Deep Dive into Sapphire Buffalo grass / St Augustine Grass
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- In today's video we take a deep dive into Sapphire Buffalo Grass / St Augustine Grass. This video covers a brief history of Buffalo in Australia We look at the Positives, Negative's, Personal experience, Personal opinions and more.
Thanks mate, excellent presentation and comprehensive info for uninitiated.
Great informative video
Love your videos - always interesting & you certainly know your stuff. Please keep these videos coming.
That buffalo grass is interesting, crazy how you push on it and the whole section moved. Very interesting video, really enjoyed it.
Thanks for sharing
Thank for sharing this valuable information 👍👍
Zac J your welcome mate 🤘
Thanks would love to see more buffalo vids.
bestvalueinthegame not a worry mate anything in particular you would like to see with buffalo
Good stuff & very informative - thank you👍🙏
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Brenton fantastic vid. Very informative not much information out there on Buffalo grass. I am in the same boat as you having buffalo in a hi shade area and Queensland blue couch everywhere else. Really looking forward to your renovation and scalping of your mates yard later in the year.
Thanks for your support Paul glad you liked the vid. The buffalo scalp should be interesting hopefully by spring everyone will be allowed back outside to play.
Very informative. Thank you very much. 🙏
really good video mate! can't wait to see what you do with it in spring, I need to do my neighbours lawn it looks the same as your friends
Alex McBride thanks mate yeah spring will be good. I’ll have some solid content to share that’s for sure
Thank you for this video, it was so good. I am looking at getting some Sapphire buffalo turf installed in SA so this was such an informative video to watch and very pleased I stumbled across your channel when I typed "Sapphire Buffalo." I really like your other videos with gardening and planting guides too. 👍would be good to have a video about growing different things from clippings and whether root stimulating products are necessary.
Gday Beck no worries at all glad my vid was helpful to you. Yeah I might do some more gardening style vids now and then just to mix it up a little
Cheers Brenton
I like these types of videos over the greens type videos 🤔👍👍
Thanks mate I try to mix it up a bit where possible 🤙
I had Sapphire laid and this video has been such a big help to maintain and care for it. When you talk about mowing Heights, is the height based off the mowers specifications or do you actually measure the Lawn from soil to top of leaf?
Excellent overview
Top video mate
Really good quality content.
Question 1
Age of your buffalo lawn in the video pls
Question 2
How would a yearly or 2 yearly scarify / powerake of buffalo lawn go in spring?
Would that help out your mates lawn spongy ness?
Thanks mate, My buffalo lawn was planted in October 2014, Its a very sketchy
thing scarifying buffalo because if you get it wrong then you run the risk of losing your lawn or severely damaging it causing it to sulk and suffer setback. My mates lawn will be an interesting one because I won't know exactly how far I can push it (attack it) in Spring until Im actually on it I'm expecting it will look pretty nasty by the time I'm done, short term it might look like I've gone too far but I think in the long run it will be fine. Once I have it back on track an annual scalp should be all it requires providing they let it grow like it should (longer than most warm season lawns)
0:28 really loving all of these pieces of shinfo mate haha
Cheers mate
Those flies were making me squirm and I'm watching on my laptop
I tell you in summer sometimes they get so bad they carry you away 😩
Great video mate. I have SWB but it seems to be struggling due to wear from kids. Was thinking of going to TifTuff but have a strip of lawn that gets minimal sun in winter. From what you've seen, how does the shade tolerance between Buff and Tif compare? Secondly, have you had any experience "infesting" a buffalo lawn with Tif/Bermuda/Couch?
G'day John, Unfortunately the shade tolerance of couch and buff is like night and day.... You would need about 6hrs of sunlight to keep couch happy esp in the winter. Do you keep your buffalo cut short medium or long
Great video i have had my lawn down now for about 5-6 years i did ask for Sapphire and was told thats what i got but after seeing your vid im not so sure. I have always cut it hi but now i have lots of runners and it has gone spongy just like your mates in the video.How can i bring it back to its former self?
Gday Gaz have a look for my video on buffalo renovations that should point you in the right direction 🤙
G'day mate,
I'm having a tough time deciding between Sir Walter Buffalo and Kikuyu. In your eyes is Buffalo hands down the winner? I get good sun in 90% of yard and weather doesn't get below 0 during winter. Also have 2 dogs.
