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  Rob Taylor September 21, 2014 at 2:47pm

  Sound's like they possibly used Roundup not Verdone, you'd better check.

  Maybe it was indeed weed'n'feed used, but bear in mind it has been very dry in some areas, so granular treatments would not have been properly "washed-in".

  If the lawn's were very bad to start with, or have been aggressively raked, or a dog/bitch was involved, or maybe contained a lot of clover then this may have also affected the treatments.

  Post a couple of photos and you'll get some good advice on specific procedures to follow.
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  Derek Conway September 21, 2014 at 4:04pm

  I find customers using the granular weed and feed tend to spread it too heavily on about 10% of the lawn before they run out. The small corner they treat then gets absolutely roasted and dies off grass, moss and weeds and all.
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  Bespoke Lawncare September 21, 2014 at 6:00pm

  Your clients have already shown there lack of knowledge to all things lawncare.
  Easiest thing is to tell them to use patch magic. Costs a bomb but will sort the job out rake dead area and put it down as per instructions.
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk September 22, 2014 at 11:50pm

  ive used that on 2 lawns this year ( glad i didnt pay) it was useless - never waste money on it again...
  
  Bespoke Lawncare said:

  Your clients have already shown there lack of knowledge to all things lawncare.
  Easiest thing is to tell them to use patch magic. Costs a bomb but will sort the job out rake dead area and put it down as per instructions.
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk September 22, 2014 at 11:51pm

  put some fertiliser--- liquid if possible on those areas, they will grow back as dormant grass is everywhere and eventually will come back aplenty. grass grows sideways not upwards !
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk September 22, 2014 at 11:59pm

  like this Mitchel ?

  
  2nd photo sorry.
  https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&s...
  
  http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0M0aQN_lOKQ/US0rdkfa8xI/AAAAAAAAANg/DPnlh...
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  Colin Hunt September 23, 2014 at 6:28am

  Customers are notoriously bad at treating their lawns and often spread granular fertilizer unevenly, either by hand or spreader. Usually the 'dead areas' will grow out after a month or so, providing it has had some rain to dilute the fertilizer - a good hosing down will help. Re-seeding too early is not worth it as - if 'old' grass wont grow, then nor will new seed.
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  Mitchel ingham September 23, 2014 at 8:02am

  What product shall I use and how much to charge?
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  Colin Hunt September 23, 2014 at 10:23am

  That's a bit vague Mitchel. Maybe you could post some pictures of the damage so we can get an idea of scale.
  
  
  Mitchel ingham said:

  What product shall I use and how much to charge?
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  Ben Marshall September 23, 2014 at 4:31pm

  Agreed, seen it dozens of times!
  
  Derek Conway said:

  I find customers using the granular weed and feed tend to spread it too heavily on about 10% of the lawn before they run out. The small corner they treat then gets absolutely roasted and dies off grass, moss and weeds and all.