Winter Fertiliser Trials: Preliminary Update
Winter Fertiliser Trials: Preliminary Update
According to preliminary results below from the 2012 Winter Fertiliser trials at Ozbreed, winter may be the most important time of year to fertilise for a green winter lawn. Autumn fertilising has always been recommended for a greener lawn in winter, and so far combined with winter fertilising, it is showing much better results for a greener lawn in winter.
Nara Native Turf responded the best to an application of winter fertiliser with a 2.25 rating rise compared to only an autumn application. It was also one of the best rated varieties with a winter fertiliser application, including Sapphire Soft Leaf Buffalo and Kenda Kikuyu.
The full report will be finished and posted here in spring.
Winter Fertilising Ratings: 31.07.12
Note: all plots below were fertilised in autumn with slow release fertiliser. The ones also fertilised in winter were at a heavy rate with the slow release fertiliser Elevate NPK:24-1-10 (500ml per half plot, 1000ml per full plot)
Variety name | Average rating /10 | |
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Autumn fertiliser only |
Winter and autumn fertiliser
|
|
Sapphire | 6.5 | 8 |
Kenda | 6.75 | 7.5 |
Nara | 4.75 | 7 |
Palmetto | 5.75 | 6.5 |
Sir Walter | 3.25 | 6 |
Kings Pride | 3 | 6 |
Village Green | 3.25 | 5.5 |
Noonan | 4.25 | 5.5 |
Matilda | 1.75 | 5 |
Empire | 5 | 4.5 |
Grand Prix | 2.25 | 2 |
Legend | 1.5 | 2 |
Stadium | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Rileys Evergeen | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Rileys Super-sports | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Source: www.ozbreed.com.au
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