Have dog, maybe? Bet those dark spots, some with a burnt out center, are pee spots. I don't know what kind of grass you have, so can't comment on the fertilizer schedule. But the watering is lacking. First, minutes of irrigation doesn't mean much. Every hose and sprinkler setup or inground system is different in terms of "time" watered. That said, 6 minutes probably isn't enough. You probably aren't wetting the soil even an 1/8" deep. 1 inch once per week is the guideline. It's a good starting point. Depending on your soil, and it's ability to retain water, that may work, or it may not. I would start there. Get some tuna cans, rain gauges, or any other straight sided container, and place them all over the area to be irrigated. Run your sprinklers until every spot in the lawn has received 1" of water. Note the time it took. Then watch the lawn for drought stress. The leaf blades will start to roll up lengthwise, and the lawn will take on a bluish-gray look. I've heard people say that if you walk across the lawn and it "feels" dry and doesn't spring back from your foot steps, it is dry. Let us know if you you need help spotting drought stress. Others will have better tips I'm sure. It's easy to see once you know what it is. If you can go 7 days on 1" of irrigation, GREAT!!! You win the blue ribbon. But in the real world, this doesn't always happen. If the lawn stresses sooner, you might try a 1/2" of irrigation spread out twice a week instead. You will just have to experiment and see what works for your particular turf and soil. But 6 minutes isn't working.

Damage. Dead or dying parts. I have been cutting away dying pieces hoping to not infect the rest of the plant. I am not sure if the green leaves are new anymore. I am beginning to feel hopeless .

Hi Everyone, I bought my Dacor Epicure oven about three years ago. I have not used the oven that much until recently. One of the issues that I am noticing with this oven is that roasts or vegetables don't brown. They cook, but whatever I make looks pale and not brown when it comes out of the oven. This is the case no matter what cooking mode (bake, convection, pure convection) I use. My other issue is with the performance of the self-cleaning function. Since I have not used the oven much since I purchased it 3 yrs. ago,the oven was only lightly soiled when I decided to try the self-cleaning feature a week ago. Well, all I can tell you is that I am extremely unhappy with the results. While the self-cleaning mode burned the excess grease off (after two self-cleaning cycles) the oven walls, it left behind all the splatters and stains from the grease that was once there. I scrubbed and scrubbed ( I even used Easy Off for self-cleaning ovens) but it seems that the stains are permanent and the oven looks dirty. I have had cheaper ovens that were much easier to clean than this one! I called Dacor customer service and was told to send them pictures of the oven walls so that they can see what is going on and perhaps they can suggest a product I can use to get the stains off. Have any of you had similar issues with your Dacor oven, and do you have any suggestions for me as to how I can address these problems? Considering the money that was spent on this oven, I am really upset that we are experiencing these problems. Thanks for your help!

Thanks for your responses. I looked at the website and the R-A-D looks like a great product. However, I have some concerns... (1) What about my Trex? I would think that it would be quite bad for the cleaner and brightener to get on it (i.e., wouldn't it stain it?). It seems like it would be completely impossible to spray all the wood surfaces (e.g., including the support beams under the Trex and the stairs sides around the Trex steps) without getting it on the Trex. (2) If the Trex weren't an issue, I'd be concerned about getting the product on the area under the deck, which is pea gravel and my young kids' play area. Considering the effect it can have on vegetation, I'd worry about having the chemicals all over the pea gravel there. So, would power washing be my best bet?