Environmental Landscape Design Specialist

  Creating Bio-Diverse Indigenous Landscapes and Gardens

Planting grasses
First mark out the bed with a hose pipe to obtain the shape required then spray the grass with a herbicide containing the active ingredient Glyphosate such as Roundup® then wait until the grass haas become yellow at this stage check that to see if any portions of the bed have been missed and spray these areas. Wait until the grass has died off completely then spread a generous layer of gypsum and fertilizer such as 2:3:2 (22) at the rate of 100 gram per square metre over the entire area followed by a layer of 150 mm of well rotted weed free compost. Next turn the whole bed well to a depth of a digging fork 150-200 mm. Break up the clods with a digging fork and rake ready for planting. Again do not skim on the materials otherwise you plants are not going to grow well, if you do not have sufficient money to undertake the task do only half the bed and the rest later when you can afford to do so. Do not forget to water your grass plants or grass seeds well as soon as possible after planting settle them in and keep them on the wet side until they are showing signs of growing then the amount of irrigation can be gradually reduced.

Download the grass list as a word document

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