So I am heartbroken/furious and would appreciate any suggestions. I live in Maine. Had an established lawn, fertilized professionally for several summers, and it looked great. Last year I cut down an enormous oak that was hammering the yard and cars with acorns. Weeks later we had really hot days. Everywhere that tree used to provide shade during part of the day is dead, dead, dead.

That being said I laid several inches of good top soil, put down starter, spread high end Black Beauty seed, placed straw and watered regularly (when I was supposed to). The growth has been junk. I have tried Johnny Green in the past because it’s supposed to be to cats pajamas but I can’t get it to grow worth a damn. Scotts offers much better coverage.

Here are a few images of the lawn. My question is what can/should I do now? I don’t want to scrape and start at ground zero. 2-days ago (Day 20) I threw down a overseed so none of that will have popped (if it is going to).

Another starter application? Remove the straw? Any suggestions will help.