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Here you’ll find hints, tips and tricks on how to make your lawns and gardens the envy of your neighbourhood. Built from our Ag Scientists’ collective 200 years of experience, it’s all explained in laymen’s terms. Thankfully.
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While we continue to add more tips from the Pros to this section – and the rest of the content on The Lawn Shed site -we realise you may not find all the answers you need yet. (Especially if you have a unique or particularly weird problem.)
But fortunately, thanks to our team’s vast experience in professional turf, there’s not much we haven’t seen, diagnosed and cured.
So if you can’t find the answers you need in our problem solvers or articles, just contact us at [email protected] with your questions and please include photos which will help us, help you.
Our friendly support team, headed up by the big-brained Ian Thompson (who has a Master of Agriculture in Turf Management) will soon have your lawns and gardens in tip-top condition.
Benefits of Sowing Cool Season Grasses In Autumn
When it comes to germinating seed we recommend people remember the acronym WOT, as in WOT does it take for seed to grow. Water, Oxygen and...
How to Use Primo Maxx
If you’re after a better lawn with less work than boy do we have the product for you. This one’s a secret of the pro’s that reduces the need for...
Benefits of Autumn lawn fertilising
While we all love to have a great lawn in Spring and Summer there’s actually a secret way to get a head start on the competition. Here we discuss...
How Long Should You Wait To Pull Weeds After Spraying
When it comes to determining what you can and can’t do around the application of products like herbicides it can be very confusing. Our number one...
How To Use Barricade
Looking to prevent grass weeds in your lawn? Then look no further than Barricade herbicide. This is a pre-emergent weed control product used in...
Create a Barricade against Winter grass this Autumn
When it comes to Winter it’s a great time to sit back and relax, leaving the lawn to almost fend for itself, but there’s always a few pesky weeds...
Lawn Pigment vs Lawn Fertiliser
When it comes to Winter the cold temperatures are no fun for us beach loving folks and not much fun for your lawn either, but just like there are...
Choosing The Right Lawn Type For You
Choosing a lawn is one of the most important decisions you can make in your lawn journey. The reasons are simple, a lawn that is not suited to that...
Lawn Renovation: The myths and how to do it properly
Like any house renovation there’s times when you have to gut the lot, then there’s times when your lawn just needs a coat of paint. In this...
Wintergrass, say goodbye for good
Winter grass or Poa annua is exactly as the scientific or botanical name describes it. Poa meaning grass and annua meaning annual. In this blog we...