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Turfgrass
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vkalideen Friend |
Hi there, I have a number of tall pine trees in our garden (johannesburg south africa) and I need to plant grass under there. We transplanted some grass from other parts of the garden there. Some of it has grown but overall it looks like a big sandy patch with a little grass.The soil seems very dry and grass has not been growing well there. What would be best to get some grass growing under pine trees. thank you IP: Logged |
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cohiba Turfmaster |
With the heavy shade your only real choice is fine fescue. The pines have a tendency to be very acidic so you may also have to adjust the pH of the soil under the trees. The trees will certainly be competing for water with the turf and that will be an issue as well. Raise the canopy on the trees to allow more light to infiltrate. Good Luck. IP: Logged |
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Turfguy_UF Turfmaster |
This is to cool. To often we talk about the US and it's problems. This is a cool chance to help some out across the pong .If you can, can you tell me what type of grasses are available to you there, and what your conditions are temperature wise in the summer and winter, and also your rain fall.
Also constantly driving your mower over the roots can cause compaction and you can even cut roots that are on the surface. Both cases are bad for the trees. So to save some possible trouble I would suggest mulching the tree base with their own pine needles, and forming a nice edge 10-15' around the trees. If this is not possible due to the amount of trees you have and if you did this would make your lawn look like a bunch of circles with spots of sod, then I would need to know your conditions and grasses available to you. But I would still try to get some form of a buffer between trunk of the tree and the grass line. Hope that helps. TurfGuy IP: Logged |
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