Starke Ayres Lawnseed Shady Mix 500g / 12m2 Seed Box
Selected blend of evergreen tufted grasses used for home lawns, parks, golf course roughs, polo fields and rugby fields.
The most popular sod mixture.
Features:
- A popular blend for situations requiring high performance but low maintenance
- 30% less water and 50% less mowing required than standard cool season grasses
- Sustainable turf with low input and good endurance
- Lawn requires a minimum of 40% altered sunlight to grow successfully
Turf Performance:
- Seeding rate g/m: 40
- Overseeding rate g/m: 50
- Seeds per gram: 620
- Days to germination: 10-15 days
- Recommended planting date: Spring end of Summer, Autumn
- Colour: Very dark green
- Establishment rate: Slow
- Growth: Very slow
- Leaf texture: Medium
- Maintenance needs: Low
- Fertilizing needs: Very low
- Shade tolerance: High
- Winter dormancy: No
- Disease resistance: Excellent
- Spreading activity: Some
- Recovery: Excellent
- Trac tolerance: Excellent
- Heat tolerance: High
- Mowing height: From 25mm
- Mowing frequency: Very low
- Salt tolerance: High
- Drought tolerance: Medium
- Irrigation: Low
Secrets to a Successful Lawn:
- Ensure the lawn has adequate nutrition
- Too much nutrition creates excessive growth, promotes disease and can be a waste
- Too little results in poor colour, weaker plants and weeds may start to appear
Mowing
- Mow at regular intervals and in alternate directions
- Never remove more than 1/3rd of the leaf off with each mow
- Rather mow at longer leaf lengths
This helps improve the lawn by:
- Producing deeper roots
- Shading out unwanted weeds
- Maximising photosynthesis especially in shaded areas
Smarter irrigation:
- Irrigate less frequently but with greater duration this enables water to penetrate deeper into the soil
- This encourages the lawn to produce a deep, healthy root system
- Deep soil moisture acts as a reservoir for potentially hot and dry conditions this protects the lawn from drying out
Grass roots:
- Grass roots require oxygen
- Spiking regularly helps the roots access oxygen in the atmosphere
- It also assists with drainage and prevents the roots from becoming water logged
- The end result is a healthier root system
