LF Turf grass

[mazdamaniac]

Any body know who does sell turf grass in 1 foot x 1 foot squares to make a lawn? Don't want to have to wait for seed to grow.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

bermuda? zoysia? buffalo?

what species yuh looking for?

[Mr Midas]

check the express classifieds, there is a guy from freeport that sells

[Mr Midas]

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[mazdamaniac]

bermuda? zoysia? buffalo?

what species yuh looking for?

Lord, now ah have tuh go back and do more research now.

[cinco]

zoysia seems to be the best from what i researched previously

[pugboy]

beware there are different varieties of each type
I have two types of zoysia and one is better than the other
if you want a common type of zoysia, you can find it outside hilton
as well as around grace gardens santa cruz

zoysia is slow growing which is a plus

[Chemical]

I used zoysia but seeing real hell with weeds. Any suggestions ?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

once you are using tuf you can use the various types of weedkiller

if you have the common T&T savannah grass then you can't use US weed killers since savannah grass would classify as a weed too!

nb: some weedkillers kill bermuda grass too since it is considered a creeping grass

[Mr. Red Sleeper]

call Nick at 6801138.
He will sort you out at a fantastic price.

[Nighttroll]

Any body know who does sell turf grass in 1 foot x 1 foot squares to make a lawn? Don't want to have to wait for seed to grow.

You going to cut it into plugs and then plant?
If you are then you do know you going to have to wait for more than a year or more to cover an area depends on how close you plant the plugs. Be prepared to fight weeds every day.
I tried it by seed= fail
I tried it by plugs= fail, the weeds will grow faster than the grass and is a constant fight to get the weeds out.
Finally success with covering the whole area with fully grown sod.

[Nighttroll]

[quote="Chemical"]I used zoysia but seeing real hell with weeds. Any suggestions ?

Here is what you need to do: remove each weed by hand by pulling it out with the root. It will eventually grow back but you have to keep pulling it out. Meanwhile let your grass grow to about 2/1/2" , this will create a thick mat and drown out all other weeds from germinating.
Your grass is too short to compete with the fast growing weeds. Don't allow the weeds to get mature because it will produce seeds.
2 problems with my solution: manual labour at first to get the weeds out and longer you keep the grass the less it looks pretty.
Shorter the grass the more the weeds will thrive and more more often you have to cut the grass

[pugboy]

24D chemical will get rid of the regular broadleaf weeds
pull the grassy weeds, esp nutgrass
and use a pre-emergent chemical which will not allow any new weed seeds blown in to hatch

[Chemical]

Thanx all however I don't know if the initial top soil used had weed seeds in it. It was my wife's brain storm & it costed alot of money.Another note is this turf has to literally be cared for like a child.

Time is what I don't have as I get home from work really late every day.

[pugboy]

start with the pre-emergent herbicide, check Caribbean Chemicals for one called Herbadox
or any other one and use that, it has to be soaked in the soil so any seeds landing on the soil and making contact will not hatch

[Chemical]

Thank you pugboy, will call CC for the information.Also the patches on the turf, I was told there is a "grass cricket" that eats the lawn ?

[mazdamaniac]

I was told to use "mould seed" which is a chemical pillet for mould crickets.

[pugboy]

any regular insecticide like Diazinon will work for the underground insects

Thank you pugboy, will call CC for the information.Also the patches on the turf, I was told there is a "grass cricket" that eats the lawn ?