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Feb 2016 Oct 2014

Hampton - new established fine leaf ryegrass Timboon Golf Course - reseeding bentgrass greens

Brighton - core aerated tall fescue lawn up close Black Rock House - Council / City Wide trials

Mar 2015June 2015

+ 9 wks

+ 9 wks

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NO FEE* ON-SITE CONSULTATION

& LAWN RENEWAL STRATEGY

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• lawn reseedingTM

• lawn coring / aeration• weed control• soil remediation

Agronomy services for the sandbelt• cockchafer & plant

disease control• lawn nutrition

• auto-irrigation

NO FEE*

• lawn reseedingTM

• lawn coring / aeration• weed control• soil remediation

Agronomy services for the sandbelt• cockchafer & plant

disease control• lawn nutrition• auto-irrigation

*Limited time only

Same lawn(Oct 7, 2014)Same lawn(Oct 7, 2014)

+ 13 wksBefore

Dormant couch reseeded (Jun 1)Dormant couch reseeded (Jun 1)

F R E E O N - S I T E C O N S U L T A T I O N - B O O K N O W !

Sandbelt lawns - AboutMelbourne’s summer is harsh on home lawns, particularly in the sandbelt.Chances are your lawn has suffered and is now unsightly; with bare dirt, sparse kikuyu, couch and summer weeds like digitaria. The autumn germination of annual broadleaf and grass weeds will only add to despair.

The answer is to reseed your lawn transforming it into a beautifully rich, soft, vibrant colored, fine leaf turf that is rewarding to grow and fall in love with.

Turf reseeding™ is the process of drilling turfseed into the soil to establish new turfgrass. The old lawn may be sprayed out, removed or retained and it includes weed and pest control and treatments for existing soil problems.

Warm Season and Cool Season turfgrass.Neither the Warm Season turfgrasses (kikuyu, couch, buffalo) or the Cool Season turfgrasses (fine fescues, fine leaf ryegrass, tall fescue) are perfectly adapted to Melbourne’s seasonal climate extremes.

A strategy for a beautiful 4-season lawn is to: a. reseed the lawn following weed and pest control and correcting soil problems b. grow out the warm season grass base (if present), c. lawn care and summer watering.

The main WARM SEASON turfgrass varieties are kikuyu, couch and buffalo. They have excellent heat and drought tolerance and reproduce from existing runners or SOD, rather than seed. In full sun, they grow actively from early summer to mid autumn, before heading into dormancy for the cold months. In shade regions, they struggle to grow and die back. During dormancy, growth is at a standstill, they suffer from wear, loss of leaf and color pales. Inevitably, annual winter broadleaf and grass weeds like chickweed, oxalis, poa and panic veldt take hold through to late spring.

The main COOL SEASON turfgrass varieties are regenerating fine leaf perennial ryegrass, rhizomatous tall fescue and the fine fescues. These grasses make a beautifully rich, vibrant colored, fine-leaf lawn with excellent cool season growth, wear and shade tolerance. Without soil moisture, their achilles heel is tolerance to drought conditions and extreme heat. These perennial turfgrasses may persist 4-seasons with easy common sense care and are established from seed from early autumn to late spring. The best fine leaf perennial ryegrass examples are the stadium ovals used by the AFL in Melbourne, Geelong, Adelaide; Lord’s Cricket Ground and Wimbledon.

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Lawn reseeding Seedling emergence from turf reseeding™ is at 7 to 10 days with fi rst cut at 28-35 days. Stunning lawn cover may be retained year round with a little aftercare and by frequent short watering through the extremes of summer.

Our precision turf reseeder™ is one of a kind. It accurately drills seed into and under existing lawn and bare ground for ideal seed-soil contact and seed wet-up, resulting in dense and uniform establishment. Vertical blades slice into existing lawn, creating a slice opening; depositing and securing seed at correct depth and rate, with minimal lawn disruption or soil tillage.

Little soil disturbance ensures resident weed seeds remain dormant and weed germination is minimal. Turfseed is well covered, protected from birds and fl otation; and is mostly free from weed seed competition. We use the latest turgrass seed varieties like patented RPR®- regenerating perennial ryegrass.

Slits existing lawnSlits existing lawnHOW IT WORKS

Seed deposited in slits Seed germinates Slits existing lawn

E X P E R T S I N R E M E D I A T I N G P O O R S O I L S

Oct 2015

Beaumaris - established fine fescue. Watered and grown out like a golf course rough - stunning !

Jan 2016

Before

Before

Before

Beaumaris - back yard makeover. Full renovation, sown to fine leaf ryegrass. Auto irrigation

Before

Hampton - shaded couch entrance lawn reseeded to ryegrass. Selective weed control

Brighton - tall fescue lawn core aerated and new core aeration machine showing tynes

N O W O R R I E S W A R R A N T Y

Jan 2016

June 2015

Jan 2016

July 2015

+ 9 wks

+ 13 wks

+ 8 wks

+ 11 wks

Brighton - ryegrass reseeded into scalped kikuyu. Selective weed control

July 2015Before

Sandringham - ryegrass reseeded into summer weeds. Knockdown weed control

+ 16 wks

Hampton - buffalo, what’s left! Full renovation and sown to fine leaf ryegrass. Auto irrigation

Sandbelt soils Whilst the Sandbelt soils are a mixed blessing for our famous bunkered golf courses, they present great challenges for your average home lawn grower. When left untreated, here's why.

