Santa Ana Couch

Santa Ana is a fine leaf, soft textured hybrid couch grass, which was developed for smog resistance. It was released by the Californian Department of Agriculture.

	Fact Sheet:
	Sunlight Requirement: Minimum 3.5 hours direct sunlight per day Invasive? Yes Mower: Prefers cylinder mower, but can tolerate rotary mowing Depth of Soil for Planting: 10mm below any driveways or paving Herbicide Tolerance: Yes Recovery Rate: Very quickly Leaf Pattern: Very small, seen on putting greens around Perth Fertiliser after Installation: Sir Walter or Palmetto fertiliser available from Greenacres Turf Farm, or NPK Blue available from your local Bunnings store. Preparation Before for Best Results: Loosen the soil with a rotary hoe or spade to a depth of 50-75mm Watering: Immediately after laying or fertiliser application. Once established, deep infrequent watering

Advantages of Santa Ana

Once Santa Ana is established, it has a lower water and fertiliser requirement than most other lawns. It is a very dense hybrid couch, so it is very resistant to wear, weed invasion, and is very weed and insect resistant.

Santa Ana also has excellent low temperature colour retention; it is the most shade tolerant of the couches, requiring only 3 ½ - 4 hours of direct sunlight per day.

Disadvantages of Santa Ana

Being a very dense hybrid couch, Santa Ana needs mowing once a week during the warmer months (typically November through to March). If over fertilised, the lawn will become spongy, and then may be scalped when being mowed. Santa Ana does require de-thatching once a year, preferably during the months of October and November.

To maintain its beautiful velvet appearance, Santa Ana is best mown with a reel mower.

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