Growing Grass in Thailand

Grass in Thailand has unusual features:

There are three main kinds of grass that actually grow: Malaysian, Japanese and Nor Noi Garden grass.  The Malay (Malaysian) grass, has large blades of grass but grows by spreading, not upwards, is the hardiest of the three.  


Malay grass is course, so it's not soft to the touch, but spreads easily and is common to the local environment.

You don't have to mow Malay grass, unless you've allowed weeds to take over and they're sprouting above the grass blades.

Malay grass is not "pretty," so you wouldn't stand over the lawn and say, "Oh, that's a nice yard!" 

However, it is cheaper to plant, spreads quickly and most of all, it is low maintenance. 

The one thing to remember is it takes lots of watering because the roots spread out, not down which makes it vital to plant trees around it for shading.

 
Japanese grass is fine but tough.  Because of the brittle nature of the blades, it makes for a nice garden area to look at but not sit on.
 

Third, the Manilla, or garden grass type, is for softer grass, so you and your guests are able to enjoy the soft texture while walking through, sitting on or touching it with your fingers.  
  This is the type I planted because I definitely wanted to walk on it with bare feet. 

The most difficult thing about growing grass in Thailand is the never ending watering that is required to get it going.  The second most unusual thing we don't normally think about is mowing it.  The lawns are usually small here in Thailand.  In fact, many neighborhoods are houses next to houses next to houses and no grass or yard is to be seen.  So the fact of the matter is, no one needs mowers... and now I do!
 

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