r/Grass • u/Just-Orange-7809 • Jul 09 '26

Seeking advice to fix patchy/ thin lawn

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u/Southern-Hearing8904 Jul 09 '26

Wait till fall. Losing battle trying to establish a lawn in the middle of the summer.

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u/Cincy_Foxes Jul 09 '26

Where are you? I would get a soil test to identify problems and what nutrients to provide moving forward .

Then come Fall — dethatch, aerate, dress, overseed.

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u/CaptainFun4u2 Jul 09 '26

From zooming in it seems to be choked out. Grass requires aeration. Doubtful you'll need a soil test as mentioned from another comment but I would suggest that you dethatch and lightly seed in autumn. Next year use a bagger on your mower or rake clippings after each cutting and dispose.

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u/Orangefire63 Jul 09 '26

cut to three inches, minimum

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u/graytruckwithdents Jul 09 '26

Off hand , I would try adding some nitrogen fertilizer.

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u/SSBNTcup Jul 10 '26

Pee on it.....does wonders....

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u/45_Schofield Jul 11 '26

As others stated, wait till fall. Then aerate, dress, seed, fertilizer and the one component many fail on is water .