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Australian OwnedI purchased a bag of 2kg of this blend for my garden, an area under 40sqm and I spread the seeds in May 2024. Initially, the Raygrass grew quickly and covered all the ground as expected. In mid spring Kikuyu seeds started to pop out and Raygrass stared to die. but the problem was that Kikuyu grass was too rare here and there. Now after 10 months and having passed most if the warm season in NSW, the area is still patchy and about halfoif the area is soil exposed. I followed all the instructions from the first stem and I think the percentage of Kikuyu seeds in this blend is not enough.
I'm in Tasmanian and in the process of repairing a large neglected lawn. My observation with seed from Bunnings was that, regardless of what's on the box, it's almost all perenial ryegrass, and the quality of lots varies ie with identical soil preparation and watering germination rates varied widely.
Once this ryegrass had germinated two facts were apparent - ryegrass is not very drought tolerant and its ligher green color is not a good match with the existing grass which is (now I know more) a mix of Kentucky Blue Grass and Tall Fescue,
McKays Parks Blend to the rescue.
Using a 4 day pre-germination (seeds in bag in a bucket of water, with water changed every 12 hours) the sow mixed with some fertilizer, loam and coarse sand, the first sprouts appeared within a week and with a very even distribution.
Delivery was quick too.
First of all the process of ordering and delivery are first rate and the quality of the seeds excellent.
I followed their planting instructions and the grass came up without any drama. Just keep it damp during the germination period.
The grass looks excellent. It is a fine leave turf and I would not recommend it for areas that take a lot of wear. But if you want a show case lawn that requires a lot less maintenance than dedicated show lawns like bent grasses, this is the go. All my neighbours love to walk through the creeping red fescue in their near feet.
We’re pretty impressed with the results using the elite backyard blend, we have a lovely grassy backyard in only 6 weeks. Still a little patchy so we just oversowed more seed to hopefully fill it in, but compared to the cost of turfing this is a great result.
Great advice from staff. We are in a problem area and south facing so traditional warm season grasses do not grow. This germinated in 7 days and 3 weeks we have a lovely lush lawn. I hope it stays this way!
I emailed you yesterday - can you reply please
Mark Ford
My Bermuda Couch has not germinated yet and it was sown 15 days ago
On 3/01/2024 I took photos of my front lawn that I seeded in late September 2023 with McKays Bent Penncross seed. The result was stunning.
The second photo was taken in autumn 2024 and shows the effects of the summer heat (Lithgow is in a cool climate region) plus the effects of the extensive root suckers of 2 council Mop Top trees (Arcacia). Despite regular watering the competition for water partly deprived the lawn leaving as shown in the second photo. The Mop Top trees have since been removed. Lastly, I think some over-fertilising may have partly contributed to the deterioration of the lawn.
I am now planning to reseed my front lawn to restore it to its former beauty. The lawn is 220m² and I intend using 1kg Bent Penncross seed mixed with a 1.25kg of fertilizer containing approx. Nitrogen 16%, Phosphate 0.7% , Potassium 4.0% and Sulphur 2.0%. I will be using a Chapin spreader.
The only future problems that I can see is that Council intends to replace the Mop Top trees in spring 2024 with Lagerstroemia Crepe Myrtle trees. These trees have a densely matted root system spreading out to three times the size of the crown of the trees. They also compete severely with lawns for water. Therefore I could end up with the same problem of dead lawn that I am experiencing now.
Do you have any suggestions to help me in my lawn restoration.
I'm happy with my purchase. Fast delivery. I sowed my seeds and the results are already visible.
Quick delivery and the seeds germinated in 7 days.
Very happy with the product so far. Picture shows grass after 10 days.
Seeded 10th January and started to germinate at day 5 and the photos attached were taken just after its first mow 3 weeks after seeding.
Being summer in Canberra the daytime temps were between 22 and 32 with overnight lows around 14 degrees and that's why I think it germinated and grew so fast.
Good quality seed and reasonably fast shipping (received seeds about a week after placing order)
We have a large garden at the top of the Blue Mountains. The soil is reasonable but compacts fairly hard with time. Water penetration is poor and I decided to try the Restore Soil Wetter. After my first application we were lucky to get a reasonable fall of rain. A couple of days later I checked and found that the soil in an open bed was moist down to about 10cm, a huge difference to the usual! Already, after three weeks, my lawns are looking much healthier and clearly the fertiliser is getting down to the feeder roots. I will repeat this treatment next year.
Seed was great for me. Quick delivery and started germinating all over on day 10. I'm now 8 weeks in and it's starting to thicken up. I was also late in sowing the seed, so I'm very happy. Highly recommend.
After doing a LOT of research I landed on McKays grass seeds, specifically the kikuyu seeds. Our backyard was a giant mud patch following construction works and I despaired of having a green backyard again. We followed the instructions meticulously and within weeks have been rewarded with the most lush, amazing lawn you could hope for. It’s growing so fast we almost can’t keep up with it (photo shows the lawn due for a mow, two months after planting!). Super happy that we went with mckays, the quality really is exceptional and I also really appreciated how helpful their wonderful customer service team was when I was working out what grass to get and how to sow it. We also used the mckays slow release fertiliser and wetting agent which I also really rate.
After about 2 weeks over sowing the seeds .It started to show sign of growing.
Will wait for the next few weeks .
14 days since ordering and almost ready to mow. Very happy with how green and lush it is so quickly.
Spring in Moss Vale.
Germinated in 10 or 11 days in mushroom compost
Very happy so far. Been 3weeks since I put it down
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.
Completely new lawn from scratch. Germinated after about 13-14 days and really started to fill in around the 1.5 month mark. Great, soft lawn that has remained green right though temperatures 10-27degrees. Couldn't be happier. Time frame between photos was about 2.5months.
We planted this grass a year ago and it’s growing beautifully in our Canberra climate. I recommend it to everyone who wants to grow grass from seed. It copes well with the frost, part sun, shade and full sun. Needs a lot of water in the height of summer but still held up well with my neglectful watering. We do a bi annual spray for weeds and some grass conditioning and it looks fantastic!
Takes 7-10 days to shoot and then it’s a bit patchy to start with. Re seeding and building it up over a year and I’m super happy with the final results. Will continue to buy and recommend to anyone who is in our area.
Bought Bermuda couch as a bit of a trial. Trial because it was late in the growing season so expectations were realistic. Planted about 50m2 on the 31st March, South of Brisbane, day time temps were 27-30 but overnight temps were 11-15C. Soil was bought in, very sandy loam, I added 1 bag composted cow manure per 10m2 to help prevent sand crusting. Kept it damp, first babies appeared at about 12 days. By 21 days it was all up, needed a mow just to clip the. tops. Very happy with the product and performance.
This is the second batch I bought. The first batch is growing small and does not require much cutting - it blends nicely with buffalo with similar colouring. The white flower is tiny and lovely additions. I bought more as my seeds distribution was a little uneven and it's noticeable when the flowers come out.
It's been about six weeks since I started growing this as a starter seed as well as overseeding some green couch. It did take 7-10 days to see some new shoots as my watering was sporadic but once they take off they really thicken up. I actually thought there were some weeds as the growth rate and shoots were so thick and tall. It's also a great way to transition to a flat spreading couch to tall lush grass for the cooler months.
I seeded around our shed area last September with elite backyard blend in a very shady area (sun about 3hrs a day).I overseeded the areas that I missed the first time .it has grown really well.i would thoroughly recommend this product.
