Screwed up my lawn - please help!

[royaltee66]

I was low on cash and did not buy a proper fertilizing machine that spits out the right amount based on a setting (kind of like a wheel barrow which you push). I used a very small hand seed sprayer instead.

What happened is it would jam and i'd shake it and a lot of fertilizer fell in those spots. Even though I put water there my lawn turned "Orange" in those spots and now days later is Blonde.

Please help me guys and tell me what I can do. Do i just wait it out and keep heavy watering those spots or do I buy something to fix it?

Or am I toast and have to redo all the hard work I did for weeks to build the lawn. I had one of the nicest lawns till this screw up last week :(

Any advice would be great

[Cough]

You are toast, Fertilizer burned areas do not come back. Cut out the sections and replace with green grass.

[royaltee66]

Are you sure? That is so much work again. Do i need to replace the soil too?

Why cant I just water it out till the grass grows green? How about dumping lime?

[baz5]

Keep watering it. Give it a real good watering to make sure no fertilizer is left. It should come back in 2-3 weeks. If not action in a few weeks may need to reseed.

[gman]

You are toast, Fertilizer burned areas do not come back. Cut out the sections and replace with green grass.

It is not toast. It just needs time.
My colleague broke a bag of fertilizer on the lawn. Yes, it burns. Besides trying to scoop them up so that he could use that in the right place, he did not try to repair it. One year later, that part out-grew the rest of the lawn. There was an obvious dome shape comparing with the rest of the lawn.

[toky]

Oh don't worry, like Gman said, it will come back. You just need time.

Personally I prefer the hand spreader over one that is on wheels.

[Prankster]

all you need is lots, lots, lots, lots, lots, lots and lots of water, heavy snowfall in the winter months, and did i mention water?

[Owbist]

When it grows back, as it will, just use your hand to spread the stuff. It is not difficlut to wave your arm across you chest releasing as you go. Since moving into town 8 years ago I always use this method and fertilise 3 or 4 times yearly. Those wheeled things are a nuisance in the garage/shed and they rust quickly.

[Hugh Jass]

Short term: Re-sod the area
Long term ( not this summer): It will come back itself with time. Be sure to keep watering it, but I think that was mentioned already...