What Grass is that? – is a question asked by many home owners and inexperienced lawn mowing contractors. There are many different grass types which fall into one of 2 categories of grasses: Warm or Cool Season Grasses. In Australia, especially in the temperate zone, we experience the delights offered by the four seasons of Summer,…
What Turf Grass Is That? – another guide for lawn mowing, gardening and landscaping contractors… We know there are two (2) broad categories of grasses including Cool Season and Warm Season grasses. Cool Season grasses are those that are propagated by seed only, and generally grow with a single stem per seedling. Some of these grasses do have…
Sir Walter Weed Killer is another name given to the product “Sir Walter Weed Control”. Sir Walter Weed Control is a Selective Herbicide product that targets different weeds (including bindii, clover, oxalis, dandelions and other broadleaf weeds) in buffalo grass and other lawns. The active constituents that make up this product include Bromoxynil and MCPA. The…
Buffalo ST Lawn Varieties include the well known ST26, ST85 and ST91 Buffalograsses. Buffalo Turf grass is the common name given to Stenotaphrum secundatumin Australia, and it is otherwise known as St Augustine grass in North America. The Plant Breeders Rights (PBR) of the ST Buffalo varieties including ST26, ST85 and ST91 are owned by an American, Hugh Whiting,…
What Grass is that? – This is a question that many Lawn Mowing Contractors, Gardeners and Landscapers should know the answer to. You only have to have to read some of the “Forum” websites for lawn mowing and gardening contractors to realize how ignorant many contractors are in regard to their knowledge of lawn and turf…
St Augustine Grass Identification and Lawn Care Maintenance is not as simple as it seems. An understanding of the nature and types of grasses is important to knowing how to care for different turf grasses. In Australia, the local common name (or vernacular) for St Augustine turf is Buffalo turf grass. In the North American continent, there…
ST26 Buffalo (or ST26 St Augustine grass, as it is referred to in North America) is another variety of Stenotaphrum secundatum. The Plant Breeders Rights (PBR) of ST26 Buffalo are owned by H.&T. Whiting Turfgrass Development group (an American owned company that has developed many different species of turf grasses). In general terms there are two (2) main…
ST85 Buffalo turf grass (or ST85 St Augustine grass as it is referred to in the North American continent) is one of many turf grasses available around the globe for use in home, commercial and recreational landscape settings. For an understanding of where different grasses fit in you need to appreciate that there are two (2) main categories…
This video has been taken on site at the turf farm of GreenLife Turf at Windsor, west of Sydney, NSW, Australia. Lawn mowing and gardening contractors will really appreciate the time spent having a look around at any turf farm. Contractors will be able to see first-hand the different types of [warm season] turf grasses available at these turf farms….
Have a look at this video that I recorded at a customer’s property in Sydney, NSW, Australia – the nature strip or verge is predominantly Queensland Blue Couch (scientific name is Digitaria didactyla). It has a blue-green hue or colour that is distinctly different to your regular Couch grass (otherwise known as Bermuda Grass in North…