Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Fu Manchu's Guide to Soil Prep & Laying Turf 276May 21, 2012 12:26 pm wrexter I know its extra effort but you might want to consider ripping the turf up and doing it properly. Bentonite/zeolite/compost. I also been doing that and truly is worth the effort. Help plssss 277May 23, 2012 6:20 pm Hi Fu, I laid the EZ in our front yard in Feb this yr. Preped and laid as per the instructions in this thread and done all the follow up things since then, re molasses, seasol,powerfeed, seamungus etc. I have mowed the grass once so far. I know you advocate against using weedkillers, and I haven't used any - 'yet'. I have followed your guidelines about just feeding the soil and letting the EZ mature and outgrow the weeds eventually. But below are some pictures of how the grass is looking at the moment, with all these weeds sprouting up and actually getting to some decent (disgustingly) sizes. Your, or anyone else's help would be sooooo much apprecited. I am in Melbourne, if that makes a difference. Regards, K Re: Fu Manchu's Guide to Soil Prep & Laying Turf 278May 24, 2012 9:20 am At this time of year in melb ez isnt growing much if any and the weeds will invade. As the lawn matures it will get a thicker thatch layer which will stop most weed seed germinating. You will have to do something about the current weeds they wont go away themselves. You could spray with bin-die by amgrow/chemspray or just use a kitchen fork to lever them out. The weed problem will happen again in august/sept too btw. Just keep on top of it so your current weeds dont set seed and you have even more weeds to contend with next year. Re: Fu Manchu's Guide to Soil Prep & Laying Turf 279May 27, 2012 9:18 am BeatrixKiddo At this time of year in melb ez isnt growing much if any and the weeds will invade. As the lawn matures it will get a thicker thatch layer which will stop most weed seed germinating. You will have to do something about the current weeds they wont go away themselves. You could spray with bin-die by amgrow/chemspray or just use a kitchen fork to lever them out. The weed problem will happen again in august/sept too btw. Just keep on top of it so your current weeds dont set seed and you have even more weeds to contend with next year. Thanks BK. I shall buy that tonight, Looks I shall have to wait till wed or so to use it. Hope it works. Regards, K. Re: Fu Manchu's Guide to Soil Prep & Laying Turf 280May 28, 2012 9:31 am Fu hasn't posted here in half a year, so i doubt you'll get a response from him. Yank those weeds out by hand! I seem to be getting a bit of clover in my lawns. I've found Buffalo Master does a great job but you must follow the instructions and not use more than the recommended amount or your grass will go yellow! Yep, i learnt that the hard way. I also add a bit of seasol and a drop of dishwashing liquid as per Fu's advice. I'm about to put down some Merbau. Is it necessary to oil underneath the boards before laying? 0 761 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 3377 They using concrete or timber sleepers? Timber or steel uprights? Any drainage behind sleeper? 3 2790 |