Solve my Problem Category
Use this category to find blogs on common lawn problems
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 ...
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The 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...
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How 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...
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The 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...
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Are 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...
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Rats – The hidden troublemakers in your lawn.
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 15 November 2023
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We’ve had many occasions recently where homeowners have raised concern...
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Earth 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...
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Mushrooms 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...
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Kikuyu - 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...
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Water 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...
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Is Kikuyu invading your lawn?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 23 February 2022
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Fertiliser burn in lawn
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 30 November 2021
Fertiliser burn occurs primarily due to poor application methods. Yep ...
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Lessons learnt from Winter
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 25 August 2021
Throughout Winter, we get hundreds of people coming into our store ask...
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How 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...
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How 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...
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