Big thankyou to Mr Lawnmower Man for inspiring me to start loving my lawn again. I've got a Kikuyu yard on the NSW South Coast. This growing season, I've sprinkled 'stuff' on it for the FIRST time (tried some granular fert, mixed with some old blood and bone dust I found in the shed). We've had a superb Spring here, plenty of rain and sun. I've started 'double cutting' with my cylinder mower and she's just come up beautifully. 20+ years of mowing my lawn, and only now starting to enjoy it. Thanks again.
fairly new to the whole lawn game. Cant believe how good shes looking. looking forward to getting mine up to scratch with the help of your vids! keep it up mate
Check out 'the aussie lawn' on you tube guys ben has done a few videos with him and he has sapphire blue buffalo in his yard that he is experimenting with at the moment.
Hey mate, just doing a backyard Reno... not sure on grass type atm. We have a dog and do use the outside area quite a lot. It’s full sun and watering won’t be a problem. Please if you you wouldn’t kind recommended a grass type to suite that would be great 👍
I never thought I would get so into watching lawn video’s... makes me want to get out and start working on mine right now. What would you recommend in Victoria for a badly maintained lawn with heaps of weeds? Previous owners didn’t take much care of the lawn at all. Very rugged terrain where you can start to see tree roots coming up in some places?
Fertilise it, wait 2 weeks and then hit it with some weed killer (bindie/bow and arrow). Arerate it, mow it regularly and hit it with water regularly. This is the recommendation during the growing season. Since weathers deopping it changes a fair bit now
I’m finally getting back into my lawn again after months of neglect, my poor Sir Walter is looking very Sad Ben, any tips to get it going again, I’ve noticed some other types of grass coming through it that I don’t know 🤷♀️ what it is mainly just on our footpath as we live on a corner block. Matt’s lawn is looking Great 😊
Love the channel. What do you suggest, I have a couch lawn tennis court, it’s already developing a couple of thin spots this early in the summer. Sandy loam soil. Adelaide hills.
One option is to have a couch lawn and then oversow with perennial ryegrass for the winter. I’m going to try that this year. It requires a bit of work but hopefully it will come up great.
Hi Mate I want to grow buffalo turf on front yard which had kenda kiuyu turf it never produced seeds ,i have removed kikuyu & runner lossen up soil to approx 150 to 200 cm what else i should do to prevent kiuyu invasion in future, main reason for replacement is garden at edges .
No way man. This is torture. I am struggling to get my kik to 10. I accidentally went down 2 notches the otherday and suddenly the groth stopped.... Lifted the height and trying to recover now. Just put some kelp down now as we speak.
Probably stupid question, but are there certain areas of Australia that have warm and cool season grass like the states? Or is is all translation zone?
Surprised to see youre using Bushranger gear. Ive used some of their stuff (small gardening & lawn care business in Perth) and found the manufacturing and ergonomics/ease of use to be 'sub optimal' lets say ;) Not great for commercial use i reckon.
@@aaronstately Thanks for your reply Aaron, yes I have stone boarders around all my edges and maintain my edges weekly but the lawn still creeps into the garden beds.
@@kymschutz5744 we weld Corten sheet metal as a edge and do brick edging and concrete edging as well... they work really well.. that said.. kikuyu can not be left unattended for ever.. you do need to edge it from time to time.. but its enough to prevent it getting away.
Hey Ben, I’m trying to decide what granular fert to buy for my 50sqm kikuyu lawn in Melbourne. It’s between 2spec Elevate and Plant Doctor Champion. Mow height is around 30mm. To be used in conjunction with your special mix. Any advice?? Cheers mate.
Still love these old vids of yours! That lawn was mint. 👌
Big thankyou to Mr Lawnmower Man for inspiring me to start loving my lawn again. I've got a Kikuyu yard on the NSW South Coast. This growing season, I've sprinkled 'stuff' on it for the FIRST time (tried some granular fert, mixed with some old blood and bone dust I found in the shed). We've had a superb Spring here, plenty of rain and sun. I've started 'double cutting' with my cylinder mower and she's just come up beautifully. 20+ years of mowing my lawn, and only now starting to enjoy it. Thanks again.
