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Does anyone know why this is happening to my lawn and what I can do to prevent it?

For about a month, I’ve seen small holes all over the lawn possibly left by a small bird.

The holes are quite round and shallow. Not sure whether it’s due to a recent lawn renovation in early autumn and whatever it is, is trying to get to the sand layer? We’ve been in the house and haven’t experienced this in the 6 years since living here in eastern Melbourne. Thanks for your help.

I just want a nice soft green lawn but it keeps dying and now looks like this

I put new topsoil and used Jonathan Green Black beauty seed. This is 5 weeks post spreading I applied magical and starter fertilizer at the same time.
I’m hosting a graduation party @ the end of June and hoping this will fill in decently by then.
Should I be reseeding the more bare spots with annual to get it to thicken up or is it going to fill in? I’m in ct and have mowed it twice. It’s growing well where there is grass but it seems to be patchy.

We put this Wintergreen Couch turf in our backyard in December. Around the start of April the patch died and I can’t think of any obvious reason?

We’re Gold Coast based, it’s essentially north facing. It’s all got a fair amount of soil underneath. There was a dry week where all of the lawn wouldn’t have had much rain however the rest of the lawn has survived.

Anyone seen this before? Or have any suggestions?

Clover is a common broadleaf weed that you may have spotted in your lawn, and it can easily be identified by:

• Oval-shaped leaves.
• Leaves will commonly grow in 3 leaflets (4 if you're lucky!)
• White circular markings across all the leaves in the leaflet.
• Creeping stem
• White or pink flower, depending on the exact species.

Clover Removal:

If you do happen to have this weed growing in your lawn, the best and easiest way to remove it is with a broadleaf herbicide like All Purpose Weed Control or Estate Herbicide.

• All Purpose Weed Control - comes in an easy to use hose on bottle. Safe for use on most common lawn types, including soft leaf buffalo, couch, kikuyu, zoysia, rye and fescue.
• Estate Herbicide - comes in a concentrate, best applied with a knapsack or pressure sprayer. Safe for use on most lawn types.

Both of these products are available for purchase on the Lawn Solutions Lawn Store:

All Purpose Weed Control - https://lawnsolutionsaustralia.com.au/shop/default/buffalo-weed-control.html

Estate Herbicide - https://lawnsolutionsaustralia.com.au/shop/default/estate-herbicide-250ml-concentrate.html

If clover is an ongoing issue and keeps returning, this may be a sign that your soil has low nitrogen levels, so a fertiliser application may be needed. When it comes to applying a fertiliser to your lawn, we recommend using our Lawn Solutions Premium Fertiliser (ideal for use on all lawn types. https://lawnsolutionsaustralia.com.au/shop/default/sir-walter-premium-lawn-fertiliser-10kg.html

Hi Brian’s trust. Please help this corner and some of the rest of the grass has all of a sudden started having clover start coming through. I feel like when I use weed and feed it kills the grass. Is there anything I can do?

Hi all - new to lawn care and had our kikuyu laid April 1 and then a section we were short about 7 days later.

Apart from a section that doesn’t get a lot of sun this time of year in Melbourne, it’s been going well.

However over the last week or so I’m noticing clover and a couple weeds start growing up through the lawn.

I really want to keep this lawn as perfect as possible and after some advice on if I should leave it or do something about it ?

Melbourne East. Installed new Sir Walter buffalo last year early October. It settled in beautifully over summer needing weekly mows. I noticed in the last month or so some dead patches. These are in areas that get mostly full sun. They seem to be getting worse.

The temperature has dropped in the last month with less sun and more rain. Could it be drainage? I was thinking about pests. Lawn grub treatment (slow release pellets) was applied after installation as well as a week ago. It is definitely wet but doesn't seem boggy. I'm not sure what else to check.

Thank you for any advice you can give.

Hi all,

I am trying to seed lawn beside my new driveway and want to ensure I match my neighbours lawn.

Does this look like Kikuyu?

Hey everyone,

We’re looking at selling in the near ish future - we have kikuyu and it’s been recovering slowly from some initial issues and lack of understanding about lawns.

We’re in WA, and as you can see this area gets pretty much no sun throughout the cooler months. Could I seed with Rye and fill out this area just to look a bit greener? We basically just want to be able to fill the gaps in the lawn as much as possible.

Sprayed with glysophate to kill Lesser Celadine which invaded the grass for the third year the first year I spot sprayed, but obviously did not get all of it came back with a vengeance this year. Lesser Celadine starts growing in early March and it is difficult to spray have to have temperatures close to 60°. It is very invasive. It started in the woods and I tried to spray along my fence line have gotten different opinions. Should we till or use aeration and reseed or just wait until next year and see if it pops up again, obviously we will have to spray again because different weeds will come up this summer. The yard is compacted not sure if it’s ever been aerated. Not sure if.Tilling will spread the tubers if not completely dead. If we do use grass seed, which is the best it probably only gets about four hours of sun many large trees. Three dogs one likes to play ball for a half hour at a time. Will fence off the part that is reseeded if we do that

Does anyone know what's causing this recent browning?

The turf was laid in December and took really well. It's been vibrant green and growing nicely up until a few weeks ago.

I applied some buffalo slow-release fertiliser from Bunnings and I'm worried that could have done it. But not sure why. Could I have applied too much?

I’m renting a house, and mowing these fake grass patches on this hill is getting old. Can’t use a torch, and can’t use herbicide. I think these are all long leaf pine seedlings? This is right under a big pine tree. I’m in the PNW. Is pulling them out the only way? If so, are these the kind of bastards that will come right back if I don’t get the whole root?

Laid zoysia Australis last November and everything has went pretty well however in the last few weeks these weeds keep popping up. What’s the best product to use to get rid of them of to I just keep picking them out as they pop up ??