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Kentucky Bluegrass seed
McKay’s Kentucky Bluegrass is an extremely hardy, good-looking lawn with excellent repair capabilities. It is a cool climate grass, best suited to areas with mild to warm summers and colder winters, like Victoria and Tasmania.
McKay’s Kentucky Bluegrass is a cool season bunch type grass, which also has a unique trait of growing underground runners called rhizomes. While not anywhere near as vigorous as the rhizomes of runner grasses such as Couch, these runners allow Bluegrass to spread itself and thicken the density of the sod providing moderate repair capabilities. While Kentucky Blue does spread, it is not as aggressive as Couch or Kikuyu, making this grass a good fit for any backyard with low garden beds.
Kentucky Bluegrass is very well suited to companion planting with other grass types, particularly Fescues and Ryegrass. This lawn has a medium sized blade and will produce a thick sod which is very soft under foot.
It is an excellent grass for the frost prone areas of Australia, including Victoria and Tasmania as it maintains its color and does not go dormant during winter.
Seeding rates:
- New Lawns:Â 17-20 grams per square meter (2kg/100m2).
- Overseeding:Â 8 -10 grams per square meter (1kg/100m2).
For more information see below for Description and Features to see if this grass suits you!
Blade
Medium
Colour
Dark
Growth
Slow spreading
Growth Rate
Medium
Description
Kentucky Bluegrass grows best during cool, moist weather on well-drained, fertile soils with a pH between 6 and 7.
Sowing Tips: Broadcast the seed at, or very near, the soil surface and incorporate lightly with raking. To ensure best coverage and avoid seed wastage we recommend using an appropriate seed spreader for the size of your area. Soil must remain damp throughout the germination period of both seeds and must be maintained for at least 1-2 weeks after sowing, through irrigation or natural rainfall. Adequate water supplies need to be maintained until the grass is fully established.
Optimal Planting Time: The optimum temperature for Kentucky Bluegrass is in the range of 15ºC to 28ºC.
Germination:  Approximately 14 days (climate dependent). Due to the slower growth of Kentucky Bluegrass full establishment can take 1-2 months. However, once established it spreads quickly via its extensive rhizome production.
Kentucky Bluegrass grows by roots from single plants and at the same time sends out stems to form their own roots, making the base denser as it grows.
Water: Kentucky Bluegrass loves water and will need a good, reliable water supply in order to ensure optimal performance. It has higher water requirements than many other grasses. Watering should be deep and less often to encourage the roots to deepen in search of moisture. This will produce a more drought tolerant and disease resistant turf.
Despite this, Kentucky Bluegrass can be an extremely drought tolerant turf. The grass will begin to brown, die off and look sickly without adequate water but can stay alive in it’s depleted state very well (once fully established). If drought is affecting your Kentucky Bluegrass lawn then watering when possible is recommended and the lawn may still come back to life once water conditions improve.
Fertilising: Careful attention will need to be paid to fertilise the new lawn frequently during it’s first year, 3-4 times is recommended in the growing season. Fertilisers with a higher Nitrogen content are recommended. Yellowing areas of grass may indicate that the soil is highly alkaline, fertilisers with additional Iron may assist in this instance.
First Mowing: Lawn mowing heights will need to be kept much higher than most other grasses for residential use. Mowing height for Kentucky Bluegrass is 18 – 25 mm on lawns/sports fields.
Mowing Frequency:Â During it’s peak cool season environment, lawn mowing will need be carried out around once a week to ensure the lawn doesn’t suffer from having too much green leaf removed in a single mowing.
Disadvantages of Kentucky Bluegrass:Â
- At temperatures greater than 30ºC and in freezing temperatures it will go into dormancy but will recover when the preferred temperature returns.
- Any areas of turf which are becoming worn out or sparse should be re-seeded whenever necessary
Seed & package details:Â 100% Kentucky Bluegrass.
Independently Tested: 85% Min Germination, 98% purity. A seed testing Certificate is available upon request.
Ideal Usage:Â Residential Lawns, Commercial Landscapes, Racecourses, Parks & Playgrounds
Where can I sow this grass in Australia? Areas 4, 6, 8, 9.
Shade Tolerance: Excellent
Daily Sunlight required:Â 4-8 hours
Drought Tolerance: Â Moderate
Frost Resistance: Excellent
Traffic Tolerance:Â Excellent
Locations
Season
Warm season grasses thrive during the warmer months in Spring and Summer and may go dormant in cooler climates through winter.
Cool season grasses thrive during the cooler months in Winter
Seed information
Shade tolerance (Weather)
- Full Sun
- Part Shade
- Heavy Shade
- Full Shade
Drought tolerance (Weather)
- Moderate
- Good
- Excellent
Traffic tolerance (Weather)
- Moderate
- Good
- Excellent
Frost tolerance
- Poor
- Moderate
- Good
- Excellent
Average days to germination
- 2-3 Weeks
- 2-4 Weeks
- 3-4 Weeks
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I'm happy with my purchase. Fast delivery. I sowed my seeds and the results are already visible.
After about 2 weeks over sowing the seeds .It started to show sign of growing.
Will wait for the next few weeks .
Ordered the KBG and all my questions were taken care of by the Mckays support staff. Close to 2000m2 of KBG and Perennial Rye. I’m very happy with the result and how well the newly sowed grass has held its own against the Victoria frost.
I’ve now mowed twice and ready to put down some more fertiliser to increase nitrogen as I’m noticing some yellow patches forming.
Really happy with Kentucky Bluegrass seed. Been 10 days an it's shooting. Thanks guys
I added Kentucky Blue to my RPR Ryegrass for self repair and spreading in the event of dead patches. And as predicted I had chemical and some aninal urine burn occur. Within a month the patches practically recovered.
Highly recommend the Kentucky bluegrass seeds for Victorian climate
The company was very helpful when Australian Post lost my parcel. Firstly they tried to investigate it with Australian Post and, when they discovered it was lost, they offered me a replacement and sent it priority post.
They were also excellent with providing information about the seed and fertiliser beforehand.
A thoroughly professional company that I fully recommend
