odd issue with fosse soakaways.

[dave21478]

Hi.

Is been dry here for months, with very little significant rainfall to speak of. The lawn is pretty patchy with loads of brown sections, which is understandable. However, the most obvious brown sections are straight lines in a grid pattern which mark out the layout of the soakaway pipes under the lawn.

During normal periods, the lawn above these pipes tends to grow a little better than the surrounding grass I assume due to the water seeping out from the pipes keeping it well fertalised, so Im not sure what is causing the opposite reaction now. Its not exactly easy to tell, but the fosse seems to be functioning as normal otherwise.

Any suggestions?

[LangeHaas]

the pipes are in/on gravel, so the ground probably just dried up quicker than the surrounding ground, which is why the grass died... just my guess :)