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Hi all, any ideas on what this could be, it's in patches over newly seeded lawn, worse in some areas. Thank you

So I bought my first house November last year (new build) which came with a jungle for a garden. A few weeks ago my neighbours had turf put down and I asked them on how much it had cost (professional landscaping) and it was around £5k. I thought to myself how hard can it be and decided to do it myself.

I’m not from the UK and honestly there is hardly any DIY culture in my home country so I basically had 0 experience.

I basically asked chatGPT about how to do my lawn cheaply and followed whatever it suggested. I’m now 3 weeks into this project and after countless backbreaking hours of work I think I’m ready to lay the turf.

1st picture - Before picture
2nd picture - 2 weeks after spraying weed killer
3rd picture - weed pulling and stone removal (part I found the hardest)
4th picture - putting down compost and topsoil

ADVISE NEEDED : Being a complete newbie I’d appreciate any tips and tricks for the turf laying part and anything I can do before the turf arrives.

TIA 😃

How does it look for a newbie?

I over seeded 5 weeks ago along with pre seed fertiliser. Watered twice a day for 4 weeks, then dropped it to once a week after. I’ve mowed the tops off twice. It was growing tall and green.

This and another small patch have started yellowing - am I doing something wrong or could it be due to the soil?

Thanks

Hey all,

I have completely transformed a patch of our garden that was under decking for 10+ years and have included some of the before and after progress photos as a bit of background on how i got to where I am.

This grass seed was planted on 23rd April so 15 days ago and absolutely over the moon with the progress so far. I am noticing however large patches that don't seem to be coming through, what's the general advice on how and more importantly, WHEN I fix this?

Appreciate any advice as this is my first ever attempt at grass seed

Thanks!

What type of weed is this? What’s the best thing to do? Can general weed killer be enough?

Thanks

We are at 10 day of newly seeded lawn, Boston premier seed, pre seed fertiliser used and seed was topped with compost/topsoil, springing up lovely around the edges and to one side but large area in the center is taking its time to get going? Looks like the area dries out really quickly and is sandy where as the growing areas look to have compost on top (even though was spread evening on top) can see seed on top and was all raked in before top dressing and rolled. Just want to know if this is normal or has I gone wrong. South facing garden, area to the right has shade towards the end of the day.

Currently levelling the soil ready to lay rolls of turf. Trying to get it so that when I lay the turf, it lies flush with the top of the bricks (please see second photo). What height should I bring the soil to? Something online suggested I bring it to the same level as the bricks and that the turf will then sit slightly proud but then bed in. I’m not sure this is right. Feels like the soil should be maybe 10-20mm below the bricks. What do you guys think?

In the process of renovating the garden - main lawn has been ripped up, aerated/thatched and seeded (Boston seeds BS hard wearing) 2 weeks ago and covered in fleece. Took fleece off this morning and there are a few thin patches. Should I reseed these or let the lawn continue to grow without reseed and then mow in another 4/5 weeks time and only take a bit off it and fertilise at the same time?

Pictures of before, during and after.

Any help/feedback would be appreciated, thanks.

My lawn has several large patches of 'wilder' grass, in previous years I have removed small clumps and reseeded but it makes not enough difference.

I am booked for scarification next week and plan to hit these patches harder - do you think that will help?

I could also return these areas but may end up with a similar problem longer term depending on the quality?

Any advise appreciated

I moved this new build last October when the garden is mowed the last time. Last week, I mowed it for the first time, then scarified and raked with an electric scarifier/raker. But the soil is compacted heavily that the water stays above the soil even on bare soil parts. How can I make this garden shiny again? Also, the garden is sloping down towards the fences. Can I level it on my own? Size is approx. 9*6 m and the difference between the highest and lowest levels is around 50cm.

This has been a long time coming but I feel like I'm on the final stretch! I've moved several tonnes of earth to get to the level and (hopefully) flat bare patch of earth I've got now.

I seeded with a blend of 40% perennial rye and 60% of a couple of different red fescues. Sowed on the morning of 29th April. 7 days in and I'm not seeing any growth yet. I'm keeping it well watered - we keep getting promised rain but haven't had any yet.

The second pic shows how I've had to make the area "messy" to try and deter a fox from coming back and digging every night! It was covered in fleece but the area is quite large and so the fleece was sagging and sticking to the ground so I removed it.

Hoping to see some green in the next few days! 🤞

Firstly I want to thank everyone who gave their advice previously. I now have a lawn which, in parts, is nice and green. These photos are following overseeding, which was done a couple of weeks ago. The grass isn't growing anywhere near as fast as some of the posts I've seen on here. As you can see, there are still some patches. Do I cut and then seed these with top soil and compost like before? Will the timing mess with when I have to feed the lawn? Thanks again

Fresh turf laid 6 weeks ago, regularly taking 1/3 of a blade of the grass and watering daily if soil is dry. It’s taken really well, but it has small patches where no grass is growing at all and it’s just the soil. Do I need to overseed this early on in the grass’s life or will regular cutting/feeding water thicken it up?
Many thanks for taking the time to read.

New grass, grown from seed, has reached 9cm in height, at its highest. Couple of other parts of the lawn that grew slower are at the 6/7cm. With a gentle tug the grass feels rooted in the clay soil. Have a brand new mower that can be set to 65mm cut height.
Is this lawn ready for its first mow? And then apply fertiliser after cut? Hoping cut and fertiliser will help to fill out some of the patches.
Super scared about ripping out the young grass and ruining all my hard work.

Just got back from holiday for a week, and 5 weeks on from scarifying, overseeding and top dressing. Across the span of my lawn there are some areas which are lush and green whereas other parts just don't seem to have the same level of vigour. Any ideas?