It’s rubbish

It was new turf last year, looked great

Since winter though it’s looked patchy and yellow with brown patches

I’ve tried sharp sand and compost with 2 boxes of seed that’s supposed to be good for any conditions including shade

I’ve also fed it a few weeks ago, it still looks shoddy

I’m not a gardener, I just want the lawn to look healthy

How often do you water it?

If you asked Gardener’s Question Time, they’d say:
a) you’ve not watered it enough, or
b) you’ve watered it too much

Have you overmowed it?

How was the ground prepped before turfing?

What’s the extra green strip on the right?

I would say you may have mown it over eagerly. Too short/too much off at one go.

Do you have a dog?

The bodies need to go a little deeper really

I’m not sure about the prep, a gardener did it while I was away

I think there’s about 100mm or so of topsoil on top of gravel

The green strip on the right is plastic reinforcement mesh, the lawn did get soggy over winter, and I didn’t want a path. The grass is supposed to eventually pretty much hide it

Feed it and let it grow.Hope you don’t get weeds/moss in there. Then when looking good mow again, BUT no more than about 10% off.
PS. My lawns are crap at the moment so no chance of me showing you those but I have only been in this house a month or so.

Second mowed too short. As above, mow regularly at a greater height.

Agree it may be mown too short, perhaps in one go. Dead patches may be from chafer grubs underneath eating the roots, worth a google.

Could be chafers or leatherjackets I used nematodes last year to clear them up

Have you fed it. Lawns need a lot of care to keep green

Have you fed it.

Give it some cake.. see if it improves

Definetely too short too soon. Cut it higher next time.

You know what’s wrong with my lawn? That bloody dog I bought at Christmas!

This place is genius. Our lawn looks a lot like the OP’s just gone and cut out a square of yellow patch and found a little handful of the Chafer Grubs. Going to get some of those Nemetodes and have at them in summer.

You’re welcome. You could continue to take up turves, evict the grubs and replace them, then water with a dilute fertiliser to help. The grass will be a bit short of roots. I guess the nematodes need the right temperature, by then the grubs will have done more damage.

I feed mine every month.

Top dress and seed it, don’t cut for 4 weeks, water regularly. Then cut at a higher height.

However, it sounds like it gets boggy in winter. Consider digging some basic drain channels during the summer if you can. Customers asking me to look at lawns like this expect a quick fix, but I’d say 3 months to get it decent again.

Mine seems to consist mostly of Individual grass plants growing long flower stalks horizontally, matting with each other. I think I cut it too short, but I also have kids running around on it.

Yip – you’ve chopped it too short. You are only supposed to chop off 1/3 of the length when mowing.

This time of year I cut on number 4 with my Bosch Rotak, tad too long but lets the grass build up a decent carpet of thick sward. Any bugs etc don’t get a look in as its a thick healthy carpet O turf. Just start cutting it longer, feed once a month and water when its been dry for a week.