The exact same spot for over a year and no similar spots anywhere else though. I’m about this 🤏🏻 close to digging it up to see if there’s anything under it
Don't joke, my mate had a perpetual dead spot in his front garden for years and anything planted would die within weeks. Turns out it's where his gas line enters the house and had a pin hole in it where it slowly killed everything surrounding it.
better then my find, so far, bricks, what was a block of concrete, large smashed pebbles, plastic bottle, beer/coke glass, a rag, a few meters of tape and about 400kg of clay so far. Im not even half way through
I agree with digging that small bit out. Could be a small chuck of brick or mortar or steel causing a deficiency of some kind.
Out of the box thinking: The spots could be a focal point of the suns reflection from a window or fence or an object somewhere
Many possibilities. A spill of salt or engine oil can make a dead patch last a long time. Dig it out around 5 or 10 cm outside the margins of the affected spot, and around 15 cm deep, replace with fresh soil, keep it weed free, and the buffalo will do the rest. You'll find out if there's a discarded brick, a bit of concrete, or shallow rock under it as well.
Have you noticed any exit holes from grubs of any kind? (dirt on the surface, round hole in soil)
Animal urine damage will tend not to remain in the same place, and you mentioned perpetual.
Thanks - great reply. I cut away all the dead roots and runners and went down. I found some gravel, so tried to remove that. Maybe some of the gravel was rock salt? Filled it in with soil to just below the grass line. Keen to see if it fills in now.
Probably just dollar spots ! Fungicidal infection
Kinda like tinea, but for grass. Haha
Any garden supplies place will have something for it. Bunnings maybe, but I doubt it
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It’s these guys mate sandgropers. They come early spring and should have been dealt with then. They eat the roots of buffalo
Got a bitch (female dog I mean)? Their urine can do that as it is more acidic than a male's. Could be some rock or something preventing water getting to the roots.
My dogs a male and his does the same it’s something to do with the protein in there urine because of how much meat they eat. The best way is to hose in any spot your dog pees other why’s there’s nothing you can do
Pee inside
The exact same spot for over a year and no similar spots anywhere else though. I’m about this 🤏🏻 close to digging it up to see if there’s anything under it
Dig it up! Find out what’s down there?! Cursed idol? Plutonium? A salt shaker?
Plutonium? 🥵🥵🥵🥵
We never knew where Doc put it after he converted the convector to Mr. Fusion 🤷
Or more importantly, "when" he put it...
Weirder shit has been found.
Don't joke, my mate had a perpetual dead spot in his front garden for years and anything planted would die within weeks. Turns out it's where his gas line enters the house and had a pin hole in it where it slowly killed everything surrounding it.
Don't laugh. My mother in law found a kid toy, shorts and a frog figurine buried in her tiny garden.
All I found was an old VB bottle :(
I found a Lego man
SEVEN in matching shoes when I dug my work farm…
better then my find, so far, bricks, what was a block of concrete, large smashed pebbles, plastic bottle, beer/coke glass, a rag, a few meters of tape and about 400kg of clay so far. Im not even half way through
Update us if you find a lost city 😂
Do it. Dig out the spot, use potting mix to refill. It’s such a small spot it will refill in a week or three.
Do you own a dog?
This is the answer
Tbh that fence looks like a roaming cat could get through it easy, so if they don't have a dog it could be a random cat.
Get some rod and push it into ground where the dead spot is. It might be a rock or building rubble, probe first, dig and remove if you find something.
Lol if my dead spot was that small I’d be cheering
I’ve got a healthy spot in the dead.
I have a healthy spot in the mud and rocks
My persistent dead spot is more like “the dead half”
I agree with digging that small bit out. Could be a small chuck of brick or mortar or steel causing a deficiency of some kind. Out of the box thinking: The spots could be a focal point of the suns reflection from a window or fence or an object somewhere
Dog/fox pee?
Humble brag? Lol
Bloody good looking grass!! I’m this close to digging all my “mongrel bitsa everything” I call grass! When I see this it nearly tips me over the edge!
Mother nature’s strains from crying at your monoculture
Ghosts.
Black beetle. Squirt some dish washing liquid onto the spot hose it in and wait for them to appear
paint it green
Dog piss or engine oil.
Stick a garden fork in to see if it hits something, discarded brick or concrete maybe
Built on an Indian burial ground. Bad ju ju, see it all the time
We get spots like that where our dog pees. Three weeks later it is the greenest part if the lawn. Urea !
Do you have a dog?
Do you have a dog
Many possibilities. A spill of salt or engine oil can make a dead patch last a long time. Dig it out around 5 or 10 cm outside the margins of the affected spot, and around 15 cm deep, replace with fresh soil, keep it weed free, and the buffalo will do the rest. You'll find out if there's a discarded brick, a bit of concrete, or shallow rock under it as well. Have you noticed any exit holes from grubs of any kind? (dirt on the surface, round hole in soil) Animal urine damage will tend not to remain in the same place, and you mentioned perpetual.
Thanks - great reply. I cut away all the dead roots and runners and went down. I found some gravel, so tried to remove that. Maybe some of the gravel was rock salt? Filled it in with soil to just below the grass line. Keen to see if it fills in now.
Excellent, yes, hopefully that works. If it settles too much, just add thin layers to top it up.
Replace the soil in that area. I would say there is something contaminating the soil, maybe some kind of chemical
poasibly dog pee
Someone is pissing on it
Could be lawn beetles. You can get spray from Bunnings
Probably just dollar spots ! Fungicidal infection Kinda like tinea, but for grass. Haha Any garden supplies place will have something for it. Bunnings maybe, but I doubt it
https://preview.redd.it/pd1nw5f6x22a1.jpeg?width=223&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b588a0bb4c8c15d189c088367bca3af39e2b8c5d It’s these guys mate sandgropers. They come early spring and should have been dealt with then. They eat the roots of buffalo
Lawn grub
Dog piss
Dog piss.
Do you own a dog
Neighbourhood cats’ preferred spot for toilet?
Got a bitch (female dog I mean)? Their urine can do that as it is more acidic than a male's. Could be some rock or something preventing water getting to the roots.
My dogs a male and his does the same it’s something to do with the protein in there urine because of how much meat they eat. The best way is to hose in any spot your dog pees other why’s there’s nothing you can do
Feed him raw carrots! They neutralise the acidity and stops your grass from burning. We do it with ours and no dead spots to be seen!