Can you buy sir walter seed

Fortunately this practice is unlikely to be required with a Sir Walter lawn as this variety of grass is self-repairing. Implement good lawn care practices such as mowing, watering and fertilising and bare patches are not usual and if they do occur, bringing the soil pH level and nutrient levels in line will enable the lawn to regain optimum health and set about repairing the damage by its self.

With over 60 licensed growers throughout Australia you are bound to find a turf farm near you that grows Sir Walter Soft Leaf Buffalo.

Anyone growing and selling Sir Walter turf requires a license to do so and strict quality control conditions are enforced to protect the quality of Sir Walter supplied. A certificate of authenticity should be supplied with each purchase of turf to ensure the premium grass supplied is genuine Sir Walter Turf.

Can you tell me please what I can do to bring back yellow patches where my dog wees and kills it? Hi Beverly, You need to encourage the surrounding lawn to spread to those areas, dogs urine is a form of fertiliser, so spread a little bit of fresh soil and water in, that will promote growth from the surrounding lawn. Training your dog to use the same place for a toilet is what other customers have had success with, or Dog Rocks can be expensive or hosing the spot ASAP will lessen the damage.

Assuming ideal conditions, how fast does it spread? Assuming ideal conditions, how far apart do you roll the turf? Sir Walter runners can spread about mm in summer months, given that is has plenty of nutrients and water.

However to fully grow in together and become a tight sward of turf, it will take 12 months or more. In most instances, the returns from sowing buffalo seed are so low that the probability of getting any type of worthwhile result using this method would take a very long time, unless the sowing method were undertaken using a very large quantity of seed.

So, the best way to grow a new modern soft leaf buffalo lawn is to use rolls or slabs of instant lawn, plant runners or to plant sprigs of buffalo grass called plugs. Besides this, all the best modern soft buffalo grasses are licensed under proprietary license and with this in mind, if you do find any Buffalo grass seed for sale, it would only ever be a poorer, older style buffalo lawn type, and if purchased and grown, would only ever result in very poor propagation and a lower quality of turf than other modern soft leaf buffalo types.

Only their accredited growers, such as Daleys Turf, are certified to grow and distribute Sir Walter. The seed that Sir Walter DNA certified lawn produces is male and therefore sterile and not economically viable to be grown from. Professional turf farms, like Daleys Turf, also need to grow Sir Walter turf from a cutting.

This lawn variety can only be grown from a vegetative material such as stolons or turf. Sir Walter DNA Certified lawn has been specifically designed to resist disease, pests and fungi as well as being shade, heat, salt and drought tolerant.

This turf has been available for over 20 years now and it remains the best lawn for Australian climates — even with the water restrictions, extreme heat and flooding rains it has to endure at times. Even while under attack from weeds, invasive lawns and pests, Sir Walter DNA survives and thrives — definitely worth the time to install and establish an instant lawn rather than using inappropriate lawn seeds. To get more information on how we grow Sir Walter on the farm or to order a new lawn call our team on 07 The office opens Monday to Friday 7am to 5pm and Saturday 7am to 12pm.

For more great turf, tips keep an eye on our website and all our social media channels. My daughters dog made mini holes in my new Sir grange turf installed 1 months ago Can I get some seeds for patching them and where? You can however buy individual slabs of Sir Grange to cut in to patch these holes. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Email address:. Sir Walter from Seed. How do you grow Sir Walter on a farm? What varieties can be grown from seed?