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lawn problem need help
I have several questions. How large is the problem area of your lawn or is the entire area? Did you broadcast the fertilizer in an even fashion? Did you put on the 12-12-12 in mid summer when it was hot?
Getting a soil sample as was said is good but they charge for doing this, I think about $35.00. If your lawn isn't that large, that money could be used toward lime and fertilizer. Could you have put down too much fertilizer where the streaks are? If you put down too much fertilizer in mid summer when it was hot and dry you may have stressed it from over fertilizing.
The orange/rust colored fungus usually goes away the next year. If the grass is green and healthy a fungus will not attack it.
If you have a sandy soil, I'd drop some lime on it. In early spring, I do a crabgrass preventitive + fertilizer application.(just before the grass turns green). Several weeks later I do an application with like 24-3-3 or whatever followed by a 12-12-12 in about a month. When it gets warm/hot grass needs lots of water if you plan to keep it green. I generally use Ringer's(organic fertilizer)because it won't burn in summer months. It smells like chicken sxxt when applying. My nicest lawn is at the condo. My sprinkler is set for watering each zone about 20-30 minutes per day. In cooler periods, it runs just before dawn. In mid summer, it runs for 15-20 minutes just after dusk allowing the moisture to soak in during the evening. I usually hit it again for 15-20 minutes just before dawn. If water beads set on leaves of many trees and plants, the hot sun will burn spots in them. If you water too much in the evening you can get fungus. I'd also suggest broadcasting some new seed over the entire yard to re-seed. I usually blend two types of seed (one meant for sun, the other for shade) when reseeding. That way the type of seed that is fitted for the situation will take over.
At my condo, I have a very good looking lawn in a 100' x 100' area. I fertilize it every 3 weeks and spend up to $125.00 per month in water bills. It is sandy soil that I stripped and put topsoil on. Some areas of topsoil don't seem to handle the grass as well as other sections. It takes extra effort. Makes you feel like King of the Hill when your neighbors admire the estate.
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lawn problem need help
There is a good chance that you burned the lawn in mid summer by applying 12-12-12. Likewise too much urea can also burn it. That could be the reason for it turning yellow. Mushrooms are real common when applying organic fertilizers. I don't think carryover from Herbicides is an issue.
My lawn at the farm is about 95 years old. I have two spots that come back every year where the grass is greener and grows faster than the rest. These spots are almost perfect circles about 10 feet in diameter. Kinda looks like some crop circle phenomenon. My neighbor who is 90 says trees were there in the middle of the circles about 75 years ago. If you find out the cause for these, I'd like to hear about it.
If the farmer was able to grow a decent stand of corn, you should be able to get a nice lawn.
You mentioned it is next to a creek and is low. Is this area so low that it is damp all of the time, reason for mushrooms. Maybe the lawn can't tolerate the moisture level. Has the creek flooded over bringing silt on the lawn area? You may have some sections that have nearly no nutritional value for the grass to grow from. I have some sections like this on my new lawn where I paid for topsoil.
Yes, sounds like soil sampling is a plan.
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