Why is my lawn going brown in patches?
Brown patches on a lawn are most often drought, pet urine, fertiliser scorch, scalping by the mower, or grubs eating the roots. The shape and timing tell you which: irregular patches in a dry spell are drought, round spots with a dark green ring are dog urine, and turf that lifts like a carpet with birds pecking at it is leatherjackets or chafer grubs.
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