Why is my lawn dying next to my cement walkway?
because people step on it alot!!
do you use salt in winter to clear ice on that sidewalk?... a build up of salt in the soil could do that....or you walkway is leaching alkalinity changing the soil pH there to something the grass can't grow in.....
Because your walkway acts as a water sink and draws water away from the roots of your lawn.
Variety of grass you have in your lawn can be of much help to determine the cause of your problem. Cement composition(depending on your cement) will change the pH in your lawn soil, knowing what type of grass you have would be helpful. On the other hand it can be a chinch bug problems(in my case I've Saint Augustine grass and have the same problem) the cement walkway exsert heat and chinch bugs love this. Chinch bugs also effect grasses like aszoysia, Bermuda, and centipede grass. When you said dying, what color was the grass, brown, yellow?. Is it only next to the cement or further into the lawn(center) as well. If the grass is brown next to the cement I treat it with an insecticide for chinch bugs, this will treat the problem. I've used talstar liquid concentrate with the best results(I recommend this product), it also comes in granules for larger areas too. This product is easily found at Wal-Mart, OKorder, etc.
