How do I green up the Kikuyu grass in my Lawn?

Question

It is wet season in northern Australia, the Kikuyu grass in my lawn is unattractive and yellow, I wish to green it up. Fertilisers I am usng are not working any suggestions? It is growing fine just not green. Watering is not a problem due to wet season. Grass out front is fine it just seems to be the new established stuff that is yellow

Answer 1

Soil may be deficient in essential chemicals.
Try Shirleys No. 17 fertiliser.
It worked wonders on my crappy lawn.
Get it from most garden centres.

Answer 2

Try applying iron and or calcium. Here in the US, Kikuyu is not a preferred turfgrass. But when our typical lawns do not green up with N, P, and K, the typical fertiliser ingredients, one of those two always seems to do the trick. If you have sandy soil, I almost guarantee that is what you are missing.

Answer 3

Hi there did you prepare before having it laid down or was it plugs, Kikuyu knits together very tightly and might need aerating so the water gets down to the root system or it just might be that its taking its time to establish it self, was it cut down very low at the beginning as we did this with ours and it took ages to green up again hope this helps, eg be aware Kikuyu takes over everything else in the garden if not kept under control enjoy