My grass stopped growing and is turning yellow. Why?

Question

Last year I had one of the deepest green lawns in my neighborhood. Thick, lush grass. This year I have the exact opposite. This year my grass is on a great watering schedule - early mornings and just right. I fertilized the lawn in February and once again last month(June). Before my grass started turning yellow I noticed a few spots in the lawn that seemed like it was dying. Then I noticed that the grass stopped growing. I didn't need to mow it nearly as much - this started about 45 days ago. Now it seems that the yellowness is spreading across the entire lawn. I fertilized my grass(according to the instructions) and it's getting plenty of water - why it is dying is beyond me. I did notice however, that I'm not the only one in the neighborhood with such a problem, others too are having hard times keeping their grass green. Any ideas on what's going on and how I can fix it? I am hesitant to put down more fertilizer, I don't want to burn lawn.

Answer 1

It could possibly be pests (grubs or pill bugs), or even chemicals in the water supply. Just guesses though...

Answer 2

You have been invaded by the june bug larvae called"grub worms..here is some info on this..I use spectracide brand triazicide to control them..

http://www.realgreenlawns.com/austin_tx_...

http://www.greensmiths.com/grubs.htm

Answer 3

I had a similar problem and it turned out to be grubs.  If you take a section of lawn, kind of dig a nice sized patch out, about 4"-5" down, look to see if you notice them?

They were randomly eating my lawn in spots too...

And they spread like wild fire, from one lawn to the next.

I went to the store and picked up some grub killer, spread it on the lawn and noticed a small change.

It takes awhile..so be patient!

This was last year.....and this year.....my lawns improved dramatically.  Reapply as directed....

Good luck