Love it mate!!
@@LawnTips And now I'm gazing out the window, watching this 40 degree heatwave cook it off!
@@damienquinn don’t love that. Crazy heat wave across the country isn’t it
Looking like carpet, I am so impressed. I have just dug down 100 mm and will top dress in layers hopefully to get the carpet look.
Nice Lawn is a huge responsibility and a hardwork
My sister bought my old house/lawn and she is out of town this week, so I gave it a sneaky cut today because I miss my old grass.
fairly new to the whole lawn game. Cant believe how good shes looking. looking forward to getting mine up to scratch with the help of your vids! keep it up mate
Matt's lawn is in good hands. Looking great. Nice new mower. First time I saw inside the garage :)
Lawn care and LFC supporter, bugger everything else on TH-cam! Good video!!
Good to see the rover get some love mate looks like its cutting beautifully 👌
Loving the kik vids man, dont think I've got the stones to try cool season grass down in SA lol.
Yeah, what can us south Aussies sow successfully?
Tiftuf bermuda
Hey Ben, Could you do a video on how you would look after a buffalo / Sir Walter lawn?
Yeah i would love this too
Yes Please, mine is looking very Sad at the moment and wondering how to get it back....would love to see a video on SW...😊😎
Check out 'the aussie lawn' on you tube guys ben has done a few videos with him and he has sapphire blue buffalo in his yard that he is experimenting with at the moment.
@@danielferguson8185 I just found his channel and subscribed to it, just prior to your comment. Thank You Kindly 😊😎
Nice cutting.
I hope ur mate is gonna cook a bbq and shout u some beers for that mow job..
😂
Hey mate, what rotary lawn edger is that?
Cheers, love the videos
Known as rotary scissors.
Hey mate, just doing a backyard Reno... not sure on grass type atm. We have a dog and do use the outside area quite a lot. It’s full sun and watering won’t be a problem. Please if you you wouldn’t kind recommended a grass type to suite that would be great 👍
Artificial Turf companies are going to make a new line of turf called Ben’s grass.
No one would buy it, perfection isn’t realistic!
How often do you recommend cutting and fertilizing the kikuyu?
What’s the go for stopping those seed heads from coming up on the kikuyu? Pretty ruthless on my otherwise nice looking lawn.
Hey there. What is that edge cutter you're using . I have a regular cord one and it is useless
Love the cuts man! Keep up the good work🤙
I wish it was going to be 34, tomorrow is supposed to be 43 in Newcastle!
37 right now at Nelson Bay beside my pool 🏊♀️
I never thought I would get so into watching lawn video’s... makes me want to get out and start working on mine right now. What would you recommend in Victoria for a badly maintained lawn with heaps of weeds? Previous owners didn’t take much care of the lawn at all. Very rugged terrain where you can start to see tree roots coming up in some places?
Fertilise it, wait 2 weeks and then hit it with some weed killer (bindie/bow and arrow). Arerate it, mow it regularly and hit it with water regularly.
This is the recommendation during the growing season. Since weathers deopping it changes a fair bit now
I’m finally getting back into my lawn again after months of neglect, my poor Sir Walter is looking very Sad Ben, any tips to get it going again, I’ve noticed some other types of grass coming through it that I don’t know 🤷♀️ what it is mainly just on our footpath as we live on a corner block. Matt’s lawn is looking Great 😊
Love the channel. What do you suggest, I have a couch lawn tennis court, it’s already developing a couple of thin spots this early in the summer. Sandy loam soil. Adelaide hills.
I wish I had a neighbour like you
How about an update on the Kikuyu? I just took mine down to 12MM from 20MM. I think It could go lower. How low can it go?
Sound tracks awesome.. what the heck is that whipper snippet head?
Looked handy for those edges! Definitely need one.
