Banter RDT 154 - No Dogs Allowed

[FKASC]

On another note I picked up a 6 pack of James Squire Broken Shackles lager for $13 to trial.

Nice drop although the beer snobs from the home brew thread will probably poo-poo it

No one cares what they think anyway

 

[Quinz]

Why did I put all my money on Leeds?

 

[Mr Eagle]

Why did I put all my money on Leeds?

You thought they were due?

 

[THE A5]

Is Leeds the team that really sucks at soccer?

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Backyard is going to be laid with new grass by the time I get home today.

Any advice on how often/for how long I will need to water it for, initially at least? Empire Zoysia if it helps.

 

[RookiePick]

Backyard is going to be laid with new grass by the time I get home today.

Any advice on how often/for how long I will need to water it for, initially at least? Empire Zoysia if it helps.

What kind of sprinklers have you got?

 

[Carbine Chaos]

What kind of sprinklers have you got?

Having the pop up ones replaced today as well (thanks to the dog...)

 

[RookiePick]

Assuming you are on the normal gutless Perth sand and the nozzles aren't of the schmancy low output ones (need longer watering times) and the retic system is decently designed you probably want to give it ~10 minutes twice a day for the first week at least. You don't want the lawn to show any signs of moisture stress early in the piece.

I'd also give it a drink of seasol/kelp in a day or two and at the end of the first week. Promotes root growth and reduces stress.

 

[Quinz]

I've heard Trump is going to be a late out tomorrow

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Why did I put all my money on Leeds?

If true that’s a bizarre choice. They were going to lose all day, when I saw Leicester weren’t favourites I loaded up. Decision was further validated by covid self isolation ripping through the squad.

Game was good despite the scoreline but Leicester winning was the least shocking news of the week.

 

[RookiePick]

Backyard is going to be laid with new grass by the time I get home today.

Any advice on how often/for how long I will need to water it for, initially at least? Empire Zoysia if it helps.

Also forgot to say good choice on the EZ. If I had my time over I would go that way instead of Sir Walter.

 

[DanWCE]

I've never known anyone to not roll out their own lawn. I've helped mates do it on numerous occasions. Pretty easy to do. We laid 300m2 so fast one day we called ourselves Beers by 10 lawn services

Good story, Dan.

 

[Dazzler9]

I don't exactly know what type of lawn mine is. It looks and feels like Buffalo, so I go with that.

Weed 'n Feed every now and then, Wetta Soil here and there, a fortnight-to-monthly mow in Spring/summer, leave it alone in winter, done. Can't argue with results...

 

[DanWCE]

I don't exactly know what type of lawn mine is. It looks and feels like Buffalo, so I go with that.

Weed 'n Feed every now and then, Wetta Soil here and there, a fortnight-to-monthly mow in Spring/summer, leave it alone in winter, done. Can't argue with results...

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Looks like the Kwinana Snake Pit. Kudos.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

I've never known anyone to not roll out their own lawn. I've helped mates do it on numerous occasions. Pretty easy to do. We laid 300m2 so fast one day we called ourselves Beers by 10 lawn services

Good story, Dan.

Tbh it was a lot to do with the uneven ground and invasive weeds that were making things impossible, not to mention struggling for time with work. Just decided to bite the bullet.

 

[RookiePick]

I've never known anyone to not roll out their own lawn. I've helped mates do it on numerous occasions. Pretty easy to do. We laid 300m2 so fast one day we called ourselves Beers by 10 lawn services

Good story, Dan.

300m2 of lawn. I can only imagine this man lives a life of regret.

 

[squashface]

The rental I recently moved into had the most trash lawn that was pretty much purely weeds. I asked the property manager if I could tear it all up and roll some new turf down and I got told that the owner doesn’t want it so no.

Spare me, campaigner.

 

[Godfather32]

Having the pop up ones replaced today as well (thanks to the dog...)

Assuming you are on the normal gutless Perth sand and the nozzles aren't of the schmancy low output ones (need longer watering times) and the retic system is decently designed you probably want to give it ~10 minutes twice a day for the first week at least. You don't want the lawn to show any signs of moisture stress early in the piece.

I'd also give it a drink of seasol/kelp in a day or two and at the end of the first week. Promotes root growth and reduces stress.

If you do end up with the low output ones (MP Rotators) you need to run them about 3 times longer than a normal sprinkler to get the same amount of water on your lawn (they have a precipitation rate of about 10-12mm an hour as opposed to a standard pop-up nozzle which is usually about 30-35mm an hour). Have seen a lot of people kill their lawn by only running them for 10 minutes at a time.
Post a photo of the heads if you aren't sure.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

If you do end up with the low output ones (MP Rotators) you need to run them about 3 times longer than a normal sprinkler to get the same amount of water on your lawn (they have a precipitation rate of about 10-12mm an hour as opposed to a standard pop-up nozzle which is usually about 30-35mm an hour). Have seen a lot of people kill their lawn by only running them for 10 minutes at a time.
Post a photo of the heads if you aren't sure.

Yeah the advice from the neighbour was identical to yours, will definitely be putting up the spray time.

 

[RookiePick]

Yeah the advice from the neighbour was identical to yours, will definitely be putting up the spray time.

Take a pic and share it. If they are normal nozzles you will drown it with the station time you need for rotators.

Rotators are great BTW. I wouldn't use regular old school style ones myself any more.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Take a pic and share it. If they are normal nozzles you will drown it with the station time you need for rotators.

Rotators are great BTW. I wouldn't use regular old school style ones myself any more.

Nah they're definitely the rotators. Identical to the pics I looked up.

Why do you prefer them?

 

[RookiePick]

Nah they're definitely the rotators. Identical to the pics I looked up.

Why do you prefer them?

Wind bothers them less.

Soil can only take in the water so quickly so slower watering is better for properly wetting the soil through instead of creating run off.

Can run more heads per station given your water pressure.

Need less heads to service a given area - longer reach from each head. The only downside is upfront cost but designed from scratch you can cut that down quite a bit through needing less hardware for the area and possibly a cheaper irrigation controller.

#lawnpornlover

 

[Godfather32]

Wind bothers them less.

Soil can only take in the water so quickly so slower watering is better for properly wetting the soil through instead of creating run off.

Can run more heads per station given your water pressure.

Need less heads to service a given area - longer reach from each head. The only downside is upfront cost but designed from scratch you can cut that down quite a bit through needing less hardware for the area and possibly a cheaper irrigation controller.

#lawnpornlover

I used to swear by them but I had to take them out of my place last summer, my scheme water has a lot of calcium in it so they started getting jammed up and not spinning.
They're also s**t in bore water imo for the same reason, don't deal well with iron & calcium and get blocked up quickly.

 

[Ochre]

I never thought I'd say this, but I wish we were all discussing Leeds

 

[Godfather32]

I never thought I'd say this, but I wish we were all discussing Leeds

Not a fan of pop-ups?