Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Oct 15, 2010 12:18 pm My son has just moved into a brand new house (Beeliar) and now needs to get his lawn planted. I have done an intensive search for the threads on soil prep, but have found lots, but the main one ... turf laying etc .... you (Fu) have said that Perth has different steps to be done and that you would get to it (Aug 2009). Have you done another thread for Perth people yet? Built the Driftwood with C*ollier Homes Moved in 8 November 2009 Slowly getting organised ..... Re: Soil prep for turf laying in Perth - (Fu :) ) 2Oct 15, 2010 1:55 pm There are loads of them, guess someone'll have to paste it into the main turf thread when it can be found. The difference for Perth soils is don't add any sand, add a little bentonite clay instead. And heaps of organic matter, dig it in as deep as you can. You can see a huge difference in my lawn between where we rotovated compost in 25cm deep and where we dug trenches for retic pipe 35cm deep. Re: Soil prep for turf laying in Perth - (Fu :) ) 3Oct 15, 2010 4:14 pm Yep, zeolite, bentonite clay (Mirco Bros for about $25 dollars a bag.) Certified organic compost (not lawn mix, not landscape mix, not organic soil) Must be certified organic soil I am getting into digging straw through as well now but maybe next week I won't be Seamungus (pellets) Lay the turf (as I have outlined in the mega thread) Then apply molasses, seasol and powerfeed every week for one month and then every two weeks for a month or so and then every month In time to come use blood and bone in winter rains and continue molasses as well Use the Seamungus Green crumble form through out the year too Also keep using "saturaid" every couple of months Sand Remedy is a good choice as well The lawn will be green in winter without the use of chemical fertilisers and green when others are not Don't treat for "lawn beetle" and water according to my hand watering guide and also my outlines for irrigation programming. I am not sure whether Perth has its own way of doing things in regards to this. Most of Perth has class A (sandy soil), except for some areas near rivers or hills. 2 13107 I'm about to put down some Merbau. Is it necessary to oil underneath the boards before laying? 0 1938 Hey There. No problems re jumping in. My original question was "should I have waterproofed" the concrete slab before putting batons down. We have been told we should… 7 4332 |