Hi there,

Over two weeks ago I had a gardener lay some lovely looking new turf in my garden. I am not sure exactly what type of turf it was but it was the runner type and the gardener refereed to it as 'professional' if that helps...

As advised, I watered the turf every evening for two weeks and was rewarded with a really plush green lawn. It seemed that the turf responded really, really well to the new top soil. After two and a half weeks it was time to mow the lawn so I borrowed my neighbors mower and went to work.

Only when the job was finished did I realise that his mower was actually a scarifier and it cut the blades of grass down very, very low. It also looks like the scarifier has 'scalped' some small areas of turf in a few places. Since yesterday (when I cut the lawn) some areas of yellow have now started to appear.

It is disheartening to see what was once a really lovely lawn look so bad and I am worried that I have damaged it beyond repair. It is my own fault for not researching how short I should have cut the turf. In addition, the grass was also wet when I cut it but I have only just found out that was a mistake.

Aside from having the garden re-turfed again is there anything I can do? I am hoping that with time and regular watering the garden will return to its former plush green self but I am new to gardening and really don't have a clue!

Any advice / suggestions / comforting words would be greatly appreciated!

Many, many, many thanks in advance for your response,

Chris.