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How to control seed heads in lawn
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 11 November 2024
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The three main lawns we'll deal with in this blog are couch, kikuyu and buffalo. These are ...
Read MoreThe effects of frost on lawn
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 31 July 2024
When Autumn turns into Winter, it is common for some varieties of lawns to lose some colour. Colo...
Read MoreHow to control moss in lawns
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 23 July 2024
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During Winter, it’s not uncommon to see moss growing through your lawn, and while it ca...
Read MoreThe effects of poor drainage on lawn
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 10 July 2024
With recent rain activity, you may have noticed that it didn't drain a...
Read MoreAre birds pulling up your lawn?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 12 June 2024
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More and more, I hear stories of birds relentlessly ripping up lawns. They come back day after da...
Read MoreRats – The hidden troublemakers in your lawn.
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 15 November 2023
We’ve had many occasions recently where homeowners have raised concern...
Read MoreEarth worms in lawns
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 10 July 2023
Most gardeners will know that worms are good for the soil for a whole bunch of reasons (which I’l...
Read MoreMushrooms and Toadstools in lawns
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 4 April 2023
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In my recent walks around our neighbourhood, in local national parks and even in my own home...
Read MoreKikuyu - Friend or foe?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 19 January 2023
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This tension is one we experience often when talking to people about lawns. It seems that you lov...
Read MoreWater repellent soil. Its a real problem for lawn and its easily solved
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 9 March 2022
A water repellent or non-wetting soil is where a soil repels moisture instead of absorbing i...
Read MoreIs Kikuyu invading your lawn?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 23 February 2022
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Read MoreFertiliser burn in lawn
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 30 November 2021
Fertiliser burn occurs primarily due to poor application methods. Yep ...
Read MoreLessons learnt from Winter
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 25 August 2021
Throughout Winter, we get hundreds of people coming into our store ask...
Read MoreHow can you make your lawn greener now - during winter?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 7 August 2019
Over the last few months, I’ve written quite a few blogs on why this may be so. As a re-cap, lawn...
Read MoreHow do you get rid of Kikuyu growing in your lawn?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 27 November 2018
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So if you have it in your grass and you don’t want it, the question is can you get rid of it? The...
Read MoreWhy does my lawn look average in winter?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 12 June 2018
Most lawns in Australia are warm season grasses. These grasses include couches, kikuyu and buffal...
Read MoreWhat causes dead spots in lawn during Summer
Date Posted: 17 January 2018
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The combination of hot and dry weather often brings about an influx of customers wondering why th...
Read MoreWinter Lawn Problems
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 1 June 2017
Most lawns go into dormancy or stop growing when the weather gets too cold. That can be a blessin...
Read MoreHow do I get rid of heat related dead spots in my lawn?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 2 January 2014
If we’ve ever had a hot week, it’s the one just gone, with 7 days looking like this: 39, 40, 43, ...
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