Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Turf laying issues 12Feb 10, 2013 10:16 am Awesome Fu-thanks for the reassurance. By the way-I got one of these Wobble Tees http://www.wobble-tee.com.au/about.html. Seems to align with some of your water saving and rain emulating advice. Thought I'd mention it as I hadn't seen it brought up and I'm pretty happy with it. Looks like thunderstorms and rain around here tomorrow. Let's hope this gives my lawn the love it needs. Re: Turf laying issues 13Feb 10, 2013 10:20 am By the way-Re snot nosed kid at garden centre. I feel much more educated walking into the garden centre when the "experts" tell me which chems to put on the turf. Even the lady at Bunnings who told me she was a horticulturalist had no idea about the molasses, perlite etc. Makes you remember though, a qualification doesn't mean your good at something-it just means you passed the exams. Cheers Re: Turf laying issues 14Feb 10, 2013 10:37 am phippsyg Awesome Fu-thanks for the reassurance. By the way-I got one of these Wobble Tees http://www.wobble-tee.com.au/about.html. Seems to align with some of your water saving and rain emulating advice. Thought I'd mention it as I hadn't seen it brought up and I'm pretty happy with it. Looks like thunderstorms and rain around here tomorrow. Let's hope this gives my lawn the love it needs. You'd be spot on and have mentioned them in here before. In fact you'll find on this forum me posting how to make your own. This was way before this company made these. Now they have picked up awards for a water wise sprinkler. Re: Turf laying issues 15Feb 10, 2013 10:42 am In relation to experts and professionals, much of the industries involved are part of the problems and not the solutions to what modern landscaping and gardening is doing to our urban environments. It's going to take 30years before the info I share here becomes mainstream. There are people I work with and associate with that know way more than me. They share my thoughts about the current training many qualified professionals offer Re: Turf laying issues 16Feb 10, 2013 1:25 pm I should also say that regardless of info offered by professionals in horticultural industries, it's all about sharing what we learn. Only by you guys sharing this stuff with friends and family or even the local garden centre, will we see real change occur. I have given a guide of what skills to ask for but regardless of that, share what we know. Re: Turf laying issues 17Feb 13, 2013 10:14 pm yes i agree Fu, but with the internet advise is seen as gospel. the first thing in this industry is to find out where you are, then what soil you have, then what pH you have and .......etc...etc, there is no golden rule for success. too many people read something (written in WA) and believe it applies to Vic (for example) or read something written in Vic and thinks it applies to Darwin (for example). east /west and north /south vary so much there is no silver sword to success. Re: Turf laying issues 18Feb 13, 2013 11:26 pm brent if you took the trouble to read the stickies you would find out that different advice is given depending on location/soil type Re: Turf laying issues 20Feb 14, 2013 10:33 pm Brent stickies are the posts that stay at the top of each forum area. Here are two you might want to read through. The first, set up by one grateful member, contains much of the advice gathered from various individual threads written mostly by Fu and the second is one started by Fu manchu. viewtopic.php?f=19&t=43570 viewtopic.php?f=19&t=52961 I find it disconcerting to find a new member announcing that they disagree with something that they haven't even looked at. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but it might be worth you making an effort to read before knocking something.Of course there are always new ideas coming through and information can become distorted. Having been here as a member for a number of years I've seen Fu give a lot of different advice to individual members who have asked for help. Advice that has varied depending on their location and soil conditions. He does not give only WA orientated advice. As a new member that's something you may not be aware of. I'm about to put down some Merbau. Is it necessary to oil underneath the boards before laying? 0 2177 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 4503 They using concrete or timber sleepers? Timber or steel uprights? Any drainage behind sleeper? 3 5962 |