Low Mow, Low Water, High Traffic Grass

[IncaHeat]

What is available on the market thse days. I spoke with my Extension Office in CT, and they told me that the best for our area is a blend of Kentucky Blue Grass and Fescue, and that those required a significant amount of water as well as cutting maintenance. I thought there would have been more help on this from them.

The only thing I came across somewhat interesting was Eco-lawn, but it says the product is medium traffic, though it is low mow and water usage is minimal. Thanks

[ICT Bill]

Cultural practices are very important to minimize inputs, most on here are trying to "grow" fertile soil, rich in microorganisms, you can grow anything in that with minimal inputs. Organic turf grows relatively slow, no bursts of top growth like when using fertilizers

the people that know the best seed for your area would be an extension agent or the guy at the hardware store, they are the ones that get all of the returns "this seed sucks" so they know what does and what doesn't

Increased soil fertility decreases water, stress and nutrient needs. If they say it needs 4 pounds of N per year don't listen to them

Go here and download the standards for organic land care manual www.organiclandcare.net look up a book on Amazon called "teaming with microbes" by Jeff Lowenfels, buy it and read it, it explains why all of this works

[ICT Bill]

BTW, welcome to the forum

Come on back and bring your tales from the dark green side

[Smallaxe]

Quackgrass is low maintenance, and high traffic, except for cars and trucks. Traffic causes problems, because of soil compaction. Deeper roots in airyer soils will help.

Too much water creates compaction quicker. Stay off when soil is soaked. Allow the soil to dry out b4 watering again. Leave clippings really mulches soil well.

When considering the soil in regards to these issues, better ideas comes to mind and cultural practices become more sophisticated. Waiting for a new grass that does everything perfectly is unrealistic.

[IncaHeat]

Hi,

Looked up Quackgrass, looks like its considered a weed by most, and invasive. Whats been your experience with it?

[Smallaxe]

Hi,

Looked up Quackgrass, looks like its considered a weed by most, and invasive. Whats been your experience with it?

My experience is that, it is a weed and very invasive... :)

My point was that even quack grass is not indestructible.

[ecoguy]

I seeded my front lawn with Eco Lawn last month. It is a Canadian made seed, 7 fescue blend. It has come in beautifully and is supposed to be very low maintenance, cut irrigation in half and be very disease resistant. My lawn is currently weedless...although after a month that's probably not a huge surprise.