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RTF Tall Fescue Seed
If water restrictions and local drought conditions cause you to panic about maintaining green grass during the summer months, then RTF® is for you! Unlike other tall fescues, RTF Tall Fescue is a self repairing tall fescue seed. It is extremely durable, dense and dark green in color and can withstand stressfull weather conditions (drought and frost). RTF Tall fescue is recognized as being more drought tolerant than most other species due to it’s deep rooting ability- It’s roots can dig as deep as 6 feet – tapping into water not normally available to other varieties and species. RTF lawn is best suited to shady conditions, and can struggle in full sun in the summer months, especially if the lawn is planted in late spring/summer. Hence it is imporantant to keep the lawn watered over summer months in very hot conitions. We recommend that you plant RTF in Autumn, which allows the roots to develop over winter, which will result in a stronger lawn for the summer.
FROM $ 42.35
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Medium
Colour
Dark
Growth
Slow spreading
Growth Rate
Medium
Description
Seed & package details: 100% RTF Tall Fescue.
80% Min Germination, 98% purity. A seed testing Certificate is available upon request.
Seeding rates:
- New Lawns: 30 grams per square meter. For example: if you have 100 square meters you will need 3kg. (100 sq/m x 0.03kg = 3kg)
- Overseeding: 20 grams per square meter.
Where can I sow this grass in Australia?
Areas: 4, 5, 6, 8, 9
Germination expectations: 2-3 weeks
Shade Tolerance: Excellent
Drought Tolerance: Good
Traffic Tolerance: Excellent
Frost Tolerance: 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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Standard Delivery
Australia Wide
$9 - Orders are dispatched within 24 hours via regular Australia post(3-5 Business days)
Express Post Transport Within Australia
Have your order sent via AusPost EXPRESS POST for a flat rate of $15
WA Customers
Due to quaranteen restrictions, a $75 fee may apply on any seed products shipped to WA that would need to be cleared by customs. For any WA orders, contact us directly to enquire and place an oder
Pick-up Not Available
Unfortunately, we do not offer local pick-up
READ WHAT OUR USERS ARE SAYING
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EXCELLENT FOR PATCHING MY EXISTING RTF LAWN Used to patch my existing lawn after poisoning clumps of Kikuya. Germinated in about 2 weeks. Blended into existing lawn quite well. Will improve with cutting and fertilising .
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EXCELLENT QUALITY Your RTF fescue has excellent germination and is a fine turf, I used it very effectively on the areas of my lawn subject to die- back due to shading,. Love the medium-deep green colour as well
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GREAT RESULTS Sowed the seed in early September 2016. Weather was still a little cool and the seed took quite a while to germinate. Some over sowing was required But the results were fabulous. Would strongly recommend
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GROWS IN PLACES I DIDN'T EXPECT I have a decent amount of trees in my property which produce a lot of shade (out in berwick VIC). Nothing was really working until this type of grass was advised from Mckay's seems to be growing in the shaded patchy areas where nothing would grow before. - I did a moss kill treatment waited for the required time - then used this grass seed with top soil & aerator - then fertilized with McKay Fertilizer seems to be growing well - neighbors are asking me what i did :) and where to buy. Will def keep on using the McKay products now.
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IT WORKS LIKE IT SAYS IT DOES I was skeptical and nervous because I have never used grass seeds. Prepped the soil properly and put seeds down early autumn, germinated in a 2 to 3 weeks. We have a lush lawn for summer. Highly recommend if roll-on turf is too expensive.
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SURPRISED BY RESULTS Mixed RTF with Kentucky for great results sowing in the last week of May. Grass has reached around 8cm in height since planting/sowing (1 month) and germinated in approximately 6 days. Very impressed. Postage and customer service was also top notch.
POSTED BY admin
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GOOD RESULTS Did a mix with a fescue from a hardware store and the result was really good. The hardware store was not as strong but the mix worked well. Planted early winter and still took off.
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GOOD RESULTS It took a while for the shoots to show and now that it has come through it is fast growing.
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GROWS WHERE NO GRASS HAS GROWN BEFORE We have a large leopard tree that shades out most of our back yard and turns it to a dust bowl for the best part of the year. We planted RTF at the start of autumn 2015 in that area, and I’m extremely pleased with the results it germinated in 7 days I mowed it in 28. We have now done the entire yard replacing the couch that struggled to perform
POSTED BY admin
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EXCELLENT PRODUCT! Just recently seeded my entire backyard & it came up looking fantastic. Had to oversow about 30%, but that due to extreme wind. Germinates at about day 7 & takes off from there. I cut it long & it feels like walking on carpet. Very happy!!
