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Looking for tips on getting my lawn (Sydney) back to something reasonable.
Basically, it looks like much with a scattered strands of grass up to 6" long. I guess it is a matter of what cutting and fertilising pattern to follow i.e. do IO cut low to make it branch and run, or cut high frequently? As I said, mulch, the lawn is surrounded by tree, but I should be able to at least get a good patch back in the centre. TIA |
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, Terry Collins wrote: Looking for tips on getting my lawn (Sydney) back to something reasonable. Basically, it looks like much with a scattered strands of grass up to 6" long. I guess it is a matter of what cutting and fertilising pattern to follow i.e. do IO cut low to make it branch and run, or cut high frequently? Depends a bit on what sort of grass you have, but I would be very hesitant to cut a lawn short in a Sydney summer. One or two hot days would half-kill it, nd you would be back where you started. I would go with the cut high and frequently programme. If your soil is water-repellent (hopefully it isn't after this rain!), use the mulcher setting on your mower (if you have one). Rainy weather is also a good time to put out fertiliser, if you have it -- Dynamic Lifter will do. When things get a bit dryer, say in a week or two, use Roundup to get rid of any broad-leafed weeds. Roundup works fastest in hot, dry weather. OTOH if you decde that it's just too shady for grass, you could just roundup the lot and replace it with bark chips and a hardy groundcover, tussock grasses and maybe a pond or something in the middle. It could be that the surrounding trees are sucking all the moisture out of your soil and it's not worth the battle.. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "In Melbourne there is plenty of vigour and eagerness, but there is nothing worth being eager or vigorous about." Francis Adams, The Australians, 1893. |
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Chookie wrote:
OTOH if you decde that it's just too shady for grass, you could just roundup the lot and replace it with bark chips and a hardy groundcover, tussock grasses and maybe a pond or something in the middle. Something like that is my preferred option, but I'm having steep resistance from the SO {:-(. It could be that the surrounding trees are sucking all the moisture out of your soil and it's not worth the battle.. It is possible. they get top dressed twice yearly and fertilised and a good soak when needed (we can use the tank anytime), but still they are looking like lawn invading light mulch. |
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