Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Grass in the backyard 21Nov 16, 2008 10:41 pm To quote Mel Brooks, "My God!, your Schwartz is as big as mine!" Re: Grass in the backyard 22Nov 19, 2008 12:29 pm Fu Manchu To quote Mel Brooks, "My God!, your Schwartz is as big as mine!" Another option is to buy a few rolls of turf, separate the runners, and plant them. It'll take around three months to get decent coverage, but it's a cheaper option. You'll need to choose a vigorous grass though or it might take even longer. And if all else fails, you're welcome to all the kikuyu I have infesting all my garden beds. Everything I know, I learned from SBS. LATEST: Frame Complete http://metricon-mercer.livejournal.com Re: Grass in the backyard 23Nov 19, 2008 1:30 pm mattwalker Fu Manchu what if they trip over?... from being such bad dancers of course From what I hear we may both "trip over" Adrian So many comments, so many complaints. How did you know anyway Matt. Stormy, you been peeking between sets? Ah the shwartz.... anyway, Make sure you have all your watering systems in place before you start. There is nopint even putting seed down if you cannot water it. The best thing we did was to put a 500 litre tank near the laundry door, and change washing powders. This means we use every drop of washing machine water, plus some of our tank water (6000 litres). If you do use washing machine water, make sure you use a filter in your plumbing prior to the pump. Adrian B Re: Grass in the backyard 24Nov 19, 2008 1:36 pm Hey Adrian?
You going to show us pics or what??? . . . . . . . . . . . . . of your 60m2 Palmetto i mean, of course!!! Re: Grass in the backyard 27Nov 19, 2008 7:36 pm On watering systems, when installing pop ups, please for the love of god, go for a quality sprinkler. Toro is the one i love to use but rain bird or hunter are good. They have calibrated water efficient nozzles that emit messured quantities. The others dont! and man will they make a difference to water use.
Ask for a low angle nozzle for the pop ups too. 12 degrees is good. that way you don't expose to much to the air and lose lots. most spray at much higher angles. MP rotators are very good too but expensive at about $10-$15 a nozzle. You will need less pop ups and they can work on low pressures. MP rotators can be fitted to any pop up and give out streams of water. this minimises water being lost to the air because the water droplets are much bigger. Re: Grass in the backyard 28Nov 19, 2008 8:06 pm Fu - why not go for subsurface irrigation rather than pop-ups - you won't lose any water to evaporation that way. After 4 years - we're in! Re: Grass in the backyard 29Nov 19, 2008 8:18 pm oh that is by far the best!
It is what I would love to use all the time, but under lawns $$$ chick-ching$$$ just gets a bit pricey. but so very effective. Then people normally want it as cheap as possible so get crummy cheap pop ups that just pour stupid amounts of water away into the air and unnecessary amounts onto the garden. Re: Grass in the backyard 30Nov 28, 2008 11:13 pm Hi, we layed down seed and it is only growing in patches, so we are now averting to hydroseeding, it is going to cost us $230 for up to 100m2......
We were supposed to get it done last week, only problem is during the downpour of rain during the week we have had to postpone it because we've had our downpipes overflowing.....it turns out builders forgot to lay some of our stormwater drainage......... It was supposed to be fixed today....but duh...no such luck...... So now I have to postpone it even longer!!!! Anyway, apparently it takes 3-4 weeks to germinate, and full grass by 8 weeks..........seems like a pretty good option to me!!!! Tracey & Paul Taylor Living in Marriott Waters Burbank Homes - Camellia 2900 (29.8sq) Land settlement - 8/05/2008!!! Building started - 5/06/08!!! House settlement - 17/10/08!! YAY!! Re: Grass in the backyard 31Nov 29, 2008 6:15 am ptmtaylor Hi, we layed down seed and it is only growing in patches, so we are now averting to hydroseeding, it is going to cost us $230 for up to 100m2...... Is that a typo or is that the price ? 100m2 for $230 Cheers Re: Grass in the backyard 32Nov 29, 2008 7:59 am No typo definately the price!!! Tracey & Paul Taylor Living in Marriott Waters Burbank Homes - Camellia 2900 (29.8sq) Land settlement - 8/05/2008!!! Building started - 5/06/08!!! House settlement - 17/10/08!! YAY!! Re: Grass in the backyard 33Nov 29, 2008 8:39 am The brand of seed you use will most likely be the reason why it was patchy. Nearly every seed available retail has a low germination rate and your result is fairly typical. Always choose Munns (not their budget one though) Munns have the best seed quality available and the highest germination rates of all the seeds available. I would try that before blowing money on hydroseeding.
It is a bit gymicey to me. What seed do they use? What is the germination rate of the seed they use? What type of seed is used? In most cases you won't know, when you buy a Munns seed packet it tells you exactly what you are getting. hydroseeding is normally used in large areas where it does become cost effective. It also slows errosion in new construction areas and stops mess blowing around. I would not suggest using it domestically, much better options. Re: Grass in the backyard 34Dec 18, 2008 12:28 pm Fu Manchu The brand of seed you use will most likely be the reason why it was patchy. Nearly every seed available retail has a low germination rate and your result is fairly typical. Always choose Munns (not their budget one though) Munns have the best seed quality available and the highest germination rates of all the seeds available. I would try that before blowing money on hydroseeding. It is a bit gymicey to me. What seed do they use? What is the germination rate of the seed they use? What type of seed is used? In most cases you won't know, when you buy a Munns seed packet it tells you exactly what you are getting. hydroseeding is normally used in large areas where it does become cost effective. It also slows errosion in new construction areas and stops mess blowing around. I would not suggest using it domestically, much better options. We are looking at starting our backlawn at the moment, about 200sqm so not interested in using roll out, which we plugged at the front. Had done a bit of research into the munns, what stuff do you think is their best seed Fu Manchu? Re: Grass in the backyard 35Dec 18, 2008 6:15 pm The arid for sure. It has an excellent germination rate too. Re: Grass in the backyard 37Dec 18, 2008 10:01 pm for others reading this, the Munns "sun and shade" is a great option when any shade is across the area to be planted. Re: Grass in the backyard 38Dec 18, 2008 10:24 pm Most lawns are extremely water hungry
We are going to try out a native lawn for our new house. Weeping grass (Microlaena Stipoides) requires minimal watering once established. Re: Grass in the backyard 39Dec 18, 2008 11:13 pm great idea excellent
There are loads of good options for alternatives to the common turfs we know. Re: Grass in the backyard 40Dec 18, 2008 11:21 pm I will take a pic of the pooch cooch I planted 35 days ago....
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