The yard looks pretty green. It looks like the dead/dying stems and blades are throwing the color off. Maybe alot of poa a dying off? Do you have a thatch rake? It does wonders pulling that dead stuff up from the soil

 

The grass looks very healthy. I understand your concern on the brown hue and it looks like these are just dead seed stalks. Have you ever considered going to kentucky bluegrass instead of rye?

 

+1 on seed stalks.. cut it lower one time and then let it grow back up... this will hide the seedstalks while they decompose..

 

The grass looks very healthy. I understand your concern on the brown hue and it looks like these are just dead seed stalks. Have you ever considered going to kentucky bluegrass instead of rye?

My KBG has the exact same problem so I don't think that would solve the problem. My yard is full of dead seed head stalks still. The golf courses around here (I'm on the other side of the Cascades from you) still have a ton of dead seed heads too in their fairways and greens.

 

Yeah it seems like a lot of dead grass. Those spots I can pick out real easy. It's not poa although I have some of that in there too. Every time I cut it seems to get worse even though I cut at the same length each time. Here's another picture that may show it a little better. I think my phone is making it look greener than it actually is. Should I just try to rake/dethatch it out? I'm worried it will make the grass too thin.

 

Yeah it seems like a lot of dead grass. Those spots I can pick out real easy. It's not poa although I have some of that in there too. Every time I cut it seems to get worse even though I cut at the same length each time. Here's another picture that may show it a little better. I think my phone is making it look greener than it actually is. Should I just try to rake/dethatch it out? I'm worried it will make the grass too thin.

So aside the dead stuff, have you ever renovated?
My guess is that the old variety you have just looks like that.
You can hammer it with iron and PGR's and it can look pretty good dark but will need to stay on top of it.

 

Yeah it seems like a lot of dead grass. Those spots I can pick out real easy. It's not poa although I have some of that in there too. Every time I cut it seems to get worse even though I cut at the same length each time. Here's another picture that may show it a little better. I think my phone is making it look greener than it actually is. Should I just try to rake/dethatch it out? I'm worried it will make the grass too thin.

So aside the dead stuff, have you ever renovated?
My guess is that the old variety you have just looks like that.
You can hammer it with iron and PGR's and it can look pretty good dark but will need to stay on top of it.

This is new construction, only a year and a half old. So it was new sod that was laid down.

 

Don't quote me, but I've been told new grass has many seed stalks. It's the same for me this yr on one yr old grass. Hopefully, it will lessen next yr. Also, I have area with midnight ***. No seed stalks. I'm going to over seed with that in fall.

 

Yeah it seems like a lot of dead grass. Those spots I can pick out real easy. It's not poa although I have some of that in there too. Every time I cut it seems to get worse even though I cut at the same length each time. Here's another picture that may show it a little better. I think my phone is making it look greener than it actually is. Should I just try to rake/dethatch it out? I'm worried it will make the grass too thin.

Hello fellow Washingtonian. My yard looks like your, only with even more dead stalks. Keep it at 2.5" and already fed it twice this year (not including HumatDG and Kelp foliar application). Its driving me nuts. I know its bad, when my wife, who could care less what the lawn looks like; told me the other day, "the yard looks like 'sh*t." I told her, cant do anything until Fall. I'm just going to buy $100.00 Sunjoe dethatcher and overseed in Sept.

 

Two suggestions:
- start applying powdered molasses, as it helps microbial activity to break down the stalks
- on a week when temps are cool (like this week for us in Mass), cut 1" shorter, so the normal cut grass in following mowings will hide it