Hortico Lawn Repair / Tough And Drought Hardy Lawn Seed 1kg $6.94 (Was $11.80 / $13.58) @ Bunnings

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  aaronaldo on 30/09/2020 - 09:24

  +8

  Bought 8 of them on clearance at $2 each 5 years ago. Still sitting in my shed.

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    muncan on 30/09/2020 - 09:30

    +4

    ⭌ This is the way ⭋

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      freewhere on 30/09/2020 - 16:47

      But it's blocked between two arrows

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  jaymzrsa on 30/09/2020 - 09:28

  +9

  They don't lie about "green growth swiftly". I used this on my lawn and it has been the bane of my life. I used it in patches that didn't have good coverage and now those patches need to be cut almost weekly while the rest of the grass (probably kikuyu) grows much slower making it look awful with all these tufts sticking up.

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    Samsta on 30/09/2020 - 13:57

    you dont have kikuyu, if you did you'd be needing to mow it twice a week in summer!

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    cobrakai on 30/09/2020 - 15:21

    if you had kikuyu you wouldnt need this garbage… unless you have a shady spot.

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      jaymzrsa on 30/09/2020 - 18:37

      Well, the patches were all my bad. I used some weed killer and it was a little… well a lot… overpowered. Killed about 30 cm around the weed. I actually think it is buffalo now rather than kikuyu. Either way, lessons learnt here.

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  vbt on 30/09/2020 - 09:32

  The pigeons love it.

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    sh4hp on 30/09/2020 - 09:35

    Yeah. They gobble em up in minutes!

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      zeefiraph on 30/09/2020 - 10:08

      +1

      Flying C4 confetti's!

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    raiseyoursteaks on 30/09/2020 - 11:16

    Yeah they love it! I always assume half of the seeds will be eaten by them

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  cchhiillyy on 30/09/2020 - 09:45

  Would this be good for a buffalo grass lawn?

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    rdhupar on 30/09/2020 - 09:47

    Yeah, keen to know what happens if you mix this with buffalo?

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    bobwokeup on 30/09/2020 - 09:59

    +2

    I’ve got buffalo and I wouldn’t recommend it. I haven’t tried it but it’s a struggle to get rid of other types of lawns that grow in my grass, from neighbours.

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      varune on 22/10/2020 - 23:31

      I tried and its has screwed the whole lawn. It has taken over buffalo and i now lot of rye grass patches overall. Growth was so annoying that you need mowing every week. I have now the weed killer to get rid of it,

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    Freitag on 30/09/2020 - 10:16

    +7

    Don't do it, you'll be adding a different grass to your lawn, so you will then have a mix of buffalo and whatever this is. There are buffalo specific fertilisers that would be better.

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    scottySK on 30/09/2020 - 14:23

    My backyard gets almost no sun in winter and much of the Buffalo dies. I oversow with this to keep it fuller/greener. As others said it grows faster and taller so you need to mow it regularly and it can look a bit silly in patches (but I prefer it to the dead/dirt patch/damp areas that it fills). In the summer my Buffalo grows very fast in full sun and takes over again where there is almost none of the oversown grasses left. My yard is tiny so it is easy to hand pick out any obvious grass tufts that are unwanted come summer when the Buffalo is back again

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  Sancho123456 on 30/09/2020 - 10:48

  +6

  Used this stuff, badly regret it. I have buffalo grass and this "lawn seed" grows this tall weed looking grass that sticks out like dogs balls. It grows much taller and much faster than the grass around it. I've spent time trying to rip out all of the "grass" it has grown because it looks ridiculous. It was either this product or a similar patch repair product from the same brand. Don't recommend.

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  clint-008 on 30/09/2020 - 10:49

  +4

  For those interested blend composition listed elsewhere for Hortico "Tough & Drought Hardy Lawn Seed"

  • 38% Perennial Ryegrass
  • 27% Annual Ryegrass
  • 20% Couch
  • 8% Creeping Red Fescue
  • 7% Kentucky Bluegrass
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    s3th2000 on 30/09/2020 - 15:27

    Really? So its 80% cool season grass = not very drought hardy. Cool season grasses look beautiful (fine leaf, dark green color) - but don't like the heat.

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  galvin on 30/09/2020 - 10:56

  +3

  I used this a year ago and regretted. Used in a small 2x5m2 area. It was great for few months but did not last through winter. The area now covered with clovers and wild weeds. Not recommended

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  lgacb08 on 30/09/2020 - 11:16

  +4

  yeah, don't waste money on this, if you have kikuyu just do a bit of watering and fertiliser and let the weather do it course, if it's buffalo then better spend up and patch up the area needed. These are mostly ryegrass which will grow tall and spread their seeds everywhere, together with fescue with strange dark green colour and make your lawn turn into a special fry rice in no time.

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  sh4hp on 30/09/2020 - 15:12

  As a first sow, it is great as it takes minimal care and grows rather easily (mine took almost 3 weeks before sprouting though for some reason, after which it just grew and grew).

  Now though, I'll probably invest a bit more and get the kikuyu seeds instead. A bag should be enough to oversow when this grass starts dying and helps protect from birds too in a way.