Views overlooking Pittwater from top of the hill at Palm Beach whilst we work on a Nara Zoysia lawn for a new client.       Nara Zoysia is a new one for us, we don’t see much of the Zoysia varieties but what we see we like. The texture of Zoysia grasses is quite…

Lovely rain last week is just what the Lawn Doctor ordered.   Heavy but infrequent watering is our mantra… Heavy but infrequent waterings promote deep root growth making your warm season grasses drought tolerant. In terms of a watering program for your warm season grasses (including zoysia, couch, kikuyu and buffalo) do as follows: heavy…

What you can expect from our Youtube channel and other social media content is information that is “100% CORRECT, ZERO BS and NO FLUFF”.         You can view this screenshot at https://www.facebook.com/LawnGreen/photos/rpp.114113088663527/4148327985241997/?type=3&theater and also at https://www.youtube.com/user/yourlawnandgarden/about We have been in the turf and lawn care industry for over 24 years and have…

This Clareville, Northern Beaches, Buffalo Lawn is coming out of winter after being infested with White Root Lobelia.           White Root Lobelia weed can be treated successfully in all grasses except Buffalo with broadleaf weed herbicides containing Dicamba. However, for Buffalo best to use herbicides containing Bromoxynil (not Dicamba) such as…

This happens every Spring!             Homeowners get to work on their weeds with Glyphosate aka Roundup and the results are nothing short of terrible. This is why we don’t use Roundup at all in our battle against weeds in the lawn. We only use Lawn Herbicides registered for use in…

We have just started work on this new lawn here in Beecroft.             It is a Buffalo Lawn (one of the Australian varieties like Sir Walter or Sapphire or Kings Pride), however, it is full of Rye Grass. Rye Grass has been oversowed in the past for whatever reason. We…

Lots of winter weeds to get rid of here in this Queensland Blue Couch Lawn. However, within a couple of weeks this will be a nice queensland blue couch lawn.  

You won’t believe this, but I had a client years ago ringing me in a panic saying, “Gerry, you gotta come around straight away, I got all these weeds in my (Buffalo) lawn.” I was naturally perplexed because the lawn had been serviced 4 weeks earlier, so the next day I called around to this…

There is a lot of Incorrect information published on the internet. Check this one out in the screenshot. Correction to mistake no. 1 – you can get rid of kikuyu in couch grass with Monument herbicide, you do need to repeat application of herbicide at least 2 to 3 times, 3 weeks apart, and best…