Cheers
G'day Brad, A little bit of this will depend on your location. They both make a nice home lawn. Buffalo is good if you can be absolutely sure it wont be invaded by neighbouring grasses otherwise overtime you will end up with a mixed lawn. If you are planning to mow under 50mm Id go kikuyu, short cut buffalo gets quite spongy in my opinion. I like the fact buffalo isn't invasive in closing i prefer buffalo over kikuyu. But only just.
Great information right there.
Glad you enjoyed it mate
Very informative
Love your content
I’ve got wintergreen at the moment and was thinking of ripping it up and going with the dwarf tiff tuff
Question is will the dwarf tiff tuff out compete the winter green or wil tge winter green slowly take back over?
Cheers I could only read half in my notifications but when I opens it up I can’t find it
@@andrewkymantas3877 Yeah thats weird my whole reply has vanished. I don't know why that would be. Ill re reply for you mate. The variety of couch that I'm replanting on the green is called tiff dwarf and is not tiff tuff. The tiff part of the name comes from the town Tifton in Georgia there are heaps of different couch varieties that start with tiff. e.g tiff dwarf, tiff tuff, tiff eagle, tiff green blah blah. I don't really suggest swapping out winter green for tiff tuff if anything tiff tuff is larger than winter green. Check out my earlier vid called mid winter green update i think. There I show 4 different couch types being santa ana, winter green, tiff dwarf and tiff tuff. that should help explain what im trying to say here LOL Cheers Brenton
The Aussie Lawn cheers will do bud 👍👌
Will you do this sort of video on most grass types? Great info
I will do a deep dive into different grasses from time to time yeah but not in a row.
Great Video 👍 Do you think the difference between your lawn and your mates could also be down to different Buffalo varieties? eg Palmetto vs your Saphire?
Scott Jackson Sapphire is the love child of Sir Walter 😂 and yes there is differences in the growth habit however as I’ve experimented with various heights with my sapphire I can report back and say after a full season of sapphire mown shorter it certainly did start to exhibit very similar growth habits as my mates lawn with layering of runners / stolons etc
@@theaussielawn Good to know. I have had Palmetto for over 10 years and always mowed on highest setting. Last year mowed lower using a push cylinder mower which looked great but feel as if the lawn thickened up a lot as a result. As we came out of last winter (Tamworth) the lawn did not come back well even with tank water as it was difficult to get the water down into the ground.
Tamworth hey? Wow we are basically neighbours haha. I plan to do some buffalo renovations in spring time so that might be of interest to you Scott 🤘
Great Video!
After scalping down to 20-25mm, are you gradually increasing cut height from there over time, or do you go straight back up to your typical mowing height for the season?
I go straight back up mate, no gradual increase... this helps to encourage vertical growth I’ve found 😎🤙
@@theaussielawn thank you for the response!
My other question is - Now that we're in mid November, in your experience would now be too late to effectively perform a 20-25mm scalp? I have Sapphire buffalo in the Hawkesbury so my weather is pretty similar to your area..
This is my first season after moving in and would say it hasn't been scalped in the few years since it was laid.
@@DanIndecent yeah mate it will be fine to do it mid November.
Well done mate.
G'day Brenton I have sir Walter buffalo,just wondering my mower only goes up to 50mm so should I mow the lwan less to get it to grow higher? As you know we are in winter now just for spring summer
You can only work with what you have mate, Id continue to regularly mow you lawn at the 50mm. Down the track when its time to look at a new mower you can add higher cutting mowers to your shopping list
@@theaussielawn thanks mate
Need to get on the zoysia bandwagon mate it's sic 🤘
I have some future ideas for exactly that 😉
If the lawn has been mowed short for a long period of time and is super springy like your mates, what’s the best way to scalp it so that you don’t kill it?
This vid should help you out mate 😎 ruclips.net/video/-oJjkQ7OyAE/видео.html
Hi Brendan I think you mentioned that you cut your buffalo around 70-80mm all year to avoid the issue with runners overlapping and it becoming spongy etc. What height of cut could you go for to still avoid this issue e.g. can you cut it lower at 60mm and still have a healthy, lush lawn with no issues? I have Sir Walter and was trying to cut it too short for a while there (30-40mm) and had the overlapping, spongy issue, now I've just renovated and starting cutting much higher (55-60mm) and it seems to be looking good so far. I'm just conscious of the spongy issue coming back and wondering if I need to go a bit higher again e.g. 65-70mm?