Description: dark grey over light grey sands free of lime, over yellow grey sand and occasional 'coffee rock'.  

1. Very low water holding capacityWater gravitates down the profi le rapidly. What little is left has loose adherence to the silica sand particles (silica has a low surface area to volume ratio and little external charge to hold H2O). Lawns require frequent but short waterings.

2. Hydrophobic and non-wetting Very common within a lawn area. A waxy coating over the sand particle repels and channels water laterally with water failing to penetrate the surface or reach the root zone.

3. Low pH (mild to strongly acidic)Low pH chemically locks up nutrient availability. Shifting pH to neutral pH 7 with lime products unlocks soil nutrients. Low pH also restricts plant thrift and planting options.

4. Very low in organic matter (OM)Mineralisation (breakdown) of OM or humous is a sustained source of slow release ionic nutrients essential for growth. Typically, the darker the topsoil the higher the OM. White-light grey sands are very low in OM. Organic matter also contributes to high water holding capacity.

5. Very low cation exchange capacity (C.E.C)Sands are virtually void of clay minerals. Clay minerals have abundant negative surface charge to 'hold and exchange' with plant roots cations like phosphorus, calcium and potassium. Clay minerals are also a primary source of trace element ions and provide surface area and polarity for adherence of water molecules.

6. Extremely defi cient in nutrients - macro and trace elementsA symptom of: 1. low OM 2. no clay content 3. low pH 4. sandstone parent material 5. free drainage of water adhering anions (nitrate) 6. naturally low in phosphorus.

8. Very low microbial activity An active microbial environment is highly benefi cial for mineralisation, nutrient cycling, pathogen control, earthworms soil structure and rhizosphere biology.

7. StructurelessParticles don't cling together, easily worked, prone to wind erosion.

Above: fi ne leaf ryegrass plant showing root depth at 12 weeks in healthy Sandbelt soil.

SOIL REMEDIATION OPTIONS

It's most likely your soil-type is typical of the Sandbelt and that pro-active corrective measures will be benefi cial. We remediate for most soil problems listed above. Otherwise, a soil analysis will objectively describe the state of your soil and provide recommendations for optimum soil health.

Our lawn renewal know-how is new and innovative. In June, 2014Citywide Open spaces as contract service provider to Bayside council parks and gardens suggested that we demonstrate our capability.

The degraded front and back lawns of Black Rock House on Ebden Avenue were chosen as the renovation test site. We bore full costs including seed, labour and machinery for what was a stunning lawn transformation (see below and adjacent photos). No weed control was undertaken. The new lawns are a widely enjoyed public amenity and our legacy for the residents of Bayside.

Black Rock HouseOur legacy for Bayside residents

mechanical scalping

rollingRESEEDING

knockdown weed controlhydrophobic soil treatment

acid soil & calcium treatment

organic & starter P fertiliser

NPKS + iron fertilisertrace element fertiliser

broadleaf weed controlwinter grass weed control

on-site consultation

O U R S E R V I C E S - W H A T W E D O A p p l i e d a g r o n o m y f o r S a n d b e l t l a w n s . W e d o n o t m o w !

s u i t a b l e t i m e f o r r e s e e d i n g r y e g r a s s a n d f e s c u e s

beneficial microbials

a u t u m n w i n t e r

summer grass& paspalum control

treatment for cockchafer

s u i t a b l e t i m e f o r l a w n a e r a t i o n / c o r i n g

Before reseeded late June

+14 days + 9 wks

+ 9 wks + 9 wks

Black Rock House 2014

Professional lawn reseedingTurf reseeding™ or Overseeding, is widely practiced by golf and sportsfi eld curators worldwide in regions where neither the 'warm season' or 'cool season' grasses are perfectly adapted - like in Melbourne's Sandbelt! Each year in autumn, sports fi elds and golf courses throughout the temperate regions of Australia are oversown with transitional ryegrass to improve playability.Bayside alone have more than 35 ovals and playing surfaces scheduled for autumn overseeding.

