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Lawn damage during heat wave by lawn mower wheels ?

Anyone seen this before ?

I dont cut the grass at this property they have some one employed half the week to do that. 

Owner pushed for two cuts over 7 days during heat wave and this is result -- its over 500 m2 and main lawn of a very expensive place.

Mower is a semi large 4 wheel Honda -- im newish to grass care in that weather -- but burn marks under the wheel tracks ? is this compaction or what -- fair play to guy his line are good and did a double cut in oppostite directions -- but lawn looks absolutely shocking 

Also theres a third lawn other side where a builder has been working and the track marks of his wheel barrow have burnt the grass to nothing. 

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  • PRO

    for some reason i cant edit this : sorry pictures havent come out right 

  • PRO
    Has anyone put a lawn treatment on that grass recently that you know of ?
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      • PRO

        yeah he agreed he needed to sharpen blades but no fuel leaks, or likely chemical contamination as far as can see 

    • PRO
      I think that's spot on. I did something similar with a billy goat before Christmas leaf collecting. It's only just come back to life recently! Client not over the moon it has to be said!
      My fault for not doing fuel cap up properly
  • PRO

    its had minor scarification in march -- a slow release modern feed in april just before rain and some weed killing mid april 

    looked bad during the dry spring but then food kicked it in -- 14 days ago looked great -- some patches from previous work -- but generally great 

    this is only as i can see from repeated wheel lines and then heatwave 

    • PRO

      its over 500 m2 -- not as bad in all areas -- but an excat match to lawn mower wheels -- and as mentioned similar in another lawn from builders wheel barrow tyre 

      in all cases an exact match to pressure on grass during the last 14 days 

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        • PRO

          not really -- its lines of machine/wheel barrow and in case of mower - turning circles 

  • PRO

    That's not solely due to mower weight, that's contamination of some sort.

    Is there a contaminated area that the mower is turning around on at the edge of, or just off the lawn ?

    • PRO

      trouble is a third lawns has similar but a builders wheel barrow tracks 

      • PRO

        Could that also be tracking through some sort of contamination ?

        We cut lawns commercially in last couple of weeks in mid 30c with 4W Lawnflytes with no tracking.

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