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[Get Real!]

Oracle, if I wanted a meadow I’d just leave the garden as it is!

But anyway, thanks to everyone for the interesting responses.


...especially Richard's!

[kafenes]

I hate perfect lawns.

Much better to cultivate a natural meadow look, with lots of flowering weeds for the insects ...

Well you certainly are doing a great job of that one O. That's exactly what your place looked like the last time I drove past.

[SKI-preo]

traditional Cypriot front lawn=concrete

[Oracle]

I hate perfect lawns.

Much better to cultivate a natural meadow look, with lots of flowering weeds for the insects ...

Well you certainly are doing a great job of that one O. That's exactly what your place looked like the last time I drove past.

I always leave when it needs sorting.

[yialousa1971]

Lawn soil composition for Cyprus

I’m in the process of doing up my garden (at long last ) so I’m very concerned about the soil I need to introduce as a permanent foundation of an envisaged lush green garden mostly comprised of Buffalo grass and specially selected Cypriot trees/plants.

I’ve spoken to a number of people in the soil business here in Cyprus who have those filtering, munching, mixing, and what have you machines etc, but all I’m getting is a wide range of conflicting views; they all seem to think they’ve got the perfect formula but none of them agree!

Pretty pissed off, I contacted the Department of Agriculture to ask if there is a standard ratio of materials to create that perfect lawn soil and they came up with yet another informal formula which goes…

For every 10m^3 use:

3 Red soil.
5 Brown/Black soil
1 River sand.
1 Sheep manure

I’d very much appreciate any info, experiences, recommendations, etc that you may have on this matter as I wouldn’t want to screw up in the most critical phase of gardening. Thanks in advance.

Regards, GR.

That will never work, for best results you need Mouflon manure.

[cyprusgrump]

Lawn soil composition for Cyprus

I’m in the process of doing up my garden (at long last ) so I’m very concerned about the soil I need to introduce as a permanent foundation of an envisaged lush green garden mostly comprised of Buffalo grass and specially selected Cypriot trees/plants.

I’ve spoken to a number of people in the soil business here in Cyprus who have those filtering, munching, mixing, and what have you machines etc, but all I’m getting is a wide range of conflicting views; they all seem to think they’ve got the perfect formula but none of them agree!

Pretty pissed off, I contacted the Department of Agriculture to ask if there is a standard ratio of materials to create that perfect lawn soil and they came up with yet another informal formula which goes…

For every 10m^3 use:

3 Red soil.
5 Brown/Black soil
1 River sand.
1 Sheep manure

I’d very much appreciate any info, experiences, recommendations, etc that you may have on this matter as I wouldn’t want to screw up in the most critical phase of gardening. Thanks in advance.

Regards, GR.

Well I just use a shower room upstairs for mine , Plenty of drainage required and 12 hours light a day ( I find that ordainary flourescent tubes are fine) I dont have 10^m3 just approx 1 sq m , this yeilds approx 4 ounce each 2 weeks. using 4 ordainary black buckets (as used by grump)

You dont need all fancy calculations just plenty of light and water

We are talking about the same grass here aren't we

[cyprusgrump]

Lawn soil composition for Cyprus

I’m in the process of doing up my garden (at long last ) so I’m very concerned about the soil I need to introduce as a permanent foundation of an envisaged lush green garden mostly comprised of Buffalo grass and specially selected Cypriot trees/plants.

I’ve spoken to a number of people in the soil business here in Cyprus who have those filtering, munching, mixing, and what have you machines etc, but all I’m getting is a wide range of conflicting views; they all seem to think they’ve got the perfect formula but none of them agree!

Pretty pissed off, I contacted the Department of Agriculture to ask if there is a standard ratio of materials to create that perfect lawn soil and they came up with yet another informal formula which goes…

For every 10m^3 use:

3 Red soil.
5 Brown/Black soil
1 River sand.
1 Sheep manure

I’d very much appreciate any info, experiences, recommendations, etc that you may have on this matter as I wouldn’t want to screw up in the most critical phase of gardening. Thanks in advance.

Regards, GR.

Our builders left us a sand pit...

I bought twenty tonnes of red soil (which I later discovered the guys had stolen from a friend's land up the road) and rotavated it in...

We've never added manure (another friend with a goat farm was supposed to supply a truck load but never did deliver) and anything grows like wild in it...

[Sotos]

GR who is going to maintain that garden? you? The problem is not to get it as you want. The problem is to keep it that way. You will either have to spend a lot of time or a lot of money. For my garden low maintenance will be a high priority. So no lawn and no flowers!

[Get Real!]

GR who is going to maintain that garden? you? The problem is not to get it as you want. The problem is to keep it that way. You will either have to spend a lot of time or a lot of money. For my garden low maintenance will be a high priority. So no lawn and no flowers!

I was hoping that once it’s all up and running I could get away with it with 1-2 hours p/weekend… no?

[Get Real!]

I bought twenty tonnes of red soil (which I later discovered the guys had stolen from a friend's land up the road) and rotavated it in...

So basically you're now trespassing on someone else’s crust!