Question
Regarless of what we do , there are several patches of brown grass. We use Chem Lawn frequently and oter products in between. We have sodded  twice in 3 years. My husband thinks it's because the yard is unleveled. Would Perfect Patch Grass Seeds solve my problem?

Answer
Hi Precious;
I have no idea what Perfect Patch grass seed is, but Chemlawn is the biggest problem you have.
Chemicals create problems, they don't solve them, a fact that it took me over 50 years to wake up to.
Since I have been on an organic priogram for about 9 years, I just don't have lawn problems anymore, except being too old and not able to get it watered all the time l;ike I need to, in the terribly hot summer we have had here in North Texas.
I don't have harmful insect problems because my toads, lizards, grass snakes and beneficial nemetodes and insects eat them all.
Haven't bought insecticide in the last almost 10 years, and I never see a grub, ant, slug, army worm etc.
No aphids on my roses, AT ALL!!! My little lizards eat them.
I used to spray once a month with insecticide and that wasn't enough to control them. Almost every rose that opened had aphid damage, now all I get is gorgeous blooms.
Organic fungicide ( baking soda) sprayed on new growth in the spring, and after a heavy rainy spell, has replaced the once a month fungicide spraying that controlled most, but not all of the black spot on my roses.
The uneveness doesn't make the brown spots. It is either brown patch fungus, or possibly a chemical burn, which is common with the chemical lawn care programs.
It could be poor watering practicies.
Sprinkler systems waste more water than they put on your lawn.
In hot weather you lose up to 50% to evaporation.
Watering with a soaker hose, gets all the water to your grass and plants.
If you have too much clay in the soil, that is deffinately a problem. Water has a hard time getting into clay soil to get at the roots.
If you water to a depth of only a few inches, you probably have a shallow root system, and that will deffinately expose the roots to heat damage, and you will lose a lot of grass to heat.
You need to soak the ground to a depth of at least 6 inches to establish a good deep root system, so that when it is very hot abd dry, and the top few inches of soil are dry, there is still moisture down where the roots are, so your grass will live through the heat.
Where you have brown grass, pull some of it up, and see how easy it is to pull up.
Chemical fertilizers actually do more to kill off beneficial insects than the insecticides do, and when all your beneficial natural predators are killed off, the harmful insects can really get control of your soil fast.
If you would like more information about organics, and getting on an organic program, write me, and I will be very glad to share what I have learned, and am still learning, and help you get on a good program so you can enjoy your nice lawn the way I enjoy miune now.
Charlotte