r/LawncareUK

Hello,

This is a very beginner level question so sorry if it’s obvious: I’ve been trying to grow grass on the bare soil at the back of my garden for a few months now.

I prepared the entire area with the same process. Cleared out the old dead grass, put down some top soil, seed, spread evenly with rake, fertiliser, regular watering.. etc

While some of the seed has produced thick grass in patches (circled in the image), there are other patches where I still just have soil with seed scattered around - no germination whatsoever.

Is this just the way with grass seed, some grows, some doesn’t? In which case, do I keep seeding? Or am I missing something which is making my growth so uneven?

Any observations/recommendations would be so appreciated. Thank you 🙏🏼

Our grass started growing but seemed quite patchy so I sowed another small box. The first batch is probably 5/6cm now in places but the second lot of seed is obviously behind.

This was obviously quite stupid in hindsight. When should I mow?

I have this weed in a lot of places on my lawn.

Can anybody suggest a weed killer to deal with it?

I have Vitax liquid feed and weed but it doesn’t seem to be touching it.

Thanks

This turf way laid on 6th March 2026. We paid a reputable local firm to do this who assured me they only use 'quality turf'.

Now 4 months on it is really patchy, seems to be two different species of grass that aren't growing at the same rate?

I have mowed once a week since mid-late may.

I'm hoping as the lawn matures it will start to look more uniform because as the weeks go by, the longer darker grass seems to be getting more prominent?

If it just poor quality turf? Or do all lawns looks like this in the early days.

Back in May I sowed some ryegrass seed and microclover. It looked amazing! Gave it its first cut last weekend on the highest setting and there’s a patch under the tree which now looks like this? I can’t think what it may be, any help would be much appreciated!!

Hi everyone,

I’m in the Netherlands and recently noticed mushrooms growing in my lawn. The grass itself looks mostly healthy, but there are several mushrooms popping up in different spots.

I do not think I am overwatering it. For example, I have not watered the lawn for the last 3 days, and my soil moisture sensor still says the soil is wet enough, around 70%.

I'm from Netherlands these are new rolls they I laid down 4 months ago.

Is this normal and harmless, or is my lawn secretly becoming a forest floor? Any advice on what causes this and what I should do would be appreciated.
Thanks!

I've been using Resolva for years to treat mainly wild violet and broadleaf weeds, never had any issues in the past. Roll back to three weeks ago used the same product (Resolva Concentrate for lawns) as before, diluted approx 10ml in 8 liters of water and then sprayed over the lawn where weed growth was prominent, then during last weeks heat wave patches like this appear all across the lawn where I have sprayed, initially I was hoping that this was because of the sun burning the grass but it appears too random in places. Am I able to save the lawn by using a high dose nitrogen feed and watering, or do I suck it up and reseed in September time.

Thanks

Moved into a new build 4 years and the lawns were awful. We live in Scotland.

Decided to try Greensleeves to look after the lawn.

The photo on the left was after their last visit in early March 2025. Logged into my account on their website to see that photo with the experts report saying "no issues found" - probably no issues found because there was no lawn. I'd been telling them all winter the lawn was looking shit. I said to him at the time it seemed too early to overseed and hollow tine but he insisted it wasn't. Needless to say the seed rotted.

Fired them off and decided to look after my lawn by myself.

Photo on the right, is today.

I'm pretty proud

Hey crew, purchased a house and patching and reseeding the lawn. I thought this might be MiracleGro SuperSeed Hard Wearing Lawn, but that came up as fine slim grass that didn't seem to match.

I suspect it's mainly ryegrass with some fescue but not sure, and not sure which product would be the closest match. Thanks!

Looking for advice on fixing the brown patches that have appeared on my lawn.

I laid this lawn during March, I think the first cut was too aggressive with a poor quality mower and its never really recovered. I have three small dogs, am I right to assume its their urine causing this, or something else?

Is there any way I can get the lawn looking healthy once again?

I want to grown a new lawn in this area but can’t afford turf to be put down. Seeding seems the cheapest option. Can anyone tell me how best to go about growing grass from seed. The existing soil is incredibly hard and compacted. Should I rotivate then buy new high grade top soil down then seed? What type of seed? My kids will be playing football etc on this grass
Any tips or help most welcome
Thanks ☺️

What could be the cause of the dead strands running throughout my lawn? Any help would be much appreciated.
It was scarified, aerated, overseeded, top spoiled and kept damp for over a month in the spring.
It’s watered heavily twice a week(5am-7am), cut every 3 days to stay within 1/3 rule and the meadow grass hand pulled upon site. It’s also been fertilised.
It gets full sun from 10-7 and the weather has been great the past 2 months.
Please ignore the new seeded patch on the left as that was only seeded a month ago.
Any input would be great. 👍🏻

Hi.

Looking for advice.

Had new turf laid on Tuesday by builder whilst he was doing my patio. He put new top soil on before laying the turf. Builder has laid lots of grass before, including next day neighbours a couple of weeks ago which looks great.

I was told to water it day and night. Which I did. But on Thursday it was shrinking so ChatGPT told me water in the middle of the day Which I did.

Builder thinks I’ve burnt it because I was watering in the middle of day and early evening.

Personally, I think it’s dead after being laid in 35 degree heat.

The garden is south facing so gets sun all day. The part of the lawn still green is shaded somewhat from the trees on the fence line.

Looking advice on what to do? Is it a case of rip it up and start again?

Thanks

Grew a mix of ryegrass and microclover and baby had its first cut yesterday. Most of the lawn cut pretty well but this patch turned out quite matted? It’s not grass clippings but it looks like it

What can I do about it?