Hi All,
Newbie here.
I installed some beautiful Kentucky blue grass from a local farm in my approximately 900 sqft front yard in May of this year. I did as much research as I could about care, especially in the first 90 days as I knew this was critical. Up until the past 2 weeks, the lawn has been absolutely fantastic--best looking on the street if I do say so myself. But about 2 weeks or so ago, things have gone awry.
I am located in northern Ohio.
Symptoms:
- Grass has lost its deep green luster and has begun to look more green-yellow-brown (attached pictures don't show this well--compared with my other neighbor's yards, it is not nearly as deep green). Compared with other lawns on my street, it just doesn't look healthy and lush.
- It isn't growing nearly as quickly as it usually does. When it was first installed, even though we were having hot days, with watering it grew like crazy.
- I noticed a few mushrooms here and there after 2ish days of very very wet weather last week
- There is a spot that looks as though the grass randomly died. Roots seem strong in this spot though but the grass is completely brown (see photo)
- There are blades that have some suspect tan/rust looking spots
Here is what I have been doing with the lawn thus far:
- After the first 3 weeks, I have been watching my rain gauge and making sure the lawn only gets around 1 1/2 inch of water a week
- I applied Lawnifi Growhttps://sodsolutions.com/shop/fertilizer/lawnifi-grow-individual/ liquid fertilizer about 4 weeks after sod install and then 1 week after that, applied their Maintain liquid product https://sodsolutions.com/shop/fertilizer/lawnifi-maintain-individual/
- Early last month, I applied Scott's GrubX (grubs decimated by backyard last year)
- 2 weeks ago, I was battling Yellow Nutsedge. I applied SedgeHammer with a surfactant on the spots where the nutsedge was growing. It did an excellent job though there are still some popping up here and there that I need to battle still.
- Last week, after I noticed mushrooms, I stopped all watering and applied Scott's fungicide (granules)
What might be the problem here? Over watering? Fungus? Lack of fertilizer?
What can I do to help my lawn go back to being the best on the street??
Thanks for your help and patience!
Newbie here.
I installed some beautiful Kentucky blue grass from a local farm in my approximately 900 sqft front yard in May of this year. I did as much research as I could about care, especially in the first 90 days as I knew this was critical. Up until the past 2 weeks, the lawn has been absolutely fantastic--best looking on the street if I do say so myself. But about 2 weeks or so ago, things have gone awry.
I am located in northern Ohio.
Symptoms:
- Grass has lost its deep green luster and has begun to look more green-yellow-brown (attached pictures don't show this well--compared with my other neighbor's yards, it is not nearly as deep green). Compared with other lawns on my street, it just doesn't look healthy and lush.
- It isn't growing nearly as quickly as it usually does. When it was first installed, even though we were having hot days, with watering it grew like crazy.
- I noticed a few mushrooms here and there after 2ish days of very very wet weather last week
- There is a spot that looks as though the grass randomly died. Roots seem strong in this spot though but the grass is completely brown (see photo)
- There are blades that have some suspect tan/rust looking spots
Here is what I have been doing with the lawn thus far:
- After the first 3 weeks, I have been watching my rain gauge and making sure the lawn only gets around 1 1/2 inch of water a week
- I applied Lawnifi Growhttps://sodsolutions.com/shop/fertilizer/lawnifi-grow-individual/ liquid fertilizer about 4 weeks after sod install and then 1 week after that, applied their Maintain liquid product https://sodsolutions.com/shop/fertilizer/lawnifi-maintain-individual/
- Early last month, I applied Scott's GrubX (grubs decimated by backyard last year)
- 2 weeks ago, I was battling Yellow Nutsedge. I applied SedgeHammer with a surfactant on the spots where the nutsedge was growing. It did an excellent job though there are still some popping up here and there that I need to battle still.
- Last week, after I noticed mushrooms, I stopped all watering and applied Scott's fungicide (granules)
What might be the problem here? Over watering? Fungus? Lack of fertilizer?
What can I do to help my lawn go back to being the best on the street??
Thanks for your help and patience!
