Sod has yellow spots after first cut…

jkmu2 – posted 06 August 2005 20:49

I had lush dark green sod and after living in my new house for three weeks the grass was needing cut really bad. The lawncare company came out and finally cut it and now there are patches of yellow all over the place. It looks terrible. I talked to the guy who cut it and at first I thought maybe it was cut too short but he said because the grass was getting so tall that the new grass underneath wasn’t getting any sun. He said that the yellow spots will turn green again but I am not buying it because all that grass seems pretty brittle. Any opinions here? Thanks

tommy – posted 06 August 2005 23:42

The grass will usually come back……but in the future…. cut more often to avoid the scalping effect.

Tungsten33333 – posted 09 August 2005 22:07

Invest in a new lawnmower. What type of grass is it? The rule of thumb is never cut more than a third. If it’s 3 inches tall, cut off no more than an inch. if it’s one inch tall, cut off no more than 1/3 of an inch. Of course this works better with reel mower esp on bermuda grasses…