I need some good lawn seed for my lawn in central Mexico. There appears to be many choices and it is looking like Kentucky Blue is a good choice for down here. Anybody have any other suggestions?

On my last trip to the states I tried to buy some Kentucky Blue seed, but every place I went to was out of stock. Why was this? Is it only available seasonally? I am heading up there in next week so can anybody suggest where I can buy some seed around the San Antonio / Austin area.

 

Hey, Stan.

What are the temp ranges? How much shade do you have in your yard? I'm looking for the extremes and averages. Rainfall?

 

Had to laugh when I saw the title of the thread and who wrote it! LOL.


Grass wanted in Mexico- You gonna bring some to the states when you visit? LOL

 

Good questions. This is a semi arid area which means that we only have rain from around July to November. I do have a lawn sprinkler system to compensate for the lack of rain. When it rains here, most times it is a deluge and everything floods, but once in a while we do receive nice steady rain that soaks in.

Temps for the most part seldom go above 90 and occasionally 95F. As we are fairly high, the sun is very hot and can burn things quickly. Like skin. The shade is wonderful. Humidity seldom goes above 60% and is for the most part around 20 - 30%. During winter, once in a blue moon we can get frost, but by 9 or 10 a.m the temp is usually back to 50 or 60 degrees F.

My lawn has mostly sun, but depending on the time of day, about 20% is in the shade at any given time. One small area is in the shade all day except for very early in the morning.

Are you starting to understand now why I refer to this area as Paridise? Please don't mention S-N-O-W to me.

 

Yeah, crabgrass!

 

lol. you can drop that off at the white house! lol

 

I would send you some seeds but what I have seen from mexecans is you all can't grow grass for beans.......You guys really need to stop with the cross pollination get the males out of your fields....I ruined a nice angola sweater from seeds popping....Heck our grass in Alaska is even greener than yours....

 

ya but yours is under a grow light! Lol

 

Ah, but the Mexican's sure can grow beans. Do you even know what grass is? Do you have true green grass up your way, or is all you have just "grass"?
Angola sweaters come from grass?????
I don't think that you know beans about grass.

 

Several place here in SA....Maldanado Nursery, Quality Turf 800-392-2010,Harry Higgins Grass 210-223-6751, Advance Turf 210-499-4449, Lowes & Home Depot also carry seed and grass.

 

Thanks. Last time I was up that way, Home Depot, Lowes and TSC were out of stock of Kentucky Blue. Have not yet tried the others.

 

Actually I have Ky blue in my yard, we also grow 1000's of tons of hay, up here and ship all over. We also grow barley and oats
Of course angolas are not made from grass....Its when cheap grass with seeds in it that pop and land on my sweaters. You would make so much more money if you grew a decent crop.

 

You gotta clean out the seeds before consumption!!
Well I'm guessing that you would want to do that.
I really have no idea......as far as you know!!

 

We just put in a new lawn. Had it hydro-seeded. The mixture we used was a mixture of five kentucky blue grass and two fescue's. I actually prefer a mixed lawn. That allows for differing soil conditions, water, traffic patterns, sunlight, disease, etc. Some don't like grass blends because of the differing blades, but I like the fact that my lawn is diverse and can survive a number of different conditions. What ever you do fertilize prior to seeding and in possible incorporate it into the ground as deep as possible. Then Do a half application on the surface with the seed. This will give the seed nutrition at the surface, and the roots will have lots of food in the sub surface which encourages deep root growth. Also, you will water the new seed alot and so you will wash a significant portion of your fertilizer into the ground. After your second mowing, apply another application of fertilizer and add 1/2 cup of Epson Salt per 1000 sq. Your grass will love you.

As far as getting seed, call up a college extension office in the agricultural department. The can match your climate, soil conditions and water requirements to a variety of seeds which you can then purchase at an agricultural co-op in the states. I live in the high desert. Hot as heck in the summer (120*) and gets to -30* in the winter. We get an average of 9" of natural rain per year. humidity is rarely above 20% but I live on the river so there is a bit of relief in the mornings and evenings. With that said, with proper irrigation, fertilization, mowing height (4" - 5" for me) and weed control, you can grow grass almost anywhere.

 

Stan,

Avoid the fescue, it like LOTS of water, go with Bermuda, Cenepiede or Zioza grass. Zoiza is probably spelled wrong. Fescue is a great grass up north, where I live in NC it DIES in the summer, too hot and not enough H2O.