Buffalo grass is a native prairie grass that that can be used for low maintenance lawns and other turf areas. It greens up earlier than bermuda grass in the spring and turns brown after the first fall freeze. Buffalo grass grows best in full sun, requiring at least 6 to 8 hours of direct sun daily. Good soil drainage is essential. While buffalo grass will persist in clay soils it will not survive in sandy soils.
June and July are the best time to plant, with April and May the choice if irrigation is not available. Seeding rate is 2 lbs. per 1,000 sq. ft. and seed should not be planted deeper than ½ inch. Home lawn should be mowed at 2-3", with low maintenance area mowed higher. Watering should be accomplished with a deep soak every 2 weeks in summer drought conditions. Fertilizer should be applied in early June, with 1-2 lbs. of actual nitrogen applied annually (a second fertilizer application can be made in July).
Gasoline Lawn Mower Versus Electric Lawn Mower
Gasoline Yard Tools Versus Electric Yard Tools
Fall Lawn Care | Grading & Tilling | Planting Your Lawn | Soil Test
Winter Lawn Care
Bulb Planters | Cape Cod Weeders | Dibbles | Grass Shears | Hand Cultivators
Hand Forks | Hand Trowels | Hedge Shears | Onion Hoes | Planting Lines | Pruning Saws
Pruning Shears
Earthgro | Miracle-Gro | Ortho | Osmocote | Roundup | Scotts
American Gardener | Ames | Briggs & Stratton | Craftsman | Fiskars | Honda
John Deere | Kawasaki | McCulloch | Poulan | Robomower | Toro | True Temper | Weed Eater
Edging Shears | Garden Fork | Grass Whips | Half Moon Edging Tool | Hoes | Rakes
Shovels | Spades
Bentgrass | Bermuda Grass | Buffalo Grass | Centipede Grass | Fine Fescues
Kentucky Bluegrass | Perennial Ryegrass | St. Augustine Grass | Tall Fescue
Zoysia Grass
Azure Blue Sheep Fescue | Canada Wild Rye | Deertongue Grass | Foxtail Millet
Gamma Grass | Indian Grass | Little Bluestem | Meadow Foxtail Grass | Red Top Grass
Reed Canary Grass | Sand Love Grass | Sedge Grass | Sideoats Gramma | Switch Grass
Turkeyfoot Grass | Virginia Wild Rye | Weeping Love Grass | Weeping Turkeyfoot Grass
Wheat Grass | Wild Oats | Wild Rice | Wild Wheat
Amur Honeysuckle | Common Pearlbush | Drooping Leucothoe | Shrubby Cinquefoil
Spring Heath | Winter Honeysuckle
Pruning Equipment | Pruning Roses
Cool Season Grasses | Transition Zone Grasses | Warm Season Grasses
American Bittersweet | Banana Passion Fruit | Black Eyed Susan Vine | Canary Bird Vine
Cassabanana | Chilean Glory Vine | Choccolate Vine | Coral Bead Vine | Coral Vine
Fast Growing Balloon Vine | Hyacinth Bean | India Horse Gram Vine | Issai Kiwi
Kangaroo Vine | Kiwi Fruit | Mountain Rose | Passion Fruit | Purple Kiwi
Purple Passion Flower | Velvet Bean | Virginia Creeper | Woolly Dutchmans Pipe
Badminton | Birdie Golf | Bocce Ball | Croquet | Horseshoes | Pickle Ball
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Barometer | 30.15 | S Wind | 11 mph | |
Dewpoint | 42.1° F | Gusts | 20 mph | |
Humidity | 60% | Visibility | 10 miles | |
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