NPKS + iron fertilisertrace element fertiliser

treatment for cockchafer eggsbroadleaf weed control

broadleaf weed controlhydrophobic soil treatment

NKS + iron fertiliser

fungal treatment

winter grass weed control

organic fert treatment

O U R S E R V I C E S - W H A T W E D O A p p l i e d a g r o n o m y f o r S a n d b e l t l a w n s . W e d o n o t m o w !

hybrid kikuyu & couch seed reseeding

s u i t a b l e t i m e f o r r e s e e d i n g r y e g r a s s a n d f e s c u e s

benefi cial microbials

treatment for Adult black beetle

core aeration of buffalo , couch, kikuyu

s p r i n g w i n t e r

s u i t a b l e t i m e f o r l a w n a e r a t i o n / c o r i n g

L A W N A E R A T I O N / C O R I N G

NEW SERVICE - LAWN CORINGLAWN AERATION AND WATER INFILTRATION

All lawns, including buffalo, kikuyu and couch can benefit from lawn coring. Hundreds of lawn cores or plugs are pulled from the lawn. Coring removes root thatch, relieves compaction and allows soil microbes and plant roots deep access to oxygen, water and applied nutrients. All lawns tend to flourish after lawn coring, benefiting from new root growth in a healthier root zone.

Most Sandbelt lawns suffers from hydrophobic soil areas. A major benefit of coring is direct water infiltration deep to the root zone by-passing non-wetting surface soil and root thatch.

AUTO IRRIGATION - ALREADY HAVE OR LOOKING TO INSTALL?

We can assist planning, installing and maintaining an auto-irrigation system. Auto-irrigation enables targeted and frequent short watering of lawn. It’s highly cost efficient and the easiest way for retaining lawn through hot dry summers.

If you already have an automatic lawn irrigation system, then turf reseeding™ to fine-leaf ryegrass, tall fescue or fine fescue is a smart idea. Call to discuss.

WATERING YOUR LAWN IS VERY LOW COST

The top tier price for SE Water is $3.75 per 1000 litres, (1 meter3 or 1 tonne). That’s $3.75 to water 10 mm over 100m2 of lawn. Equivalent to running the tap full-on for 25–30 minutes (or 2 irrigation stations 4 x daily for 3 minutes each).

During hot dry summer periods, budget on $1.85 per day for watering 10 mm per 50m2 lawn. If the lawn has thinned out by late summer, an option is to remedial oversow in autumn, to thicken up the grass.

FREE ON-SITE CONSULTATION AND LAWN STRATEGY

We apply a lifetime of field agronomy and turf science know-how to what we have learnt reseeding™ to form your personalised lawn renewal strategy, specification and quote; and it’s FREE – for now!

BUDGETING INSTANT TURF (SOD) OR ARTIFICIAL TURFFor laying artificial turf, budget on $80–$120/m2. For laying couch, buffalo and kikuyu lawns from SOD, budget on $45–$55 /m2 for labour and site costs; i.e. old lawn removal, skip bins, machinery hire, top soil, SOD purchase and laying.

Turf reseeding™ costs a fraction of laying SOD, even with our comprehensive site preparation and the processes we apply for soil remediation.

1. Soil remediation for: ∙ non-wetting sands

(hydrophobic) ∙ acidity & low CEC ∙ sand-belt soil types

2. Biologicals ∙ bacillus sp. ∙ mycorrhizal fungi

3. Fertiliser nutrition ∙ organic fertilisers ∙ bio-humic acid ∙ slow release NPKS ∙ trace elements

4. Weed control ∙ poa (winter grass) ∙ broadleafs ∙ grass weeds

5. Insect control ∙ leaf & root insects ∙ pathogens ∙ cockchafer ∙ Black Beetle

6. Fungal disease control ∙ pythium ∙ crown rot ∙ other fungus

7. Ground prep ∙ instant turf (sod) ∙ seed bed

8. Analytical services ∙ soil analysis ∙ weed ID

9. Lawn & turf reseeding ∙ fine leaf perennial ryegrass ∙ rhizomatous tall fescue (RTF) ∙ fine fescues & blends ∙ seeded kikuyu & couch

10. Lawn core aeration ∙ all lawns and turf surfaces

11. Auto irrigation ∙ installation and maintenance

WE DON'T ∙ mow, tree prune, etc.

Rather, we work and co-ordinate with your lawn mowing, garden care landscape professionals.

O U R S E R V I C E S

Solutions for soil & lawn problems

Brighton- ryegrass reseeded into dormant Santana Couch

FACT - Cost of wateringTo apply 10 mm of water to a 100 m2 of lawn during summer will cost $3.75 (1 kL). - less than a latte. Source: South East Water

FACT - Cost of wateringFACT - Cost of watering

No Worries Warranty: All new lawn reseeding projects come with our No Worries Warranty to ensure the successful establishment of your new lawn and peace of mind. See our web site for details.

Disclaimer: Lawn renewal is an agronomic science. The information provided is sourced from our own experience and the professional turf industry knowledge base. It is provided in good faith, considered accurate, although professional view points may differ. Prolonged soil dryness, extreme heat, poor agronomic conditions and lack of lawn care will be adverse for turfgrass growth and plant persistence.

Terms and Conditions: ReseedmylawnTM accepts no responsibility and shall be held harmless by the lawn householder customer for any errors, omissions, amendments, loss, damage, injury, well being of pets or other consequence whatsoever that any person or entity might incur as a result of engaging the services, or reliance upon information or advice provided by ReseedmylawnTM.

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