Here’s a month to month California Buffalograss lawn from Craig in Los Angeles! Thanks for sharing Craig!
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These pics were really helpful. We planted some a few weeks ago, and I was starting to worry they aren’t growing, but seeing this I understand it will take some time.
Hi Alex! Yes, it can vary depending on when you plant it (it thrives in the hot summer months and grows a bit slower during the cooler spring and fall months) and the area you’re planting it in (areas that do not receive as much sun can take longer to fill in). If you don’t notice any growth or runners 4 weeks after installation, please be sure to contact us!
It seems to be growing really slowly for us. We planted mid August, and some areas have runners, but are still really sparse, and some have no runners. We had some problems with rabbits eating the tops in some areas of the lawn, but have fenced it so they are kept out, but we don’t see a lot of action even after that. I’d say most of our lawn looks like the bottom half of the march picture.
We’re watering daily for 5-10 minutes, and all areas have good sun in LA. What else can we do to promote growth? Also if it’s really going to take 4 months, can we seed in another grass to cover the interim, and then the ucverde will grow over it? I’m not sure I can take 4 months of dirt. Usually seeded grass fills in in maybe 2-3 weeks for us. Thanks!
Hi Alex! Can you send us some pics – ltakao@takaonursery.com, and we’ll see if we can help you figure this out!
I’m assuming by good sun the area is receiving at least 8 hours of full sunlight a day with no nearby trees or a house filtering the light or obstructing it for part of day? Are you hand watering or using sprinklers? We’ve had people “hand water for 10 minutes” – which come to find out means going from one end of the yard to the other side in 10 minutes, which actually meant that each section was only receiving less than a minute of watering. Have you dug down into the soil to check that it is constantly moist? During the initial establishment phase you would need to water more than just 5-10 minutes once a day, so this could potentially be the reason for the lack of growth. Once the plugs have rooted and are established then you can begin to reduce your watering schedule. If the plugs aren’t receiving enough water they’ll prematurely go into dormancy to conserve energy.
You can apply rye grass with the UC Verde so that you have color during the winter months when the UC Verde goes dormant, but we don’t recommend doing so until the UC Verde grass is established because it may take over before the young plugs have had a chance to grow in. Yes, this variety can take longer to fill in than a seeded variety, but once established you will have the benefits of less watering, less maintenance and less allergies since this is also a grass with very few seedheads.
Email me and we’ll help you get your lawn looking good!
This looks like you planted seed, instead of plugs?
We only sell plugs 🙂
I thought so, but in the pics I don’t see any plugs. Am I missing something?
I’m not sure if he had loses on part of the yard or what happened. I can see what you mean though. These are pics the customer had sent us so, I have to assume they’re UC Verde like he says they are 🙂