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So I buy these mats from tractor supply. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/4-ft-x-6-ft-x-3-4-in-thick-rubber-stall-mat

When I get them home I unload them and put them on the grass. Its a hot day 95 degrees, the mats are heavy about 100 pounds each and they were on the grass for between 4 to 6 hours. When I moved them the grass was smashed down, but everything looked ok. The next day the grass looked like the picture. Why did this happen? Do you think the grass will come back?

it may or may not. Depends if the roots were cooked or they just went dormant due to the heat. I set a glass window down one time on the grass on a hot day while measuring the opening for a new window. It was only down for maybe 20 - 25 minutes but it was enough to cause the lawn to go dormant, and look like yours. Took a couple weeks to come back.

You can overseed in case it is dead, water and in the meantime paint if it bothers you that much. If it is dormant it will come back with just watering but it may still be noticeable in a couple weeks.

Throw the sprinkler on and hope for the best. Two threads about your problem was your second mistake, please delete one.

its looking better, I can see green grass blades in the brown dormant grass.

Question did you learn not to do it again?

StarTech said:

Question did you learn not to do it again?

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yep, next time I'm only leaving it on the grass for 2 hours, not 4 hours!

2ball said:

yep, next time I'm only leaving it on the grass for 2 hours, not 4 hours!

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wrong answer. The correct answer is put it on the concrete and not the lawn. I told you about the glass window. It was not even 1/2 hour and it knocked the grass down.

I think he was joking.............

20 minutes on the lawn??? got it!

I do know you don't want to be laying in the sun covered on a hot sunny day. Heck I get burn just working on equipment on my asphalt pavement. The other day it hit 145F according to my temperature gauge. That is a medium rare steak temp.

Now I have doubts: have you been able to solve this or not? poor grass, it even makes me sad to see it like this

maxdino said:

Now I have doubts: have you been able to solve this or not? poor grass, it even makes me sad to see it like this

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The grass came back nice and green in a couple of weeks. But, the grass is now mad at me and it lets clover and dandelion grow in it as a punishment for what I did.