Lords of the Lawns, Guardians of the Grass…I come to you, seeking counsel, in my time of need.
I am a complete novice when it comes to lawn care, so any and all advice is more than welcome. I am on Long Island (NY) and had sod put down about a month ago. I watered it religiously, twice a day (9am & 4pm) for 3 weeks and after the first cut 4 days ago, I have all of these patches that are dying. The yellowed line against the concrete is where a large concrete wall use to run before we knocked it down to add levels. The worker that put down the sod warned it may be an issue, but I would like to salvage it and as much of the dying areas, as possible. My wife demands I salvage it, lest I be banished to the realm of couches. Help me avoid my demise and I will be eternally grateful and fully rested.
My fate is in your hands…what say you?
by ChoiceHour5641
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I have no idea but upvoted for originality. 🤣
Take a large screw driver and drive it into the ground, it should go all the way in (at least 6”). If you’re hitting concrete or other rocks or debris, that’s your problem and no saving it outside of removing the concrete/rocks or adding a lot more soil and then overseeding in the fall. If it’s just very hard soil, that’s fixable with water and wetting agents for now and a good aeration and overseed in the fall.
Your roots starting to look deeper, couldn’t go deeper, summer heat kicked in, and boom, dead.
That’s my solid guess, but there are definitely other reasons as well…
First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again.
Edges/borders of concrete are dying because of residual heat – not much you can do there. That corner area- is there any concrete still under the dirt? Might be why the sod can’t root
Along the concrete and wall edges are holding radiant heat and cooking the roots. I’m in sw Mo where we have rock with some dirt and I see a lot of spots popping up on manicured lawns from bed rocks holding the heat. Especially new construction where they strip all the topsoil and put a couple once’s back over the fill
Fescue is not a happy camper in summer, unless you’re watering it every day until september. otherwise, there may be rocks/concrete under the grass
Water earlier and later in the day. You want the grass drenched. 4pm is hottest time of the day?
You could try putting a drip (or vegetable garden) irrigation line right along the edge where they’re dying to keep it wet. They are pretty cheap to buy. I think the summer heat and reflection from the wall/pavers is killing the grass.
Hand water those browning areas to the point of soaking every day.
Well maybe astroturf will work better in that area. Some places, adjacent to concrete were not meant to have grass. In the meantime you may want to consider grass paint. https://youtube.com/shorts/kP4T44MDAb4?si=iiYu2bz7j1scpT7Y
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