Spot of rotten grass in the garden- help!

[bunny85]

Hi everyone,

A couple of months ago I bought a plastic sand pit for my son which has been staying in the garden. He threw a bit of sand out of the sand pit and there was some water around it as well. That and the fact that it stayed on the same spot for a while caused (as I realised only too late!) the grass underneath to rot. When I moved the sandpit, the grass was brown and clearly dead. The worst bit though is not even the way it looks...but the way it smells!! it's frankly awful... Few of my friends are coming with children for a play date next week and I'm mortified as of course children will want to play in the garden while we have drinks there and the smell is just so embarrassing I'm sure it'll ruin our time. Any quick fixes that anyone knows of? Long term fixes are welcome too. Many thanks!

[JT05]

Dig out the rotten patch and pop in some turf. Easily obtained at Homebas or B&Q.

[Highalert]

You could dig out the patch and reseed,but it will takes few weeks to grow.

[Watto1]

Can you put the sandpit over it as a temporary measure when your friends come over?

[PigletJohn]

sweep it off, let it dry, let the sun onto it. In a day or two the smell will go.

If the grass is not very long, it will not matter. It will soon grow back, You don't need to dig it or seed it.

[Highalert]

It will grow back but I would chuck some seed down to give it a boost.

[bunny85]

Thank you everyone. Off to get some grass seeds!

Watto, the problem is that it still smells just the same

[AlternativeTentacle]

Grass seed will not sprout by next week.

As PJ said, sweep it off and let it dry. It will soon grow back, and if not - then put some seed down.

[bunny85]

Thank you Alternative. Will do.