We were looking at having sod put down on our lawn in the Sosua area but were wondering if grass seed is available. Also, perhaps there is some reason why it is not used here in the DR. We have used grass seed many time in Canada but it doesn't seem to be popular here.
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Is grass seed available?
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John Evans
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ive seen it in ochoa in santiago ....hugely expensive... im making a feature of the bare patch instead until i spot some cheaper
seed somewhere
seed somewhere
I can't answer your question, but I can tell you that it seems that people around here are buying grass from land way out in the hills, agricultural land. They buy it in pads (just like lawn delivered in the US). It is NOT real lawn but it is resistant and it can be cheap, especially if you can buy it from "el quidador" (the guy or family who watches over unoccupied agricultural land) without the owner knowing about the deals going down
... quite common practice here, so I seem to observe.... J-D.
Only in the DR.....:cheeky:you can buy it from "el quidador" (the guy or family who watches over unoccupied agricultural land) without the owner knowing about the deals going down
... J-D.
The suggestion about getting it from a farm sounds great but I don't have a contact or way to that. It is several thousand dollars to sod our lawn from a nursery - vivero - sure am missing walking into a hardware store and carting off several bags of grass seed. Maybe a local vivero will have grass seed..
Grass seed is readily available from our local veterinerias, we use it as food for our birds..
So are the birds growing grass out of their.... oh, never mind.
Not that I have noticed.... yet!! :cheeky:
This may not be of much help, but here goes.
Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr., commonly known as Manila Grass, is a species of mat-forming, perennial grass native to temperate coastal southeastern Asia and northern Australasia, from southern Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Taiwan, and southern China (Guangdong, Hainan) south through Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines to northern Australia (northeast Queensland), and west to the Cocos Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean.
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Maybe that type of grass will grow for you.
Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr., commonly known as Manila Grass, is a species of mat-forming, perennial grass native to temperate coastal southeastern Asia and northern Australasia, from southern Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Taiwan, and southern China (Guangdong, Hainan) south through Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines to northern Australia (northeast Queensland), and west to the Cocos Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean.
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Maybe that type of grass will grow for you.
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John Evans
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The best grass by far here is called "grama nana". It is very drought resisitant and grows slowly and horizontally so it has to be cut infrequently. All of the nuseries have it and all you have to do is by some pieces and "sprig" your yard. Give it a few months and it will have almost the whole yard covered. It has a very tight weave and ends up looking like carpet.
BTW, bermuda grass is not recommended because it grows fast and vertically, meaning constant cutting.
BTW, bermuda grass is not recommended because it grows fast and vertically, meaning constant cutting.
An alternative to seeds? Our neighbor hired someone to plant blades of grass. I thought they were planting rice as I watched him put one blade of grass in after another in the entire backyard. They were probably 3 or 4 inches apart. I had no idea this would work, but work it did, in fact 4 months later it looks very nice.
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Just how do you mow that?
So are the birds growing grass out of their.... oh, never mind.
Just how do you mow that?
It's more of a pluck & clip thing, than mowing.
Kout Chur Widsi Owt is a refined art invented by the Japanese, many centuries ago.
Specialized tools are required, according to the size of the bird and the length of the grass.
One cannot expect to effectively remove ass grass with any ole' multi purpose pair of shears.
Some Japanese specialists will have as many as 100 Widsi shears, but a small portable kit, such as the one below, would usually suffice for average size birds, although hardly adequate for something as small as a Hummingbird, much less, something as big as a Manchurian Crane.
We have a finca in Puerto Plata with many horses.
A viejo Dominican who worked here last year planted "pangola" in "sprigs" one by one for us to repair a paddock that was full of weeds. This grass (apparently no longer available to import) grows horizontal and reroots every few inches. Great feed for the horses, very nutritious but highly NOT recommended for a lawn. This stuff is very difficult to cut with a mower or weed eater, it gets tangled up instantly. Our "rum tycoon" neighbors have haitians cut it with there "colins" for feed to haul away.
What I have done with our lawn is take a pick-hoe and dig up 6" X 6" sod mats, an inch or so thick and place it on the bare area. When done it looks like a checker board. If watered regularly it takes a few weeks to root and spread. Semi-instant lawn.
I have bought seed at NB in POP but at $70us for 11lbs (Tanzania) it was not worth it.
What is the Sq. ft. area of your lawn you want to grow?
A viejo Dominican who worked here last year planted "pangola" in "sprigs" one by one for us to repair a paddock that was full of weeds. This grass (apparently no longer available to import) grows horizontal and reroots every few inches. Great feed for the horses, very nutritious but highly NOT recommended for a lawn. This stuff is very difficult to cut with a mower or weed eater, it gets tangled up instantly. Our "rum tycoon" neighbors have haitians cut it with there "colins" for feed to haul away.
What I have done with our lawn is take a pick-hoe and dig up 6" X 6" sod mats, an inch or so thick and place it on the bare area. When done it looks like a checker board. If watered regularly it takes a few weeks to root and spread. Semi-instant lawn.
I have bought seed at NB in POP but at $70us for 11lbs (Tanzania) it was not worth it.
What is the Sq. ft. area of your lawn you want to grow?