Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Turf turning brown..Help~ 22Oct 21, 2009 7:03 pm 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Turf turning brown..Help~ 27Oct 22, 2009 10:55 am 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Turf turning brown..Help~ 32Nov 19, 2009 2:38 pm I have been following this post as my EZ turf is the same. It is v-e-r-y slow growing and the gardener who helped us lay was amazed it hasnt needed mowing so far. he is used to the buffalos and couches. surprisingy the turf which gets part shade has shown about 2-3 cm growth. the area in full sun esp the ones which were dry to start with have been very slow to recover and still 50% brown. I am also noticing flower/seed heads. Is this due to less nitrogen more phosphate? Fu any recommendations? Re: Turf turning brown..Help~ 33Nov 19, 2009 3:01 pm The Empire Zoysia will seed due to stress but also over your way it maybe the time it seeds due to some of your confusing weather (from the lawns perspective). Over here it will seed early spring/late winter, couches tend to seed different times as do the Buffalos. The shaded areas will have been protected from cold over the last few months more than the exposed areas. You will find with the heat, it will be much the same till it settles in. Let it seed and take it's natural course. If you don't like the look of them, mow them off. It will come back into seed again though. It will last a few weeks. Lots of seasol and the other goodies I mention from time to time and it will come away fine with some normal warm weather. Re: Turf turning brown..Help~ 34Nov 19, 2009 3:13 pm Hi, My empire is pretty much green and getting greener by the day, i laid it 8 days ago. It has small seed heads here and there but thats how it came from NSW. I only have a small patch so it gets plenty of TLC. It has sent down roots and is quite hard to pull up any corners. Mind you i have had only one day under 30 degrees and all the nights above 15 degrees, in full sun, plenty of water and 2 doses of seasol. I also laid other rolls in different parts of the yard. The best preforming patch is in full shade to dabbled shade funnily enough. Re: Turf turning brown..Help~ 35Nov 19, 2009 3:31 pm Yeah it's protected from the extremes of cold and heat. Re: Turf turning brown..Help~ 36Nov 19, 2009 9:26 pm Yeah the poor stuff got smashed when I laid it in 38 degree heat, but I checked today after 35 degrees and the full sun part is looking great. Guy up the road laid kik a week earlier than me and it needs a mow. Re: Turf turning brown..Help~ 37Nov 26, 2009 9:13 am what you need to do is have a huge trampoline to cover your entire yard. i have a 14ft trampoline and recently moved it to another spot and the grass under it was about an inch longer than the rest and a really nice green in relation to the near dead grass at the rest of the yard Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Re: Turf turning brown..Help~ 39Nov 27, 2009 5:15 pm Stopped stressing about Zoyzia. Stop watering it...please. You will only kill it. Zoyzia ia very heat tolerant warm season grass that probably doesnt need water from about April to about September. It goes brown in cooler regions during the cooler months (winter dormancy) like couch grasses. Its also not a big fan of shade either. Ill give you a link to look at for better understanding. BTW im in Canberra. http://www.empireturf.com.au/empire-tur ... stics.html Re: Turf turning brown..Help~ 40Dec 02, 2009 10:34 pm Yeah Fu, my money is still on the better buffalos. Especially when you through shade into the equation down the track. Just remember the internet hasn't climatic boundaries, what works for Bill in Hobart mighn't work for Bob in Cairns. Cheers They using concrete or timber sleepers? Timber or steel uprights? Any drainage behind sleeper? 3 5878 Hi there, long-time lurker but first time posting. I've bought a house 2 and a bit years ago and last year we had some major water damage on a converted pergola area… 0 7931 Yes, unless you are in a low intensity rainfall area or the area is protected from rain. Do you have access to NCC Part 2 or can you download it? I can email you a copy… 10 12512 |