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The perfect warm-season solution for your turf Looking for the perfect solution for your turf during the warmer months? Look no further than Bouteloua Dactyloides Sundancer. Widely adapted to various environments, these superior-performance buffalograss seeds will bring your turf a cut above the rest. It’s a tried and tested solution that has been thoroughly developed and successfully trialled by institutions and growers across the USA.
100% Buffalo grass (Bouteloua dactyloides)
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Lush, dense dark-green turf
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Disease and insect resistant
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Retains color from early spring through fall
| Average sowing rate | 10 g/m² |
Try first on a small scale before changing the rate, or any other variables. As circumstances can differ and the application of our products is beyond our control, ICL cannot be held responsible for any adverse results.
Requirements
Grows best in areas receiving at least 6 to 8 hours direct sunlight per day. Good soil drainage is essential. Not suited to sandy soils.
Establishment
– Seeding date: When sustained soil temperature reaches 60° F and is rising.
– Seeding rate: 80-120 kgs. seed/hectare. into a firm seed bed.
– Seeding depth: 6 to 12mm deep
– Seep seed moist through emergence.
– Apply 30kg N/hectare as pre-seed fertiliser.
– Weed Control: Plant into a weed free seed bed. Keep turf mowed frequently to reduce competition from weeds and encourage the tiller growth and spreading of the buffalo grass.
Mowing
– 50 to 100 mm for home lawns.
– Low maintenance areas may be mowed taller or not at all.
– Frequency is affected by amount of watering and fertilizer.
– Avoid removing more than one-third the turf height at any one mowing.
Watering
– Deep soak with no less than 25mm once a month from July to September for higher maintenance areas, depending on natural precipitation. Soak soil before winter if soil is dry.
– Occasional or no watering for low maintenance areas.
Fertilising
– First application – 3 weeks after green up
– Second application – 8 weeks later
– 40 to 60kgs. actual Nitrogen/hectare./season
– Less on low maintenance and natural areas.
– Use higher rates for best quality.
Weed Control
– Avoid frequent watering, short mowing and over fertilization.
– Minimize early season watering.
– Control broadleaf weeds in the fall and/or spring.
– Apply Pre-emergent in the spring for grassy weeds.
