Just how aggressive is Kentucky Blue Grass?
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Comments (10)Apparently there was a turfgrass trial at Olds College in Alberta for the 1996-2000 trials. See results at link below in first column (AB1). Hopefully that isn't too far from you to be useful. For compact grasses the common recommendation (or at least the one most people seem to go with) is to create a three-way blend of one compact type, one compact "america" type, and one compact "midnight" type. From one of Bestlawn's old posts, here are the grasses of those types: "Compact Type Able 1, Alpine, Apex, Bewitched, Blacksburg, Blackstone, Blueberry, Bravado, Broadway, Chicago II, Diva, Glade, Goldstar, Hallmark, Indigo, Moonbeam, Moonlight, Moon Shadow, Nugget, Princeton (P-105), Prosperity, Ram I, Serene, Skye, Wildwood Compact-Midnight Type Alexa, Arcadia, Award, Awesome, Barrister, Beyond, Blue Velvet, Bluestone, Courtyard, Everest, Everglade, Excursion, Freedom II & III, Ginney, Impact, Liberator, Midnight, Midnight II, Midnight Star, Nu Destiny, NuGlade, Odyssey, Perfection, Quantum Leap, Rhythm, Ridgeline (A00-891), Rugby II, Total Eclipse, Tsunami Compact-America Type America, Apollo, Argos, Arrow, Bedazzled, Blackberry, Blue Night, Bordeaux, Boutique (changed to "Other" type), Brilliant, Casablanca, Delight, Dynamo, Glenmont, Kingfisher, Langara, Mallard, Mercury, Mystere, Royale, SR2284, Showcase, Sonoma, Unique" I would probably pick out the three highest rated grasses of each type that you find in that NTEP chart, then see if you can find more information on them (particularly color and leaf width) by googling them. Just glancing at the NTEP results I think you will be able to do much better than the "alpine" kbg - it appears that either the Alberta turfgrass analysts are easy graders or Alberta is one fine place to grow KBG! Please do post back with any questions, especially after you've had a look at those NTEP results. You might even find more specific results for the Alberta trials by googling "site:www.ntep.org ab1" Good luck! Paul Here is a link that might be useful: Alberta is column...See MoreMy Kentucky Blue Grass / Rye Grass Lawn is Turning Yellow and Ora
Comments (14)1. Having my neighborhood go up in flames 2. Having my neighborhood washed away in a flood 3. Having my neighborhood be swallowed up in the next quake, #1 No fires if you stay away from the hill's where there are lots of old dead tree's #2 Floods - Just stay away from those few areas #3 Will yea Earth Quakes are defiantly scary! Can't do much about that. I would recommend a one story ground level house. As you can see I have a two story Cape Cod style home. I'm always worried we will get shook off our foundation. Earthquake insurance it is too expensive with huge deductibles! Everything does grow good here though. Weather is nice most the year. LetÂs see sod laying tips. When I lay sod I straighten the sod edges and corners as I go and make sure no grass gets stuck between the sod edges. This will avoid dead grass and brown and yellow stripes between the sod pieces that can make fungus and just makes for a bad start. I spray the ground with water and put down a little fertilizer as I lay the sod. I always use my square so I get nice square edges when I cut sod. Sometimes I donÂt even till the ground. Sod will live on the patio if you water it. I do it all the time. DonÂt over water your new lawn. Get out there and lift up the sod and see how wet it is. If you over water your new lawn you will get chlorosis and fungus like I have now from too much rain. If I need to replace a small spot I use a plate or bucket for a stencil and cut out the bad piece. Then I use the plate or bucket to cut a new piece of sod from extra sod that I keep on the patio or garden. If you are going to put in French drains or remove and replace tree's itÂs better to do it first. I did it all backwards. I have a spot were an old tree and its roots were removed and it keeps sinking along with the trenches were I put the drains. If you put drains. It is good to attach your rain gutter down spouts to them. Also if you dig your ditch for your sprinklers try to keep the top soil separate from any clay soil that may be down lower and put the soil back in the whole the same way you took it out. The grass grows better on the top soil than the clay. ThatÂs about all I can think of for now other than I like Blue Grass because it self fills. But. If you have shade you will need to over seed now and then were it thins out. I left a link below to other garden pics. I like to grow fruit trees as well. I get all my info for the roses and fruit tree's here on GardenWeb. Take care Dave Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Pics...See MoreIndian grass VS big bluestem which is more aggressive
Comments (5)Grasslander I only have seeds of Big bluestem and indiangrass, I don't want switchgrass because that grass Is HIGHLY inefficient at setting seed because of Its Alleles (Gene forms) and It Is heavily dependant on Fertilizer. So Its completly out the question. I think Big Bluestem will In time overtake completely Indiangrass because Indiangrass starts to decline In the absence of fire, No so with Big bluestem It continues to spread and there Is scientific research to back that claim up. In a 6 year plot that hadn't been burned Big bluestem took Indiangrass completely over. I guess Im going to plant them both and just see who can be the more aggressive of the 2. And by the way Big bluestem DOES have a rhizomatous root system....See MoreHow much sun do I need for Kentucky blue grass?
Comments (5)Probably. KBG does better the more sun it has. At four hours, it's OK but nothing stellar. Six hours is really the minimum for good to great grass. Eight is better. All afternoon (from 12 noon on) would average out to six hours of sun per day, late March to late September. That would be fine for KBG. Shade created by trees can come with another consideration--water usage. Trees suck up water like nobody's business, so heavily treed lots can be problematic just because the soil is generally dry....See More- 12 years ago
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