Planting New Grass Seed
Grass Seed
Rye Grass Seed lawns are quick to establish and features dark green leaves year-round. Our Amenity Rye Grass is a popular turf variety that is typically used where a hard-wearing lawn that establishes quickly is required such as sports grounds or high foot traffic areas. The grass seed should be spread at 50 grams per square metre when a the soil has been worked to a good tilth. Use 75 grams per square metre if you are over-sowing existing grass. Rye Grass seed lawns can be grown in all regions of NZ and is a popular and hardy option compared to other lawn seed options.
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New Lawn Fertiliser
When planting a new lawn, it is important to get the lawn off to the best start possible so it can outcompete any weeds and establish quickly. Phosphate is very important to help the seedling develop roots and shoots and calcium is vital for the growing points (roots and tips). YaraMila Complex has a NPK rating of 12.4:5.2:15 with calcium and sulphur which provides the right amount of nutrients to help get the lawn established. This fertiliser can be spread across the soil along with the grass seed and raked in or applied earlier. We recommend as a general application 50 grams per square metre (a generous handful every 3 m2). An easy way to think of this is 1 kg of lawn seed should be accompanied by at least 1 kg of fertiliser. Further applications of this fertiliser can be made to the lawn without risk of injuring it. NB: a generous rate of fertiliser on a low fertile site is considered to be 100 grams of fertiliser (i.e., two large handfuls per 3 m2).
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