While you're at it, check out Matilda Buffalo, it's what we'll be going with at our new place.
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Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Couch vs Buffalo 21Jan 19, 2009 12:11 pm While you're at it, check out Matilda Buffalo, it's what we'll be going with at our new place.
http://matilda.chost7.com/ Stevep79 & Principessa Finished building Wisdom Homes Impression 33mkII in The Ponds, Sydney http://lilypadintheponds.blogspot.com Re: Couch vs Buffalo 23Jan 19, 2009 1:31 pm stevep79 While you're at it, check out Matilda Buffalo, it's what we'll be going with at our new place. http://matilda.chost7.com/ I was going to throw this in but didn't want to confuse everybody. Couple of landscapers I spoke to highly recommend Matilda. They said they are much better than Sir Walter. He said most landscapers recommend Sir Walter because they are easy to grow and therefore more suppliers to it. Matilda is a bit hard to grow. But once mature, they are as easy to maintain as Sir Walter, and softer. Having said all that, they are just based on conversations I had with these landscapers Obviously, I am still searching for the right grass Building Clarendon Brighton - Done and moved in Sept 2009 Re: Couch vs Buffalo 24Jan 19, 2009 7:51 pm oh the matilda sounds nice too then! more choices to add to the mix!
Nice One - which city/state are you in? Also, would love to know how you deal with the creeping of your couch, or don't you find you get any? thanks Re: Couch vs Buffalo 25Jan 19, 2009 10:53 pm We have Couch Wintergreen. We used the organic fertilisers recommended by FM.
I would have preferred Buffalo but we had already purchased couch and couldn't change the order. TY for your help with our lawn FM.... it looks brilliant! Re: Couch vs Buffalo 26Jan 19, 2009 11:16 pm It always will too just never get too caught up in the advice of the pimply kid at a nursery or the advice of Taxi drivers for what to do. Even lawn mower fellas say the strangest things too often for my liking.
I get folks asking me questions and paying good money for my answer only to disregard it and take what the taxi driver said to do and blame me for the result Even if it isn't me, if it is organic, has a "quality proven performing wetting agent" and is simple to use, you will have a lovely lawn. ...Follow my advice though and have fantastic lawn Re: Couch vs Buffalo 27Jan 19, 2009 11:25 pm Your advice was excellent!
Our neighbours comment on how green it looks compared to theirs which was laid around the same time. We applied several of the organic fertilisers you mentioned ... and we don't seem to need to water the lawn a great deal at all anymore BTW how often should we fertilise with the organic guys? Re: Couch vs Buffalo 28Jan 19, 2009 11:32 pm DeeElle Your advice was excellent! Our neighbours comment on how green it looks compared to theirs which was laid around the same time. i would totaly suggest to go around to theirs, knock the door and point at their lawn then your yelling "IN YOUR FACE NEIGHBORS. OUR LAWN IS BETTER... HA" That will go down well Re: Couch vs Buffalo 29Jan 19, 2009 11:33 pm Fu Manchu DeeElle Your advice was excellent! Our neighbours comment on how green it looks compared to theirs which was laid around the same time. i would totaly suggest to go around to theirs, knock the door and point at their lawn then your yelling "IN YOUR FACE NEIGHBORS. OUR LAWN IS BETTER... HA" That will go down well lol ... they might steal our bin. Nah the neighbours are cool. Re: Couch vs Buffalo 30Jan 19, 2009 11:37 pm not as cool as your lawn
a chap saw me the other day and said how well his chillis were growing. He has never had chillis so good following my advice. he has habenaros growing like capsicums (I dare not even think of eating them like he does!) and black pearl chillis like kumquats!) it's nice to get feed back oh and feed the lawn evry 6-8weeks. In winter stick to blood and bone. It will still be greener than next door Re: Couch vs Buffalo 31Jan 20, 2009 12:33 am Fu Manchu :lol: not as cool as your lawn a chap saw me the other day and said how well his chillis were growing. He has never had chillis so good following my advice. he has habenaros growing like capsicums (I dare not even think of eating them like he does!) and black pearl chillis like kumquats!) it's nice to get feed back oh and feed the lawn evry 6-8weeks. In winter stick to blood and bone. It will still be greener than next door DH sacrificed the GF to lay the lawn so it had better be green ... and cool lol TY for the advice ... I'll take it Re: Couch vs Buffalo 32Jan 29, 2009 6:27 pm IMHO Sapphire Soft Leaf Buffalo is by far the BEST!
