r/GardeningAustralia • u/MrsKittenHeel 🌵 Water Wise Gardener • Feb 24 '23

💚 Autumn Lawn Care Megathread & ask Lawn Solutions Australia anything! 💚 ALL SEASONS

Hello Aussie gardeners!

We hope you are enjoying the shift to cooler weather.

For this season's lawns mega thread, Lawn Solutions Australia u/LawnSolutionsAU have kindly offered to help with diagnosing lawn issues or answering any questions. Lawn Solutions are a national network of turf growers with experts in Aussie climates.

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u/Consistent-Jicama-94 Aug 21 '24

https://preview.redd.it/lwxm4lptl3kd1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee813fc5b82d305f8ebaea0226f83d3c3471fd75

I’ve replaced this patch with turf and the dead patch has come back, what could be causing it? Lawn grubs? Just needs more fertiliser? Thanks for any help.

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u/LawnSolutionsAu 🌾 Lawn guru Sep 03 '24

Hi u/Consistent-Jicama-94, is the dead patch in the same spot that it previously was? Over what time period has it died off? Have any products been applied to the lawn?

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u/Consistent-Jicama-94 Sep 03 '24

Yep same spot as last time. Took a few months for it to die again. Only thing it gets is water and chicken poo and the occasional dog wee. I picked up some Yates dynamic lawn fertiliser today to do the whole yard to see if it helps

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u/LawnSolutionsAu 🌾 Lawn guru Sep 03 '24

If the patch has died off in the same area, it sounds like there is some form of contamination in the soil causing the turf to die off. Did you remove much of the soil when installing the new patch?

If you are wanting to replace the turf in this area, I would recommend digging down into the dirt and removing the old soil and then replace with some new soil before replacing the turf.