Help with Grass edging

Alice G
by Alice G
Please someone tell me whats happening with my grass edging . This happens all the time. I have planted plugs at least twice now and for some reason this keeps happening . It gets water from my sprinklers 4 times a week so it not from lack of water, its only the same spots
  9 answers
  • Gail Salminen Gail Salminen on Aug 27, 2013
    @Alice G I am not sure, I would try to add nutirients, but @Douglas Hunt may be able to shed more light on the situation.
  • This could be a several issues. I would first check my irrigation, sometime I find the edges ( along driveways or patios) don't get sufficient water, it could be the heads are to far from the patio edge or not a complete overlap from one head to another. Also make sure when weekly maintenance is done string trimmers are not used to trim the edge, they tent to cut the turf to short causing this problem.
    • Alice G Alice G on Aug 28, 2013
      @Hoffner Nursery & Landscaping Thanks for the tip I have told my lawn guys not to edge there for a while now cause thats what I thought it was
  • Douglas Hunt Douglas Hunt on Aug 28, 2013
    Alice, a good way to test your irrigation distribution would be to set an empty tuna fish can right along that edge the night before your system comes on, then take a look in the morning and see how much water is actually there.
  • Barbara Coppola Barbara Coppola on Aug 28, 2013
    It could be the cement grout/sand from the walkway is acidic and leaching into the grass along the edges when it rains. .
    • Patti Patti on Aug 29, 2013
      @Barbara Coppola I agree with you ... I had this problem with shrubs planted too close to cinder block walls ...
  • James Austin James Austin on Aug 29, 2013
    Looks like you edge too often, let it grow a bit, especially in the summer when it's hot..
  • Tabby Tabby on Aug 29, 2013
    I have problems from heat reflecting from concrete and even the cars parking along the edges of my yard drying out my grass and killing it. Some types/varieties of grass are sensitive to heat and 'dryness' more than others.
  • Millicent Millicent on Aug 29, 2013
    I live in Texas which has similar climate to Florida. My guess is that it's from the heat of the pavers/cement next to the grass. We've had this problem in our yard in mid to late summer. Our extreme heat, just dries out the grass and when you add the extra heat from the concrete, it gets burned. I don't think it has to do with anything else.
  • Jeanne Nelson Jeanne Nelson on Aug 29, 2013
    I have areas next to concrete, etc. that look like that. I believe those areas get hot and need more water. I hand water and they always come back.
  • Manya Manya on Jun 12, 2017

    Maybe due to salt during winter time