All of Australia has an enormous problem with old style common Kikuyu invading and overtaking lawns of other varieties. The intrusion of the invasion of lawns is so severe that the entire lawn that has succumbed will no longer resemble or function as it should for its lawn variety. All
The old style common Kikuyu grass continues to be a nuisance to many lawn owners in Australia, particularly when it invades a lawn of a different variety. This old common Kikuyu gets transferred into other lawns by many different means as its seeds are very tiny and fine and often
There isn’t a great deal of introduction which could be made in relation to ants in lawns. We all know what they are, we all don’t like them in our lawns, and we all want simple straightforward ideas as to the best way to remove ants from our lawns and to keep them out.What else is
As the name suggests, Wireweed is a wiry like tough weed which almost looks like the plant itself is an amalgamation of wires spreading out from the centre of the weed outwards in all directions, to which some rather unattractive leaves have been attached.Wireweed is a dark green and
Wintergrass is a common weed best known for its bright green and fine leaves, it can come up in abundance in our lawns every year, in Winter, and proliferate and worsen with each passing year unless it is treated. The treatment for wintergrass is different than that which is done for
Lawn diseases can make a lawn look ugly and unsightly for years, or they can slowly eat away at a lawn until it is devastated with bare patches, or perhaps the entire lawn is discoloured or looking as though it is rotten. There is rarely a quick fix to lawn diseases, but a repair may
Sod Webworm is overwhelmingly a pest problem for cool season grasses and as such will not affect the overwhelming majority of Australian lawns which are comprised of warm season grasses like Couch, Buffalo, Zoysia and Kikuyu. Having said that though, there have been cases where Sod
We’ve all seen those lawns, those verges, those front yards, we can sort of remember a time perhaps not that long ago when someone put down a new lawn, but now, it’s not so perfect anymore, its been neglected, and badly, and that once perfect new lawn is now a jungle of weeds. So if
Petty Spurge is another of those rather weak and pesky weeds rather than being anything of a more serious nature. Like all other similar types of weak weeds, this weed can propagate rather quickly and easily in any positions of bare or weakened lawns, gardens, paving and the like so
Paspalum is another worldwide weed problem for lawns and gardens, agriculture, and the general environment such as paths, roads and our home paving too. There are over 300 different types of Paspalum in the world, and while we generally refer to them as weeds, many are not and live
Oxalis is another one of those very tough and hardy weeds that is hard to kill, and which loves to live in our lawns and gardens. With over 800 types of Oxalis around the world, not all are bad and not all are weeds, and in Australia we have about 30 types of Oxalis.Many people who
Nut grass is another one of those awful weeds, not just in Australia but also known as one of the worst possible weeds all around the world. Most usually it will not be a lawn problem, but rather a yard problem for the homeowner, as it infests gardens, pathways, bare patches, footpaths
Make no mistake, if our neighbour’s lawn is filled with weeds, those weeds will always find their way over to our lawn too, we can never stop it happening but is there any way we can reduce the occurrence of this weed invasion happening to out own lawns, let’s consider what our options
The humble black lawn beetle cops a lot of flack and completely unnecessary blame for being a lawn vandal which it most often is not in almost all cases whereby it becomes the accused to be put on trial and sentence carried out upon it.So many times over so many years have I heard the
The photograph above is not a pretty sight is it. Apart from choosing a wrong lawn type and likely wrong brand of turf for this particular yard, we can see that this new lawn is absolutely filled with weeds. Which of course so often brings us back to that old question of whether the new
Many of us with severe weed infestations in our lawns will naturally look to buying and applying a broadleaf weed killing herbicide to our lawns as a means to control and eradicate these weeds from our turf. While others of us may pick up a hose attachable bottle of some type of Weed
Romulea rosea is such a severe and awful noxious weed in Australia that to be certain that other weeds which are often confused with this particular nasty, do in fact not confuse us in this discussion so that I have used the botanical name for it purposefully. So if you yourself believe
Glyphosate is discussed as a herbicide in many articles on this site, and because it can be highly detrimental if used incorrectly or if accidents occur with its usage, it was very worthwhile to include an article on Glyphosate on this site also.Glyphosate is a broad spectrum
Fairy rings will appear as large circles in our lawns, most often we will see only a bright green ring which is outlining this circle, and sometimes this outer ring will contain mushrooms too, making for a what appears to be a lovely circle of mushrooms created by nature.What is
Dollar Spot is another unsightly lawn disease which is most noticeable in lawns throughout the growing months from Spring to Summer to Autumn. This lawn disease appears as small brown or golden spots of discoloured turf, usually about the size of a 50 cent coin, sometimes larger or
One of the more well known lawn and garden weeds is Dandelion, which is sometimes confused with Catsear due to having similar long seed stalks, similar yellow flowers, and similar white fluffy seed balls which can so easily be dispersed into the wind to fly away almost anywhere to
Regular lawn mowing most certainly does keep our lawns in their best possible presentation in all times of year, neat and trim lawn edges and a manicured cut brings both home and yard to looking their best. While in itself regular lawn mowing does have its obvious aesthetic benefits
Clover is one of the more common weed types in lawns around the world, and is often confused with a similar looking trifoliate weed named Oxalis. It can be a rather ugly weed when it invades our lawns and it is most worthwhile controlling it whenever seen as it will spread very
Chickweed is another of those weak type weeds which spread easily, yet are easily controlled with no real effort. It is a wispy fragile weed producing multiple stems with white flowers. The root system of Chickweed is rather weak also and is easily pulled from wherever it has found a
Catsear is another common weed throughout Australia and the world and is a prevalent lawn weed which most of us have encountered or dealt with at one time or another. While very common due their abundance of seeds produced they are in fact a rather weak weed which is easily killed or
As the name suggests, this weed is a native plant to South Africa, which like many other plants from around the world have found new homes as weeds in places where they don’t belong. The weed has highly serrated leaves which lay relatively flat to the ground, and produce recognisable
Moss is indeed a weedy nuisance in our lawns whenever it appears, yet moss should be considered not just as an unwanted weed, but as a clear warning to us that something is very wrong in our lawns at whatever place the moss shows up.Moss requires very specific conditions in which to
Canadian Fleabane is a very common weed in Australia and around the world. As the name suggests it is a plant which is common to North America and which has been used for various medicinal purposes. However with the advent of modern cropping and agriculture Canadian Fleabane has become
Brown Patch lawn disease, which can also be known as Large Patch lawn disease is caused by Rhizoctonia solani, a pathogen which can present itself across a vast array of different vegetation types, all producing different names dependant on the plant infected. The variation in names for
Broadleaf weed killers are by far the most useful weed spray we can apply to our lawns for weed control, being capable of killing many different types of weeds with a single product, often in a single application. In fact if we have a lawn full of different weeds then a broadleaf weed
Bindii is one of the more nasty weeds in our lawns and gardens, known mostly for its prickly seed pods which will get stuck in children’s feet, as well as the feet of adults and pets too. If we have Bindii in our lawns we will want to get rid of it as fast as possible before it
Army worm is a common pest problem for both lawns, plants and agricultural crops all over the world, a pest which can be absolutely devastating to the flora affected due to the severity of damage that occurs during an invasion. Army worms are in fact caterpillars of the Spodoptera
