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  David Cox January 20, 2014 at 5:07pm

  For areas of lawn that are needed to grow fast - Thinking of areas of high periodic traffic, so intense wear followed by 2-3 weeks of recovery - Am I right in assuming an Rye Grass would be best?

  Also, I know in pasture IRG is the most responsive to Nitrogen, but for the Ryes used in lawns Is this still the same?
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  David Hedges-Gower January 20, 2014 at 5:16pm

  Hi David, Rye's are best but dont be fooled into thinking that fast growing grass is the answer.
  Rye will wear better, however, if thats all thats surviving....then you could probably do with some fescue to shore things up.

  Also, high wear areas rarely get any more remedial actions than other parts of the lawn, so correcting the compaction and wear problems is rarely done enough or even correctly....
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  David Cox January 20, 2014 at 6:13pm

  TO clarify, the area in question gets no traffic bar my cutting for 2-3 weeks at a time, followed by vehicles and people overrunning for events etc, so hundreds of footsteps in a few hours...

  the soil is a loam on limestone, and its Solid tined 3x a year and hollow 1x. Generally does not get fed (its mulched), unless as in 2012 with the wet weather, it needs a helping boost, no moss, no weed problems, just getting it to recover, as sods law the grounds never dry when heavy traffic is booked for it.
  
  David Hedges-Gower said:

  Hi David, Rye's are best but dont be fooled into thinking that fast growing grass is the answer.
  Rye will wear better, however, if thats all thats surviving....then you could probably do with some fescue to shore things up.

  Also, high wear areas rarely get any more remedial actions than other parts of the lawn, so correcting the compaction and wear problems is rarely done enough or even correctly....
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  David Hedges-Gower January 20, 2014 at 7:34pm

  Hi David,

  impossible to evaluate each lawn individually, however soil makes grass grow, if not aerated enough, growth will be stunted.....
  Rye;s wont grow much without a little help either....mulching may not be enough.....

  renovate and seed when conditions suit and use the weather....when its good.....feed. nourish

  what height of cut, what mower?

  solid tining not much help in a wear area.....