littletommy
Grandmaster
I’ll begin by saying that my question is more out of curiosity than anything, but it got me wondering, so…
Back in early summer, my youngest son brought over an excavator and a bobcat with a grading blade, and removed a very large tree stump in our side yard. That all went well, and he leveled out the dirt mound left behind where the stump was, we bought a bag of one of the name brand grass seed, Scotts, I think, no idea what exact variety of seed it is, and seeded the area, probably about a 30 foot circular area.
Anyway, the seed took well and before long I was mowing that spot just like the rest of the yard.
In the last few days, that one particular area has completely turned brown and dusty!
I’m not a lawn aficionado or obsessive compulsive about it or anything, just wondering why the area of new grass browned up and died so quickly? The rest of my yard and my daughters yard next door are still green and alive. Is this a particular seed type thing? Could it be that the topsoil is different than anything else around it?
Back in early summer, my youngest son brought over an excavator and a bobcat with a grading blade, and removed a very large tree stump in our side yard. That all went well, and he leveled out the dirt mound left behind where the stump was, we bought a bag of one of the name brand grass seed, Scotts, I think, no idea what exact variety of seed it is, and seeded the area, probably about a 30 foot circular area.
Anyway, the seed took well and before long I was mowing that spot just like the rest of the yard.
In the last few days, that one particular area has completely turned brown and dusty!
I’m not a lawn aficionado or obsessive compulsive about it or anything, just wondering why the area of new grass browned up and died so quickly? The rest of my yard and my daughters yard next door are still green and alive. Is this a particular seed type thing? Could it be that the topsoil is different than anything else around it?