ALL THE STEPS to a (Sir Walter) BUFFALO LAWN RENOVATION in 6 MINUTES.
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Hey Legends
Hope you are all doing well mentally and physically.
In this video I talk you through the steps to completing a lawn renovation on the buffalo grass variety.
Lawn renovation season is underway here in Brisbane, QLD.
Hope this video gives you the confidence to get out on your lawn and give it a lawn renovation and the much needed health kick it may need.
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Ben
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Had a few deep breaths and a few OOOhhh moments. It would be interesting to see a fortnightly pic update in the next video update.
Haha no worries mate 👍🏻
Where do I start???. That lawn didn't require anything except aeration with a fork - topdress with garden soil or a soil/sand mix - and of course fertilise. NEVER use sand with buffalo. You can level with soil. Always hand water so you can make sure you get 100% spread. Never scarify buffalo - and you shouldn't need to dethatch more than once every 5 years.
It frustrates me to see the number of videos where "renovation" of buffalo becomes a major operation using a multitude of appliances. I use a small 18inch victa on my buffalo. - set at the sixth notch (so it is pretty spongy). Fertilise at the end of autumn and again in spring. At the beginning of spring I bring the mower down a couple of notches and fertilise. - Then set mower to the sixth notch again. That's all I do.
I've had buffalo in my last three houses and a friend is a buffalo distributor. He told me how to look after it. The good thing about buffalo is that it is so easy to maintain.
cool man, nice concise run through.
Thanks Anthony.
Have a great week mate. 👍🏻
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Hi Stuart
Thanks mate. Will check them out. Happy new year 🙂👍🏻
I love your video. How is it after a few weeks? Could we see it?
Can you please do a follow up video? I'm not confident to attack my buffalo like this but if it bounces back ok I'll give it a go. Also, I'd always read not to smother buffalo when top dressing so was much grass showing after you were done?
Hi Gerry
No worries at all.
If you are doing a renovation for the first time and want to build confidence than I would suggest to just start with a half reno. This means, just mowing, fertilising and applying a light top dress. If you are worried about mowing low (scalping), than just mow down to a point you can just see bits leaf blade. If your lawn is not level than expect to see some areas mowed more low than other areas. Learn by doing, and I’m sure in know time you will be a pro.
Yes, there was after I watered it in. I only showed a couple of seconds of watering at the end. Once you water in for 10min or so, the sand/soil will settle in. This will also show you where you may have not put enough top dress.
Hope that helps.
Have a great week
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@@mowtime thank you - I appreciate the advice.
Good on ya lad ....
Thanks mate. Hope all is well 👍🏻
Man there aint much living buffalo there, good luck with the recovery.
Haha ye I was thinking the same when doing the edit. It actually looks worse on the video than it is being there. Must be lighting/camera angle maybe. Scared me though for a bit haha.
Have a great week mate 👍🏻
@@mowtime thank you. Hope we can see a recovery of the lawn in a couple months?
I wish you showed the end result.
Wow, with such a small area of grass confined by the pool and fences, shading of surrounding buildings etc I'd just get synthetic turf laid or even just go with decking instead but each to their own. Good on you I hope you enjoy that spot of lawn and it's challenges, I did enjoy the video, thanks mate..
Hi Ross
Synthetic turf in this area is know good for drainage when it rains unfortunately. Owners like the grass space for their small children to play on.
Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for the support.]
Have a great weekend. 😀 👍
@@mowtime well you've done a great job, thanks for sharing that. I guess I was judging it on my own circumstances having no kids (and being lazy) etc but I agree that in certain situations natural grass is infinitely preferrable.
Any pics 2, 4 6 weeks later?
Im in Brisbane and its winter now. When is the best time to do this? Thank you.
Great video and info
Hey mate
Unfortunately not. The clients sold the property about a month after.
For a reno, you can normally kick off about early October, or just when your lawn is kicking back in to growth action. If you are coring, just make sure to start watering regularly to get the moisture down in the soil.
Hope that helpful mate. Have a great week. 👍
Hey Ben. As a newibie to the industry it would be great to get an idea as to how much one would quote for a job like this? And what one would base that quote on? Cheers
When is the best time to do this? I'm in Brisbane, and my grass has dead patches everywhere at the moment. When I mow a little lower I can see a lot of dead grass that just sits at the bottom
Hi Scott
Any time between late August to November/December is best.
Due to the heat waves we had a few weeks back in Brisbane, a number of lawns are just suffering from heat stress which could explain your brown patches.
