Buffalo grass
Barnesy
Townsville, NQ.
I'd like to get the whole areas covered with buffalo.
Can anyone give me any tips on getting weeds out of it, and getting it to
spread out into the other areas?
I believe conventional weed killers will harm buffalo. Is this correct?
Thanks in advance.
Barnsey
Andrew G
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Weed killers that are selective for broadleaf (typical is bindi and clover
killer) do tend to knock it back sometimes, but won't kill it, however, it
usually tells you on the bottle. Usual rules for applying it to Buffalo is
don't apply more than once a year, and don't mix stronger than suggested
rate.
To get it to grow in the other areas you could spray the other areas with
roundup (in patches), dig up some Buffalo runners, and plant them in the
bare patches. Be sure to control weeds by hand in these bare patches until
the buffalo spreads.
Good luck
Peter
it weeds using Roundup
Are there different strains or types of Bufflo grass ?
I live in Rocky in Qld the Bufflo grass here is grown in most cool
and damp areas
Peter from OZ
Andrew G
"Peter" <tast...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> Are you sure that this is the way to get rid of the other grass or be
> it weeds using Roundup
> Are there different strains or types of Bufflo grass ?
> I live in Rocky in Qld the Bufflo grass here is grown in most cool
> and damp areas
> Peter from OZ
You could dig the other grass/weeds up. Basically as long as you kill/get
rid off it one way or another. Boiling water, black plastic spread over it
for a long time. Anything really.
The most effective method, I've found, of killing a patch of grass to
replace it with new grass is:
1) Mow it as normal.
2)Spray it.
3) 4 weeks or so later, spray it again.
4) 4 weeks after the 2nd spraying it should be all dead.
5) Mow the dead stuff that is left, so low there is just about dirt left.
Prepare that area, and plant the new runners, turf, seed.
My girlfriends Father had Buffalo in his front lawn, along with couch. He
wanted the buffalo to take over. I suggested trying to just let it go, and
see if the Buffalo takes over. It didn't. In fact, over about 6months
neither gained any ground over the other.
There are at least a few types of Buffalo. I don't know the specific types,
but I guess there are ones for cooler areas, one for warmer ares, etc. I do
know there is one that is nice to walk on, not scratchy or anything like
that.
silvasurfa
The key to a good buffalo lawn is lots of light, fertiliser and water in the
peak of the growing season, mowing frequently and not mowing too low. Get
the grass you do have growing well first before you seriously start trying
to remove weeds from areas where the grass is. No point taking out a weed
unless the lawn is healthy enough to choke out new weeds.
Consider killing the lot, tilling the soil and laying turf or plugging with
buffalo.... some of the new buffalo varieties are pretty nice.
I wouldn't use selective weedkillers myself.... lotsa yucky expensive
chemicals for what will never be a showcase lawn anyway unless you start
from scratch. Dab glysophate on broadleaf weeds. Even a handful of sulfate
of ammonia on the weed is likelly to do the job with about as much damage to
the buffalo as the selective weedkiller would do.
Geoff Steer
I found the best way to get rid of the kikuyu was to mow the lawn as normal
and when the kikuyu started to show above the buffalo, wipe the leaves
with Zero/Roundup. After a week or so, you can see the dead runners which I
then remove. A healthy dose of fertiliser soon helps the buffalos spread.
This would probably be a pain if you have a big lawn :-)
Regards
Geoff
John Deacon
survives through production of runners...therefore attempting to mower mulch
the Buffalo won't assist the production via seed distribution (like a light
mulching of Kikuyu during peek growth).
A couple of other quick points...keeping water up to the Buffalo should be
done in the morning to reduce the risk of production of humidity in the
soil...plus the bonus of reducing the water evaporation.
A very light top dressing and/or purchasing new turf for new areas...is also
very inexpensive (if you spread and lay it yourself).
JD
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Pete 'n' Trish
traffic.Stays green in winter, looks good . trisha
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