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Originally Posted by masraum
Wow, that's bizarre. How quickly did it occur? Have you had drought conditions this year?
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It was a slow process, I'd guess over a 6-7 week period. After the scalping it did not rain for a week or two & was very hot, (August).
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Originally Posted by Seahawk
Your County Agent can do a soil sample for you, let you know what you need. My guess would be lime.
I'd aerate, spread seed, aerate again and then cover with straw before winter hits.
If you have a lawn tractor then buying/renting the equipment and doing it yourself would be much cheaper. Could be done in a day.
Good luck.
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Yeah I think I'll look into renting equipment and doing it myself. With having to repair the Porsche after my
mild off course excursion 
I don't have that kind of coin.
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Originally Posted by Por_sha911
Most lawn chemicals break down quickly and your chances of finding "proof" in the soil isn't very good. Have you googled to see if a fungus would leave any kind of residue? You can contact your local Dept of Agriculture and see.
We had a massive drought here in TN this past summer. Drought will kill a lawn or tree that isn't fully healthy but not necessarily dying. In drought conditions even normal weed control chemicals will kill a lawn that normally would do fine. I suspect that the company put down too much weed control and then your friend cut the lawn at 3. The two probably stressed it out.
My question is why are you paying big money to a company if they cannot keep your lawn looking perfect? Doesn't their products "immunize" your lawn from a fungus? If they refuse to give you any assistance I'd look elsewhere.
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After the scalping it wasn't very healthy. Your comment about paying big bucks is a good question. In fact I'll ask the guy when he comes back next week. I was home the day the gal was doing the late summer application. She was finished and ready to put down the little sign they are required to have on the lawn. I said If I were you I'd put it further back. If people see that sign with your company's name on it and see my lawn it won't be good advertising!
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Originally Posted by 1990C4S
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Thanks 1990, I'll check it out. I'll bet you can't wait to get rid of that signature
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Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa
Sorry to see that Mark, your lawn was gorgeous when I was there last.
Call up UCONN. The have an agriculture college. I think they would be eager to help either as a class project or just be able to do a full analysis for you.
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It does suckith. I will contact them Shaun and see what they say. And thanks for the link.
Hope all is well.
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Originally Posted by Baz
Mark:
Whether or not the wrong chemical was applied would depend on how fast the turf died and if there was any type of pattern created immediately after application. Usually a chemical burn shows up right away except for a systemic product such as Roundup. As far as finding any in the soil - you'd have to get the soil tested for specific chemicals something not "usually" done but a soil lab would be who to ask about it if you can find one.
As far as other culprits for it's demise....I'm a warm-season grass guy so am not too familiar with your grass variety's culture. You could Google your grass variety (example "Fescue" or Bluegrass") and see what issues it has and then try to match up what actually happened to what it says in your Google search.
The advice about contacting your county agent is spot on - that would be a good start.
If you have a Lesco Welcome to LESCO.com store nearby - they sell turf care products and may also be able to help. They were bought out by John Deere but still go by Lesco on a lot of their marketing stuff.
On the question of drought - it would depend on if you have and use an irrigation system PLUS the variety of turf you have and what it's irrigation requirements are PLUS your historical rainfall conditions.
I wish I could tell you what to do to restore your turf - a Lesco rep would know if you could get a hold of one. They would also be able to steer you to a reputable turf care specialist or provide directly to you what's needed to do it yourself, if that is of interest.
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I do also think it was a combination of the scalping, temperature, lack of rain & the fertilizing. And sure will, hopefully next summer I can post another picture like the first.
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Originally Posted by sammyg2
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Sammy, you are a hoot! And unfortunately my lawn does look like that!
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Originally Posted by regency
I've seen "turf kills" like this a few times, it could be a combination of things. Cutting the grass at 3" or, to the quick could have contributed, having a Commercial herbicide / pesticide / fertilizer applications Co. could also contribute. Sometimes these Co. apply a "cocktail" application and it could have been, wrong, or a old batch. Then there's bugs / grubs and fungus.
Steve
73 911 T MFI Coupe, Aubergine
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That's it Steve. I may even put some irrigation in on the ridge that runs across the middle. To hard to keep watered.