Matilda vs. Sir Walter Buffalo Turf: Which is Right for Your Lawn?
September 10, 2024
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Hopefully this will illustrate just how delicate and complex life is, and that plants are no exception to this rule. Understanding what type of plant you have is key to finding out exactly what its needs are and how you can best look after it. As far as grass is concerned, although there are many different varieties, most of the common types can largely be seen as either warm or cool season grass. The main difference is that warm season grasses are predominantly dormant during colder months, doing the majority of their growing during hotter times and cold season grass is the opposite. Consequently, fertilising your lawn at the wrong time for each category can actually be detrimental to its health.
Looking at these two categories, the times that fertiliser can be applied also varies accordingly. Cool season grass should be fertilised during the autumn months, with a second treatment in late spring to give the best results. Warm season grass however, thrives in the heat and as such is far more active during summer. This means that fertilising it during late spring and early summer is the most effective time. Whichever time of year works best for your grass, understanding how to fertilise it is also very important. Choosing either the morning or the evening, when the day is cooler, is always recommended as this allow the plants to absorb nutrients with greater ease as the soil temperature is lower and as such provides less stress at these times. Also, unless a liquid fertiliser is being used, a thorough watering before fertilising will dramatically improve absorption rates; just don’t do it before watering or significant rainfall.
Understanding when to feed your grass for the optimum results is definitely important knowledge, but it is still only a part of the equation. Maintaining an already healthy lawn is considerably easier than trying to nurse a sick one back to health. In fact on many occasions it can be nigh on impossible to get a lawn looking as full and lush as you would like without starting again. Should this describe your lawn, then having it returfed can definitely get you results with a good degree of haste and certainty. You should however ensure the quality of the turf you are purchasing. Our turf farm is staffed by experts in lawn care and we ensure that our grass is exactly what the customer orders, keeping impurities, and worse still weeds, out through careful nurturing and care. If you cannot guarantee the same from your supplier, then it is definitely worth thinking twice before you put any money down.
Understanding when to feed your grass for the optimum results is definitely important knowledge, but it is still only a part of the equation. Maintaining an already healthy lawn is considerably easier than trying to nurse a sick one back to health. In fact on many occasions it can be nigh on impossible to get a lawn looking as full and lush as you would like without starting again. Should this describe your lawn, then having it returfed can definitely get you results with a good degree of haste and certainty. You should however ensure the quality of the turf you are purchasing. Our turf farm is staffed by experts in lawn care and we ensure that our grass is exactly what the customer orders, keeping impurities, and worse still weeds, out through careful nurturing and care. If you cannot guarantee the same from your supplier, then it is definitely worth thinking twice before you put any money down.
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