Sounds like you need to dethatch your lawn. What lawn variety do you have? If buffalo, you need to be a bit more cautious with that you do in your renovation as opposed to couch varieties or zoysia etc.
Thanks for the support mate.
Keep me posted with your progress.
Have a great day 🙂👍🏻
My buffalo lawn is overrun with weeds, I went to bunnings and ask for advice all they told me was to get those weed n feed, they're not much use... What would you recommend me do to clean it up and then maintain it?
Hi
Great question. No offence staff at Bunnings, but I wouldn't ask most of them for lawn advice. Some people swear by weed and feed, but I don't. Depending on the weeds in your lawn, depends on what you need to apply to them. If there is only a few broadleaf weeds, than you could you just get a big flathead screwdriver and leaver them out. If you have a lot of weeds, than get yourself a little 5L pump sprayer (preferably not from Bunnings) as they are junk. Get one from the SOLO website. What I know works from Bunnings chemical wise though is Yates Buffalo Pro. Just make sure to follow the application rate.
Hope that was helpful.
Have a great day. 👍 😀
Looked like a LOT of sand and no blades showing - this lawn is gonna take a lot longer to recover from that sand layer IMO!
Haha ye mate, raising the level around the perimeter. Will explain in the follow up video. Have a great day 👍🏻
Can you start this renovation process in January or is it best to wait for next spring?
Hi Steve
Great question. It depends on your location and weather. It is still fine to renovate if you are getting hot temps, it will just require most likely more frequent watering to ‘settle’ the top dress in and make sure the lawn is growing well to recover. I would apply to liquid root builder pre and post renovation to assist with recovery.
Have a great weekend 🙂👍🏻
Although I understand the need to aerate, but with buffalo, as it has stollens and not rhyzomes, is it vital?
Not at all. I only aerate if compaction is present or soil profile is very broken down. This particular job was compacted in areas. First time it had got a reno done.
But normally no, your right, no need to always aerate with buffalo.
Have a great week mate 😀👍🏻
@@mowtimethanks for your videos - great to watch - how do you specifically tell if the soil profile is broken down ?
Good job 👍🏻just a question if not using sand what else could I use to top dress? My yard is on a slope so every time I top dress it and it rains everything gets wash away . Cheers
Hi Dario
You can use other materials such as sandy loam, which is a mix of soil and sand. Generally what I use most of the time. Or some people like to use a compost, but I don’t recommend that normally as it can leave larger debris in the lawn.
Unfortunately there is not a great deal you can do with slopes. I would suggest aerate the soil so it can fall into the holes and also light top dressing, and of course trying to do it when there won’t be any rain for a week, which has been tough for people down south.
Hope that helps mate.
All the best
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Use a mix of 60 percent lome 40 P sand more lome the better gives more root hold and doses not wash a way as early . Keep your grooming clippings to put on top cover with Hession . Green keeping 15 year's now hope it helps
Interesting that people use a sand/soil mix, I’ve just seen and heard too many issues with weed invasion. Double washed river sand is the shot IMO.
Can I ask where you got the sand from?
Cheers
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Can I just dethatch and not do the other things at the moment?
Hi Sam
Yes, you certainly can. I did that on a client's couch lawn last week that was full of thatch. Just lets the lawn breath a bit through spring and get ready for the full reno, if you are doing that.
Have a great weekend.
@@mowtime yeah, it’s about 4yr old buffalo and getting quick thick and spongy. Really healthy though
Does it hurt to do it in winter? I live in the south west WA
Hi Joel
Apologies for the delayed response.
It doesn’t hurt, but it is not recommended.
You really need the growing season to help the lawn recover. If you lightly scalp and top dress, your risk of it not coming back is much higher. You may smother it to much.
Hope that was of some help mate.
Thanks
Ben 😃
Do you have the follow up video or the after pics? Thanks!
Thanks. 😊
Where is the end result video?
Australia would do everyone a favor by renaming your "buffalo grass" St. Augustine. Buffalo grass is the stuff that evolved on the great plains of North America, alongside the buffalo. Australia doesn't even have buffalo and search engines are lousy at differentiating between the two very different grasses.
Not wrong, but St Augustine originated in Africa and South America, so we can't call it that. Maybe we can call it Ausbuf..haha. What you think?
Have a great day mate.
Ben 👍 😀
CK 88 it
I used to use CK88 and eco 88 years ago. Good ferts but I prefer other products now.
Have a great Christmas/new years mate. All the best in 2023 🙂👍🏻