro Hose On Lawn Beetle And Grub Killa to the yellower dead patches.
These sections look more like the grass itself has struggled to grow. I think this is because there are low spots in your lawn where water is pooling during heavy rain. One large rain event won't kill the lawn, but with consistent downpours and regularly pooling water, the grass will die over time.
My suggestion for these sections of grass is to aerate, top-dress and level them. This will add nutrients to the soil and raise the lower sections to prevent the pooling of water. Check out How To Aerate And Top Dress Your Lawn for some guidance on top dressing and levelling your lawn.
It would also be worthwhile at this stage in your lawn development to apply a buffalo-specific lawn fertiliser such as Scotts Lawn Builder Buffalo Slow Release Lawn Fertiliser. This will provide your lawn with the main nutrients it needs to thrive.
You might also like to check out How To Care For Buffalo Lawn for some guidance on caring for your lawn.
Let me know what you think and if you have further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
Jacob
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