"Dave" wrote in message news:2qlaaeF10ap22U1@uni-

Hi Holy.

I tried ammonium sulfate on one section of the lawn (though I did not cut
the clover first - its pretty much at ground level so I don't think the
mower would do anything to it anyway).. and guess what - the clover
absolutely loved it! Its never been greener!

Pretty much this method is good for small flat weeds/broadleaf weeds in a
Buffalo lawn.
I know placing a pinch full of Ammonium Nitrate (I think it was, "Hi Fert"
anyway) on a broadleaf and not watering would cause it to burn, go black,
then the lawn was left to take over that spot. I tried it with my old
buffalo lawn and it worked.
We also had a problem with pratea(sp?) in gardens. The boss told us to use
sulphate of ammonia on it, thick, to kill it. It worked, but still, about a
year later nothing has grown there.
So the idea is a strong dose to burn it. However with large patches of
clover the grass may not take over quick enough and any fert that falls
through the clover, put on heavy, may contaminate that soil and nothing will
grow. Don't put it on heavy enough, or if you get rain/water it after
applying and you fertilise it, just watch it grow :-)
Really you'd be better off digging that bit of clover out along with the
soil, replacing soil, then putting in buffalo runners. Big job for
relatively small problem.
I'd go with the checklist below you came up with.
Too mow it before it gets to flower.
Good luck with it
Cheers
Andrew

Am too scared to try it again - it'd probably take over the house as well
as
the lawn!

But... I am having success (at least to some degree) with the clover and
the
Bindii/Clover killer....

As one of the other posters suggested, all is not lost after the rain, at
least half of the clover is starting to die back....

I'm giving up for this year as after 3 attempts at poisioning I'm not too
keen to subject the buffalo to another round of posion... next weekend the
thatch comes out and the fertilizer will go on and hopefully we'll get
some
rain to water it in!

I think however I've settled on the best combination (at least for my
situation), which I'll try next year:

1) Check soil Ph - adjust if necessary (usually needs some lime coz' I
have
sandy soil) early August.
2) Drench spray (ie: all leaves of clover wet, not just a few drops)
entire
lawn, using Bin-Die (which is ok for Buffalo - check the bottle!) around
mid
august just as the clover is starting to grow.
3) Repeat 1 to 2 weeks later (depending on the weather) when the clover is
just starting to show signs of life again.
4) Wait another week, remove any thatch with a steel rake and fertilize
heavily to encourage the lawn to take back what is rightfully its!
5) Keep it healthy (like thats possible in this drought!) to avoid the
problems to begin with.

Hope this helps those who follow! (The soft leaf buffalo's are great when
they are healthy.... but a bitch to get back to life when not! Don Burke
has
a lot to answer for!)

Anyway, thats the theory. Thanx everyone for the help.

Till next year!

Ciao,
Dave.