G'day Tyler,
I've just booked in a mower man to help me out with my Buff this year.
I'm currently getting it through winter with applications of Floratine Knife Plus and The Andersons Humic DG.
Come October, my mower man will core aerate both the newer (~2 years old) verge buff and the older buff out the back, which is of unknown age but has about a 3cm layer of thatch. He's also going to very lightly vertimow/groom it.
I was, and still am, a bit cautious about doing a vertimow to Buffalo, but I've seen other Buffalo lawns he's done and they've come up a treat.
I believe the order will be vertimow, core, fertiliser, soil wetter and then lightly top dress and level. I believe you want a sandy mix but also something that contains decent organics. Yellow sand won't do much in that regard, but I suppose it depends what else you've got there. I wouldn't just use yellow sand in this bottomless sandpit that is Perth soil.
I'm really keen to give my lawn a head start into summer this year. This time last year I had a broken leg and couldn't give it the love it needed. As a result I was chasing my tail through summer and used far more water than I would have liked.
