Kikuyu Grass Maintenance Tips are a must for lawn mowing contractors, landscapers and home owners. Kikuyu Grass, like a lot of recreational turf grasses, is classified as a Warm Season turf. Warm Season grasses are different to Cool Season grasses in the way they grow. Cool Season grasses are plants that grow from seed with a single…
Lawn Maintenance Repair Services – St Augustine Lawn Care and Maintenance Tips are important to keep in mind if you are a home owner, lawn mowing contractor or landscaper. St Augustine turf is one of many different turf or grass varieties on the market. St Augustine lawn (otherwise known as Buffalo turf in Australia) is scientifically known as Stenotaphrum secundatum….
Weed Killers for Lawns – we have talked about this at Lawn Herbicides and Selective Herbicides for Lawns. If You want more information about Caring for Your Lawn, please register for our Free Report on “The 5 Secrets To A Great Looking Lawn” – or call the Lawn Expert on 1300 55 74 72 now for a FREE QUOTE to be on Your way…
Lawn Pests is the broad name given that covers all sorts of weeds, fungal diseases and insects that cause grief to lawn turf grasses. Weeds in lawns (and gardens for that matter) include all plants that are considered undesirable to the lawn or garden area. Basically a weed is considered to be an unwanted plant (and nuisance)…
What Grass is that? – is a question asked by many home owners and inexperienced lawn mowing contractors. There are many different grass types which fall into one of 2 categories of grasses: Warm or Cool Season Grasses. In Australia, especially in the temperate zone, we experience the delights offered by the four seasons of Summer,…
What Turf Grass Is That? – another guide for lawn mowing, gardening and landscaping contractors… We know there are two (2) broad categories of grasses including Cool Season and Warm Season grasses. Cool Season grasses are those that are propagated by seed only, and generally grow with a single stem per seedling. Some of these grasses do have…
Sir Walter Weed Killer is another name given to the product “Sir Walter Weed Control”. Sir Walter Weed Control is a Selective Herbicide product that targets different weeds (including bindii, clover, oxalis, dandelions and other broadleaf weeds) in buffalo grass and other lawns. The active constituents that make up this product include Bromoxynil and MCPA. The…
In this video we get a good close up look at Spring Dead Spot. Spring Dead Spot is a fungal disease that is common only to Couch Grass (a.k.a. Bermuda Grass in North America). After you have had a look at the video, please SUBSCRIBE to the video if you have a Youtube account. This will give us…
Buffalo ST Lawn Varieties include the well known ST26, ST85 and ST91 Buffalograsses. Buffalo Turf grass is the common name given to Stenotaphrum secundatumin Australia, and it is otherwise known as St Augustine grass in North America. The Plant Breeders Rights (PBR) of the ST Buffalo varieties including ST26, ST85 and ST91 are owned by an American, Hugh Whiting,…
Weeding Lawns is the bane of most homeowners and lawn lovers. Weeding Lawn and Garden Weeding can be carried out in one of 3 main ways of weed control. These 3 different methods of weed control include: Physical or mechanical control of weeds Chemical control of weeds Cultural methods of the control of weeds The physical or…