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RE: Growing grass in clay soil

Posted 721 days ago

You need to throw down lots of Gypsum which is a clay breaker and then rotary hoe it in a few times this will break it up and make it crumbly and friable and the best lawn is Palmetto or Sir Walter Buffalo Grass
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RE: Growing grass in clay soil

Posted 715 days ago

I would agree with Maggi, as an old West Aussie, unless I'm mistaken and smitten with "old timers" you have that white clay up there, we have red stuff here, but similar, and I use lime to get the PH balance when needed.

Good old Buffalo is a reliable backstop, it's pretty tough and durable.

Gidgie has a good supply of underground water too, as I see you have discovered.
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RE: Growing grass in clay soil

Posted 703 days ago

Thanks for replying. We have the red clay where we live but we are going to a seminar about Fertiliser and lime information day this weekend.

Hopefully we will be able to learn something :)

RE: Growing grass in clay soil

Posted 627 days ago

I agree the Sir Walter Buffalo or Palmetto is the more durable, drought tolerant variety, but if you want a lush green lawn all year round, I would suggest removing a layer of clay and replacing it with some decent soil. We did this and our Palmetto is lush and green. Our neighbours also have Palmetto and they struggle, as in the summer months, it dries out very quickly. It always bounces back but needs a lot of watering.