OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums General Discussion Forum Lawn Care & Maintenance Bentgrass Experiment

Couldn't agree with you more, but you haven't been down my street where we have monitors patrolling to ensure that visitors don't park their cars with two wheels up on the footpath which upsets the lawn and it's owners.

Cheers,
BB.

In addition to my experiences with using Primo Max I'd like to also add that in my situation I found the grass colour for the active period to be a dull murky green compared to the deep rich green that the fine leaf couch are known for when Primo is not applied. Same sort of appearance that can happen a day or 2 after applying an iron spray.

Also, if the lawn still needs to repair in some places its best not to apply to those spots.

Hi guys

I haven't been able to get on here much over the Christmas break, but it's nice to be back.

So, I've used this forum to ask a lot of questions and show some work I've been fairly proud of, but now it's time to do the opposite. I've gone from compliments to questions about my front lawn from the neighbours. The heat (a few days of 40+ and plenty more over 35) has really taken its toll here in Adelaide. And even with up to 4 watering sessions a day and doing everything I could to strengthen the root system and also get water down to where it's needed most my beautiful bent has succumbed. The final straw was when the neighbour removed 4 trees in his front yard taking away the very valuable shade and heat protection from the harsh afternoon sun.



I knew keeping it alive and healthy in an Adelaide summer was going to be tough but I thought I'd still win. The picture itself is actually a couple of weeks old now, and there's actually com recovery starting to happen but not enough to "save" the lawn. I have decided that I'm not done with Bentgrass just yet. After going some research and speaking to some people at the Glenelg Golf club I have purchased some Penn G2 Bentgrass seed that I'll sow in autum. Apparently it has a much better heat resistance.

The couch at the back is looking great at least!

Hi Cirillo,


Just my 2 cents worth, but.......

Looking at the pattern you have there I'm just wondering if the cement and brick wall heat reflection has something to do with it. I'm not sure what way your sun orientation is, but that's how it appears to me.

As far as the heat goes here in Adelaide we've really gotten off lightly this year as last year it was far hotter and for longer periods of time, also remembering we already had 40 degree days in early October last year.

Santa Ana just loves the heat and to me it's a no brainer for the Adelaide climate.

Cheers,
BB.

Hey BB,

I also think the wall and concrete path have had a big part to play in the lawn loss.

My front yard is predominantly North facing. I did expect a lot more hot weather than we've had also.

I had a couple of reasons for going with the bent at the front. Firstly I wasn't able to do any landscaping until April so I wasn't going to put SA down then. Also I really like the look of Bentgrass and fancied the challenge of getting it going and maintaining it. And as I has just gotten my Webb up and running, I wanted to be able to mow a lawn low in winter when my SA was going into dormancy. Also the fact that it only cost $90 for the seed meant I wasn't too worried if it failed (which it clearly has).

As I said in my earlier post I will try again with the Penn G2 in March and if by December it begins to die out then I'll go with SA at the front