[Teemotay]

Originally Posted by Joecooool

New build, moved in April 1st. They told us the splotchyness would go away with water, but clearly it hasn't. It looks like two different species of grass were used.

https://imgur.com/iUVnlye.jpg

My neighbor's yards look fine.

I am on the new Street of Dreams - this isn't normal, right?

One more comment on watering your lawn; deep infrequent watering is much better than frequent watering for a short period of time.

In other words, it is better to water twice a week for a long period of time to make sure the water gets into the root system than to water every day for 15 minutes. The latter does not promote deep roots.

[jarodrig]

Originally Posted by margaretmattson

Before you mess with it, it is under warranty. Call and have someone in that dept look at it. They may replace for free. If you do something to it and find a major issue, warranty may say it is your fault and will refuse to fix. Best idea is to call them first.

It’s already out of warranty which is 30 days…

The landscaping is not covered under the builder’s 1 year home warranty.

[Boston1945]

Originally Posted by Joecooool

Each of the sprinkler zones is set to 40 minutes, four times a week.

Plus its been raining for more than a month.

Way to much water for sure.cut it back to two times per week at 30 minutes per zone.

[ssutph2324]

I have a long term rental that closed in Nov. 24; the front is Scotts Provisa St. Augustine, and grows much slower and does not green up quickly with the usual Scotts fertilizer. The back has a mix of Provista and St. Augustine Floratam. Floratam seems to always be darker green than Provista

I have another home with all Provista and it does perform better (less weeds and chinch).

Your pics look just like my "mixed grass" yard. I surely would like to know if the warranty dept. would replace one or the other if it turns out you have two types of grass.

[JoMar]

Suggest you talk to Greensmiths, Pest Control, Lawn Care - Green Smiths - The Villages, Florida for fertilizaiton and pest control and Oxford Lawn - Lawn Care, Lawn Mowing for lawn rehab and remediation. They talk to each other and work together and can bring your lawn back. They will also make recommendations for watering schedules based on location. I have been using them for the last 6 years and am more that pleased.

[Bwanajim]

The grass here sucks! It's some sort of variety of Saint Augustine. I grew up in Fort Lauderdale and never had a problem with the sod down there at any of my houses.

[Altavia]

The Villages maintained grass always looks better than my yard, wish they would let us know how they do it ;-)

[bmcgowan13]

Originally Posted by Joecooool

New build, moved in April 1st. They told us the splotchyness would go away with water, but clearly it hasn't. It looks like two different species of grass were used.

https://imgur.com/iUVnlye.jpg

My neighbor's yards look fine.

I am on the new Street of Dreams - this isn't normal, right?

No..it is not normal. I live on Truax Loop (behind the street of dreams) and we (yes--several neighbors have noticed it) that the yellow grass and weeds on the SOD homes are abominable. We have also complained the lawns and yards behind the SOD homes are weed and TRASH infested--mostly with bottle caps from the water they hand out at the SOD!

I heard Massey was replaced due to the condition of those SOD homes. You can just look at the other homes in the area to see this is NOT normal.

Many of the lawns are yellow with intermittent pops of green weeds. This is NOT normal.

Complain.... and complain about all those dead trees too!

[Ozzello]

Your main issue is alkalinity of the soil. Acidify with coffee lightly and often. St Aug wants around 6.2. Am seeing 7.2 to even 8.0 in new areas of TV.

[Topspinmo]

I would also make sure rain sensor working. I see lots of yards irrigation sprinklers running during and after rain storms. The sensor should be cutting irrigation off during and after rain storms. If you have the wired one, all you got to do is push down on top point with irrigation running it should shut the zones off. Then, When you release it the zone should come back on.