Comments on: Can your Turf handle the Summer HEAT ? ! ?

By: admin

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:27:21 +0000

Hi Frank I’m really sorry but I don’t know that much about Tall Fiscue grass. If this is a seeded grass maybe overseeding may help to rejuvenate your lawn. Brown patches in turf grasses at this time of year is usually due to excess water, but I am not sure with seeded grasses, Sorry I can’t help, maybe conatact the peole you bought the seed from.

By: franklyn

franklyn — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:22:53 +0000

Tall fiscue -I did my first mow and then the next day it was 38C and the lawn now has lots of brown patches .I kept watering it sometimes 3 times a day for the past 3 days and still there are no signs that it is improving .With tall fiscue how much watering does it need ,the lawn has been established now for 2 months.
Iam worried that the brown patches are permanent damage since tall fiscue is not a creeper and wont rejunivate

By: admin

admin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:16:23 +0000

Good point Adam, you need to find a balance between spending excessive amounts of money through your water bill and securing your investment in your lawn. You will most likely find that a lawn that is not under heat stress will not require as much water to keep it lush. It is more about the timing of watering rather than the amount. It may take time for you to find that happy balance but we have used this principle with great success over the past 15 years not only on our installation lawns but also our farms. (Technical info – evaporation is a minimal loss compared to the evaportranspiration loss [evaportransperation = water loss through leaves during photosyntheseis}).

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:36:35 +0000

good advice, thanks. what about water evaporation? and bills? watering in the middle of the day? but the principle makes sense, …

By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:58:50 +0000

Hiya I’m Victoria, The info you have provided will set me on my way to provide my new lawn with some tender loving care…. its like us, we like to cool down midday..
Now I need to choose the right grass for the hot summer in south of perth in the coastal area, W.A. Could you give me some advise on which is the best with low maintenance

Thankyou
kind regards…

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:32:57 +0000

I loved the info !

The info was easy to read, follow and made sense to a non green thumb like myself !

Thanks.