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Episode 03 · Lawn damage
Dead Patches and What Actually Killed Them
Dog, drought, disease or grubs? How to read a dead patch, tell the causes apart, and repair it so it doesn’t come back.
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About this episode
Dead patches all look much the same from the kitchen window, but dog urine, drought, fungal disease, grubs and fertiliser scorch each leave a different signature. This episode is a field guide to reading a patch: its shape, its edges, whether the grass pulls away, and what is going on in the soil underneath.
Once you know the cause, the repair is straightforward. We go through when to simply wait, when to overseed, and when the patch is a symptom of a bigger problem across the whole lawn.
The voices on this podcast are AI-generated. The lawn advice is not. It comes from Ian Kenyon, who runs Shrekfeet Independent Lawn Professionals and sits on the UK Lawn Care Association committee.
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