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GREAT SEED Very easy, germinated well at the end of autumn in a cold climate, so far very happy
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RTF DOES WELL IN BENDIGO Seeded area sown 10 days before Christmas, germination and establishment was excellent. At this stage (early March 2015) the seeded area is performing slightly better than an equivalent area of RTF Turf put down in mid January. RTF provides a thick rich lawn, great for grand children to play on however I have a question over it ability to get through a full on Bendigo summer and the level of watering required. The RTF lawn will have priority call on water (30,000 litre in tanks and what ever Coliban Water can supply). The best time to evaluate will be the condition it is in this time next year. I am establishing couch on areas further from the house. This should survive on available rainfall and an occasional watering.
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EXCELLENT FOR PATCHING MY EXISTING RTF LAWN Used to patch my existing lawn after poisoning clumps of Kikuya. Germinated in about 2 weeks. Blended into existing lawn quite well. Will improve with cutting and fertilising .
POSTED BY admin
EXCELLENT QUALITY Your RTF fescue has excellent germination and is a fine turf, I used it very effectively on the areas of my lawn subject to die- back due to shading,. Love the medium-deep green colour as well
POSTED BY admin
GREAT RESULTS Sowed the seed in early September 2016. Weather was still a little cool and the seed took quite a while to germinate. Some over sowing was required But the results were fabulous. Would strongly recommend
POSTED BY admin
GROWS IN PLACES I DIDN'T EXPECT I have a decent amount of trees in my property which produce a lot of shade (out in berwick VIC). Nothing was really working until this type of grass was advised from Mckay's seems to be growing in the shaded patchy areas where nothing would grow before. - I did a moss kill treatment waited for the required time - then used this grass seed with top soil & aerator - then fertilized with McKay Fertilizer seems to be growing well - neighbors are asking me what i did :) and where to buy. Will def keep on using the McKay products now.
POSTED BY admin
IT WORKS LIKE IT SAYS IT DOES I was skeptical and nervous because I have never used grass seeds. Prepped the soil properly and put seeds down early autumn, germinated in a 2 to 3 weeks. We have a lush lawn for summer. Highly recommend if roll-on turf is too expensive.
POSTED BY admin
SURPRISED BY RESULTS Mixed RTF with Kentucky for great results sowing in the last week of May. Grass has reached around 8cm in height since planting/sowing (1 month) and germinated in approximately 6 days. Very impressed. Postage and customer service was also top notch.
POSTED BY admin
GOOD RESULTS Did a mix with a fescue from a hardware store and the result was really good. The hardware store was not as strong but the mix worked well. Planted early winter and still took off.
POSTED BY admin
GOOD RESULTS It took a while for the shoots to show and now that it has come through it is fast growing.
POSTED BY admin
GROWS WHERE NO GRASS HAS GROWN BEFORE We have a large leopard tree that shades out most of our back yard and turns it to a dust bowl for the best part of the year. We planted RTF at the start of autumn 2015 in that area, and I’m extremely pleased with the results it germinated in 7 days I mowed it in 28. We have now done the entire yard replacing the couch that struggled to perform
POSTED BY admin
EXCELLENT PRODUCT! Just recently seeded my entire backyard & it came up looking fantastic. Had to oversow about 30%, but that due to extreme wind. Germinates at about day 7 & takes off from there. I cut it long & it feels like walking on carpet. Very happy!!
POSTED BY admin
GREAT SEED Very easy, germinated well at the end of autumn in a cold climate, so far very happy
POSTED BY admin
RTF DOES WELL IN BENDIGO Seeded area sown 10 days before Christmas, germination and establishment was excellent. At this stage (early March 2015) the seeded area is performing slightly better than an equivalent area of RTF Turf put down in mid January. RTF provides a thick rich lawn, great for grand children to play on however I have a question over it ability to get through a full on Bendigo summer and the level of watering required. The RTF lawn will have priority call on water (30,000 litre in tanks and what ever Coliban Water can supply). The best time to evaluate will be the condition it is in this time next year. I am establishing couch on areas further from the house. This should survive on available rainfall and an occasional watering.
POSTED BY admin