You can read up on it here if you are interested http://www.sapphireturf.com.au/ Good-Luck Building Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=13002 Site start: 8th July 2009 Handover: 11/12/2009! 5 months total build time. 40 sqs of luxuary...Bliss! Re: Couch vs Buffalo 33May 13, 2009 1:38 pm Fu manchu has written some great advice. I come from a family of turf growers and maintenance and have been involved with it my whole life. The most problems that people have with their turf is watering. People are constantly complaining of yellow patches which they blame on the grass or lawn beetle. Most of the time it can be tracked down to the retic system or even wind. It is really important to get the measuring cups out around the lawn and see just how much water is getting to each area. Adjust the retic as needed. Just beacause professionals have laid it means nothing either, heads get blocked etc. Another issue may be the soil layed underneath turf. Many landscapers recommend heavy soils which the roots don't take to. If this is the case you can normally still lift the turf in that area up. Yellow plasteres sand and dynamic lifter is best with some wetta-soil. Always get advice off your grower rather than the person who has supplied it. They are the ones who really know, live and breathe turf. One other thing, if you have soft-leaf buffalo, don't allow your lawn mowing contractor to cut it too short. It needs to be 17mm, that way with good retic and regular feeding it will be weed-free, lush and soft. Re: Couch vs Buffalo 34May 13, 2009 3:11 pm thanks for that good advice mellpelly We ended up getting Palmetto Buffalo. It's looking good and still green ... nearly ready for first mow and fertiliser ... anyone know which one to do first? "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Couch vs Buffalo 35May 13, 2009 4:44 pm I really swear black and blue that for the money a Zoysia like Empire or Empress is the way we should be heading. harder wearing, less water and it leaves the buffaloes for dead. Great post Melly However for those of us in Perth or coastal lower west of WA please don't use Densifed Poultry Manures like the "one" mentioned. Also if you are on SA's limestonecoast. So many landscapers and turf mobs recommend to use it with little regard for the our soil types and it's pH (your soil can be like pool water, you're best to get it as neutral as possible) They are terrible for our ground water and pH. Our specific circumstances which are never ever highlighted on the garden shows or commonly passed on by those who should know better Melly great point about the yellow patches I feel like a broken record so often when people come to me with turf problems. I can often go round there and pick what is happening The most common cause is more often than not what you mentioned. Even after they tell me that the retic is fine and it bloody isn't Most folks over use fertilisers and an excess of nitrogen in the soil can encourage fungal disease which is rampant here in Perth at most times of year. It also creates a weaker plant that uses more water. Try molasses as well as some of the other more organic methodsI posted before in other threads (I have seen figures suggesting that Perth alone takes a fair chuck of domestic fertiliser supply) The poor old lawn beetle cops it. Even a healthy lawn will have lawn beetle. Fungal problems present themselves like lawn beetle do with dead patches. Often in the heat the roots can no longer absorb required moisture and the turf goes a bluey silver quick smart as the leaves dry and the brown in coming days. Dollar spot in spring when it is cooler shows up with little circular patches Also punters don't get to find out the differences between a wetting agent that wastes your money and one that pays for itself. Just because it was on an add, it is in your face at a big garden centre, in your face at a big hardware store or some guru held it up on a garden show doesn't mean much. There is loads of misinformation about these and heaps of folks who make some serious coin off unsuspecting gardeners. The ones I have mentioned in other posts are because I know from research on them what is good and most importantly from my experience with them. Always wet the ground first, then apply it. They don't work instantly and by wetting the soil as best as possible while you are finishing applying the wetting agent at one end the stuff that went down first can start getting to work. Then grab the hose and water it in well, don't use the rain or irrigation to do that. Get it really going into the soil. Re: Couch vs Buffalo 36May 14, 2009 10:13 am any suggestions for organic lawn fertilisers that can be used that dont cause the dog to dig holes looking for the smell?? blood and bone and organic extra are out seasol is expensive to do an entire lawn and isnt as quick/easy to apply as pelleted stuff. i hit the yard with organic extra in late autumn, should that be enough to until spring when i will give it some munns to restart the growth and then another round or organic stuff that the dog will hopefully leave alone. the grass (wg couch) is browning off a bit up here in qld but is still nice and thick. Re: Couch vs Buffalo 37May 15, 2009 12:01 am Mate nearly all the organic fertilisers, if not all, are going to make the dog want to eat them. Think about it though, the dog wants it and so do the plants. Not that you'd want to eat it but it does tell you that there is something bloody good about it. Can I suggest molasses. Give that a go. It's cheap and follow my thread on it. The dog might just lick the grass instead. Give him a tummy ache that gets him to calm down on the licking thing Molasses has been used in a few areas of turf management and horticulture for a while now Queens gardens here in Perth in one such example. Re: Couch vs Buffalo 38May 15, 2009 12:25 am Umm so does anyone still use kikuyu? Yes I know it's an escape artist but it's gotta be easier to contain than couch right? And it's what I'm used to, every garden I've ever had, had kikuyu and I know how to attack it. |