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Turf Maintenance Overview
Turf maintenance involves mowing, spraying and fertilising operations. The amount of operations required is dependant on the time of the year, the environmental conditions, the lifecycle stage of the turfgrass and the turfgrass variety, The ‘Lawn Maintenance Table’ below provides a general guide for each variety and the time period that each operation should take place over one year. This is to help you understand the amount of maintenance each variety requires.
Lawn Maintenance Table
| January | February | March | April | May | June | ||
| Queensland Blue Couch | Mowing | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Spraying | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Fertilising | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Green Couch | Mowing | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Spraying | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Fertilising | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Buffalo Grass | Mowing | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Spraying | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Fertilising | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| July | August | September | October | November | December | ||
| Queensland Blue Couch | Mowing | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Spraying | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Fertilising | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Green Couch | Mowing | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Spraying | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Fertilising | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Buffalo Grass | Mowing | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Spraying | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Fertilising | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
Turf Pest Management
Pest management in turf involves the use of a number of methods to reduce the detrimental effects that weeds, insects and fungi can have on turf. Coastal Turf employs the use of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) system in our production system, this involves researching the pest and all of the available management methods (chemical, biological and cultural) to discover the best method of managing a particular pest.
Coastal Turf does not believe in the sole use of regular chemical pesticides to control pests, but rather a combination of a range of methods to improve the production system and the surrounding environment.
It is Coastal Turf’s belief that the best method of pest management is regular mowing. By mowing the turf regularly an environment is created that best suits the turfgrass, creating a much healthier turf and lawn that is able to out compete pests.
When a pest incident does occur however, we suggest the use of:
Lawn Grub – Loresban or Chlorfos at 1% volume with a wetting agent (home washing up detergent) sprayed onto the entire lawn just before dark and water in for approximately 10 minutes.
Soft Weeds – Banvel M at 2% volume with a wetting agent (home washing up detergent) and should be applied on a dry day just after dark.
* Note - the trade names of each pesticide may vary depending on your local nursery or hardware store.