G'day mate yeah I keep my buffalo on the longer side of things. In short there is no right or wrong answer it still comes down to personal taste. If you get a result your happy with at 55-60 then roll with it. Ive found that the 70-80 was my sweet spot i did once run it at 110 but that was too long for me. Plus I found it a little less drought tolerant at that height. Settle on a height this season run with it and see how it plays out then next year fine tune it if you feel you need too 🤟 I hope this has helped and not confused you
Cheers Brenton
@@theaussielawn thanks Brenton that all makes sense. Cheers for the advice. I think I’ll see how it goes and fine tune as you mentioned next season depending on what I notice 👍 sorry for mixing your name up too. I like following your channel keep up the great work. You have a lot of variety in your content which keeps it interesting and good to see a bit on buffalo too
@@toddcece haha all good mate I don’t mind what you call me. I’ve been called a lot worse 😂😂😂
Let me know how your lawn goes this season mate
Hi, we have just purchased Matilda Buffalo and laying it this afternoon. We purchased this grass as our dog walks the yard and can track the yard. We did a bit of research for a quick recovering grass and crossing fingers we have found it. What do we need to watch out for with Matilda
Hi Sharon thanks for the message, I actually have no direct experience with Matilda buffalo. It’s one of the lesser known varieties. The turf farm did actually try to sell it to me when I got my sapphire but I was set on having sapphire. Like all buffalo don’t be mowing it short keep a good length on it and you should have a nice thick green lawn with little effort
@@theaussielawn Thankyou kindly for you tip. Currently in our front garden we have kikuyu invading our garden, what is the best way to get rid of it.
@@sharonhopgood8638 round up / glyphosate comes to mind .... kikuyu don’t like it at all.... another option is fusilade which is another herbicide.
Cheers for the vid mate! I have a buffalo lawn, i think mine is a more traditional variety as we get the irritations when we lay on it. I have primarily clay type soil in north qld, any advise on a stubborn area that i cant seem to get to take? the ground seems very hard. I have also found my lawn goes best when i keep the cut higher
Michael Abbott your welcome glad you enjoyed it. Without actually seeing your lawn I would suggest some form of gypsum (clay breaker) on the really hard areas. Keep the area your trying to cover moist not soaking. Being in north Qld you would be quite safe to feed the whole area with a nice slow release fertiliser . Keeping the lawn longer like u mentioned is 💯 perfect mate. If u need anymore help recommendations jump over to my Facebook like page “the Aussie lawn” there u can message me send pics etc 🤘
Cheers Brenton
@@theaussielawn Thanks mate, appreciate it, will head over and check it out!
Hey mate how do you think I could make the transition from the low lawn to longer like yours. My lawn is particularly spongy as well like the one you showed.
Thanks for your help :)
It's a little hard to say without seeing it mate or knowing your location. But now is not the right time of year to be trying anything drastic. If you hold out till spring time I will more than likely do a renovation on that other buffalo lawn. Hopefully then you can watch the video and see how it's done and what to look out for. Hope this helps a bit Cheers Brenton
@@theaussielawn SUBSCRIBED! ready to see the transformation of the bad yard as its just like mine! and i hate it! please do a video on it! :) life saver!
@@aaronchapman4858 thanks for the sub mate, yup will be doing a renovation on both buffalo lawns once spring hits stay tuned
how many types of buffalo grass are there? i have a little in my yard that looks like buffalo....but a saw a yard with something that also looks like buffalo but the leaves are narrower
G'day I couldn't say how many varieties there are but safe to say I can think of at least 10 there is a grass that looks similar to the untrained eye called carpet grass it comes in both broad leaf and narrow leaf varieties. It could even be that
There is something wrong with what he says at about @5:40. St Augustine (Buffalo) spreads both by rhizomes and stolons, meaning that it sends out runners both above and below ground. Hope someone fact check this one. It is also a creeping grass, and also called as carpet grass.
