I need a quick way to make my lawn look fuller and greener. It’s spring, almost summer, here in Australia. I need advice on the best way to fill in bare patches and get the grass looking good again. I think I have a mix of grass types, and I don’t have much free time since December is super busy with work.
Looks like cold weather damage. What are you trying to grow?
Darcy said:
Looks like cold weather damage. What are you trying to grow?
How can you prevent this type of damage?
Darcy said:
Looks like cold weather damage. What are you trying to grow?
How can you prevent this type of damage?
Depends on what grass you have
Azar said:
Darcy said:
Looks like cold weather damage. What are you trying to grow?
How can you prevent this type of damage?
Depends on what grass you have
I’m in 6a with tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass mix, but leaving winter our backyard always looks like this. I hit a point I just tried adding K31 though.
Darcy said:
Looks like cold weather damage. What are you trying to grow?
It was a fresh morning with dew/moisture when I took these photos (6:30am).
Lawn/grass is what I want throughout.
I don’t water at night and it’s only a rental property, I just want it to be nice, green and fuller.
@Torrin
What grass seed are you planting and what’s the temperature there?
Darcy said:
@Torrin
What grass seed are you planting and what’s the temperature there?
I haven’t planted any; I just inherited this place and I think there is kikuyu and maybe buffalo that I can identify.
Spring into summer so around 25-33 degrees.
Looks like long-term neglect. Too late to seed in most of Australia now. Mow, topsoil, fertiliser, water. Kikuyu will repair itself pretty quick.
Wynn said:
Looks like long-term neglect. Too late to seed in most of Australia now. Mow, topsoil, fertiliser, water. Kikuyu will repair itself pretty quick.
I’ll start with that; what topsoil and how much do I put down?
As for fertiliser, granules or liquid?
@Torrin
Just go to your local soil supplier. They will have something like ‘special lawn mix’ or some such. Don’t get the crap from Bunnings which is basically just garden mulch sold as topsoil. Judging from the photos you probably need one trailer’s worth maybe. You can spread it with a rake or get a topsoil spreader from Bunnings.
You don’t need it super deep. Don’t smother everything—maybe 1-1.5cm.
The soil will probably come with fertiliser in it already. You could add some granules over the top. Most granule fertilisers in Aus are pretty similar.
I have found that aerating the soil helps a lot, too, before seeding.