What can us south Aussies sow for an evergreen and importantly good looking lawn? We get our morning frosts and 45deg days
One option is to have a couch lawn and then oversow with perennial ryegrass for the winter. I’m going to try that this year. It requires a bit of work but hopefully it will come up great.
mix blue grass with perennial rye keep a bit tall will be great except the middle of summer.
I use Tiff Tuff in my front yard and it looks good all year round.
@@Letsamplay I think that's the soloution
One thing you forgot to mention Ben is , how many blades on the reel mower do you use for Kikuyu ??????
Hi Mate
I want to grow buffalo turf on front yard which had kenda kiuyu turf it never produced seeds ,i have removed kikuyu & runner lossen up soil to approx 150 to 200 cm what else i should do to prevent kiuyu invasion in future, main reason for replacement is garden at edges .
Great vids. Do you or does anyone else sell a Kikuyu specific lawn care plan?
Bit of Norman Gunston action on the neck Ben?
No way man. This is torture. I am struggling to get my kik to 10. I accidentally went down 2 notches the otherday and suddenly the groth stopped.... Lifted the height and trying to recover now. Just put some kelp down now as we speak.
YO MATE, what's that snipper head attachment? works a treat
Its called a landscaping blade or rotary scissors
Maybe more similar to a 65 than a Supercut? Keen to see it on the lawn though!
Yeah probably right. I’m not really sure haha
Probably stupid question, but are there certain areas of Australia that have warm and cool season grass like the states? Or is is all translation zone?
Hey Ben, where did you get your two nozzle boom for the sprayer from?
Surprised to see youre using Bushranger gear. Ive used some of their stuff (small gardening & lawn care business in Perth) and found the manufacturing and ergonomics/ease of use to be 'sub optimal' lets say ;) Not great for commercial use i reckon.
Hey mate. What do you use to get rid of weeds on Kikuyu lawns? Great content mate!
Bow and Arrow is good
I thought I got some burnt spots on the leaves from FeX at about that concentration, maybe I’m imagining it but I’m going to use more water next time.
Hey buddy
Top videos, what was the edge trimmer that you are using ?
Would love to buy one rather than using the side trimmer with the line.
Thanks
That's a idech rotary scissors, often sold as echo or shindaiwa rotary scissors.
Hi Ben how often we should apply this fertiliser to kik lawn and do you water it after ? Thanks mate👍👍
Dude we discussed this last summer , “rule 1 “ dad mafia booklet , whipper snip then mow 😬
Never mowed this before so I wasn’t confident getting the height right 😉
@@LawnTips use the force !
Should of thought of that 🤣
How goods your rye looking I’d love to come to yours and lay on it 👌
Hey your the best TH-cam person ever
No supercar blondie and Inkslasher are
Big call but I’ll take it 🤣
Hey how do I keep my kikuyu lawn from invading my garden beds?
good edging. and a bit of maintenance.
@@aaronstately Thanks for your reply Aaron, yes I have stone boarders around all my edges and maintain my edges weekly but the lawn still creeps into the garden beds.
@@kymschutz5744 we weld Corten sheet metal as a edge and do brick edging and concrete edging as well... they work really well.. that said.. kikuyu can not be left unattended for ever.. you do need to edge it from time to time.. but its enough to prevent it getting away.
Hey Ben, I’m trying to decide what granular fert to buy for my 50sqm kikuyu lawn in Melbourne. It’s between 2spec Elevate and Plant Doctor Champion. Mow height is around 30mm. To be used in conjunction with your special mix. Any advice?? Cheers mate.
So Jealous! Grass has gone dormant here in the NORTHERN U.S
Bummer!
Last Aussie 😁
Jesus my Kikuyu never every looks like that no matter how I treat it or what I do to it.
Remember the rule. "Never mix on your lawn"
Dont rate the liverpool jersey. Maybe use it to wipe down the petrol run-off
NIice shirt ,,YNMA (mow lol)
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Covid ?
Just the good old sniffles
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Flu?