G'day Sheshan I just listened to my clip from 5:30 I do indeed say it has no rhizomes. Sapphire Buffalo is most certainly not from the Axonopus affinis family, however thanks for tuning in to my little channel. 🤟
@@theaussielawn Ok, that means there are some varieties of these. If it does not have rhizomes, that would be fantastic. I am not big fan of Tall Fescue.
@@sheshankutty8552 Thats right no Buffalo / St Augustine has rhizomes what so ever 🤟 Hope you have a great day Cheers Brenton
what exactly is the difference between Sir Walter and Sapphire Buffalo and which variety should be used under what circumstances?
Hi mate thanks for you question. Sapphire actually sorta comes from Sir Walter, It was an open pollinated seedling selection. Sapphire is considered (by buffalo standards) to be a finer leaf blade comparing to Sir Walter and has a sort of half folded growth habit. It grow much faster than Sir Walter and has a shorter internode length ( more leaves on the stem / stolon / runner) The colour is different to Sir Walter being more a blue / green colour. Sir Walter was actually a spontaneous mutation of shade master buffalo and is more of a course leaf buffalo (still soft though) At the end of the day its all buffalo and comes down to what you like the look and feel of the most. I chose the sapphire as I wanted a finer leaf buffalo. It was sold as being more drought tolerant (marginally) better shade tolerance (marginally) it is also faster growing than Sir Walter. Never buffalo is good in high traffic areas although that being said in a situation of 50% shade both buffalo types performed better than wintergreen couch and kikuyu from a traffic wear perspective. Hope this answers some of your questions mate there is really a lot of info in this reply 🤟 Cheers Brenton
@@theaussielawn Thanks for the reply Brenton. Yes you have provided lot of information in your reply. From what i understand, they are more or less the same and under normal circumstances both of them would perform equally well :)
@@junkmails6713 Yeah thats pretty much the size of it. If your looking for a buffalo go and have a little look at a turf farm display plot you may find you prefer one over the other
@@theaussielawn i guess i have changed my mind . now going with Sir Grange. didn't read anything bad about it.
@@junkmails6713 it’s a nice lawn but will be slower all round especially if your in the southern states
Would you shave your neighbors lawn then top dress? My front lawn looks like this and I'm unsure how to fix it. I live near Adelaide. Cheers
G'day Jim, The short answer is yes. But its something to do in the late spring time, I will do an in-depth video on this actual process next season so stay tuned and hopefully it will answer your questions Cheers Brenton
@@theaussielawn yes sping will be the go! I want to give it a light topdress but have been reading mixed things about top dressing buffalo. Thanks for the reply 👍
Jim H your most welcome and thank you for subscribing to my channel
Tried It,Dont Like It.Don,t Want To Keep It That Long......It Is Very Good In The Shade. Gunna Try Zoysia.Cheers
It is a love or hate grass I reckon
It looks a lot like couch (same family?)
Na mate defs not the same family. Buffalo is a very different beast to couch (Cynodon dactylon) My latest vid is about couch you can see the leaf is much smaller etc Cheers for the message mate and hope your having a good weekend
Have you sussed out that buffalo ( st Augustine) that Allyn Hayne has that is glyphosate tolerant?
G'day Brendan and thanks for your question, As far as I'm aware Allyn has only 2 types of Buffalo one being Palmetto and the other is Floratine (a very old variety first released in the early 50's ) I think its safe to assume that Palmetto is not Glyphosate tolerant. As for the Floratine I can't imagine it being tolerant of it either. As mentioned in the vid there was apparently some unconfirmed reports of Floratine here in Australia but the chances of locating some today would be incredibly difficult as no one would be commercially growing it today.
The Aussie Lawn Oh okay, I believe he called it Scott’s Pro vista or something along those lines. He did a comparison with a blanket spray glyph spray over the pro vista against spot spraying or something like that
ruclips.net/video/0EvwDp7RWBA/видео.html
@@booobface well there you go you learn something new everyday. I did a quick search and saw your link. Given that Scotts (the fertiliser people) are involved in its development I don't think you will find it here in AUSTRALIA. Id send them an email to verify though. provistaturf.com/pdf/ProVista-Product-Overview-St-Augustine.pdf
Sorry but I prefer the short grass !
Thats cool mate I like short grass too but I like my buffalo longer 🤟