Lawn Weeds

Sod Webworm Sod Webworm Sod webworm is small caterpillar of the Crambus moth species, of which there are hundreds of known varieties, they can cause massive amounts of damage when they form in large numbers and each female can lay up to 200 eggs. Sod webworms are usually uncommon in Australia due to ... Read more	Army Worms On Lawns Army Worms Army worms are a caterpillar infestation which occurs on lawn grasses throughout Australia and the world, as well as feeding on many other crop species. The army worm is the caterpillar stage of a bownish/grey coloured moth species called Spodoptera mauritia. Their numbers often swell so quickly and in ... Read more
Wireweed Wireweed Wireweed is a low growing, creeping weed with a purple colour, it’s stems are very tough and wire like, hence it’s name. It can grow up to 1 metre in width with dark green to bluish coloured leaves and small white flowers in clusters of 5 to 6. The root ... Read more	Petty Spurge Petty Spurge Petty Spurge Petty Spurge is a common weed in Australian lawns, gardens and open spaces, and while it can be of nuisance value, it really has very little impact in terms of environmental or health impact. It is a rather weak structured weed which is easily controlled. Petty Spurge is ... Read more
Paspalum Paspalum Paspalum Seed Heads Paspalum is a major weed problem around the world. With over 300 varieties, including one which is used as a lawn (saltene), the main Paspalum as a problem weed for home gardeners, lawn owners and the environment is a variety known by it’s botanical name of Paspalum rotundas. ... Read more	Crowsfoot Grass / Crabgrass Crowsfoot Grass / Crabgrass Anatomy of Crabgrass Crabgrass is of very high nuisance value to lawn owners everywhere, as a lawn weed it is both a prolific seeder and spreader, overtaking and killing lawns as it continues to expand. All lawn owners should remove this weed as soon as possible or risk ... Read more
Summer Grass Summer Grass Anatomy of Summer Grass Summer Grass is a common weed in Australia’s lawns and gardens, as well as invading bushland in many regions. It is a very fast growing weed which sends out its shoots in all directions from it’s centre. It spreads through it’s stolons (above ground runners), and ... Read more	Canadian Fleabane Anatomy of Canadian Fleabane Canadian Fleabane Canadian Fleabane is a large growing weed which can reach a height of around a metre. With leaves are of a waxy and slightly hairy feel and appearance, and an abundance of white seed producing wooly flowers sit on top of it’s very tough an... Read more
Chickweed Common Chickweed Common Chickweed in Flower Chickweed is a common weed throughout Australia as well as the world. It comes in many varieties with the most common being the Common Chickweed. Their invasiveness into healthy lawns is almost non-existent, preferring to germinate and grow in sparser areas of turf in poor health ... Read more	Weed Killer - Glyphosate The Ultimate Weed Killer Glyphosate will kill weeds and grass in garden beds, kill weeds in paths, and kill any other unwanted plant. It is the most well known and most widely used non selective herbicide for home use, civil use, and agriculture use around the world. Glyphosate is highly effective ... Read more
Spring Dead Spot Spring Dead Spot (Ophioshaerella korrae) Identification of Spring Dead Spot Spring Dead Spot can be identified as yellow or brown patches in the lawn ranging in size between 10 cm to over a metre in diameter. As the name suggests, Spring Dead Spot is most noticeable in Spring as the lawn colour da... Read more	Dollar Spot Dollar Spot (Sclerotinia homeocarpa) Dollar Spot Disease Dollar Spot is identified as small yellow or straw coloured spots on the lawn, about the size of a dollar coin. Dollar Spot disease is most noticeable anytime from Spring through to Autumn. In the early morning dew, a fine spider web like substance (called my... Read more
Brown Patch Brown Patch Is A Lawn Disease Brown patch is a disease of the soil which attacks the leaf, and results in killing the lawn. It presents as round damaged circles ranging in size between 5 cm and a metre in diameter. The colouring begins as yellow and continues to darken as ... Read more	Fairy Rings Introduction to Fairy Rings An example of Fairy Ring with Mushrooms Fairy Rings appear as bright or dark green circles in lawns, the inside part of the circle most often is off colour, going to yellow or even dying. Fairy Rings may or may not contain mushrooms around the outer ring of ... Read more
New Lawn Is Filled With Weeds A Lawn Filled With Weeds Where did the weeds come from? You've recently spent a lot of money on that beautiful new roll-on lawn, you spent time laying out your gardens, spent time investigating the right lawn for yourself and your area, cared for it, loved it...... and now it's full of ... Read more	Using Herbicides After Lawn Mowing Lawn Herbicide Safety A common question and a golden rule of lawn care revolves around the question of how soon a herbicide can be safely applied to a lawn after mowing. Getting it wrong can mean major damage or even resulting in killing a lawn. Herbicides - The Golden Rule All lawn herbicides ... Read more
Guildford Grass Guildford Grass Guildford Grass Guildford grass is identified by it's long stems that are dark green in colour, skinny, circular and very tough. Not a grass at all, but part of the Iris family, Guildford Grass will also form a beautiful pink flower. It's root system contains deep rooted corms that make pu... Read more	White Clover White Clover Description White Clover White Clover is noticeable by it's white, ball like flowers, which can often contain fragments of yellow or beige colourings. It's trifolate green leaves grow on creeping stems which quickly grow, spreading the weed into often becoming large plants, and propagating new plants that will quickly take ... Read more
Nut Grass Mature Nutgrass Nutgrass \| Mullumbimby Couch For the sake of this article, we are going to talk about two different plants under the name of Nut Grass. The first is obviously Nut Grass itself, and next is Mullumbimby Couch. They are grouped together because they are both part of the Sedge family, lo... Read more	Cape Weed Capeweed Description Capeweed Cape Weed is an annual herb with light green leaves noticeable with a very large serrated outline, the bottom of the leaves are usually a silvery white colour. Germination begins in Autumn, and the life cycle continues until late Spring or early Summer when it sends out its single ... Read more
Catsear / Dandelion Catsear \| Flatweed \| Dandelion Dandelion Catsear and Flatweed are one in the same, but with different names. Dandelion is a different species, but the two plants look similar, have similar characteristics, and are treated the same. For these reasons, we've included the two weeds in the same article. While these two ... Read more	Bindii Bindii Bindii is a low growing herb with carrot-top like leaves, it produces a single flower at its centre, that when matures produces a prickly seed pod. The bindii prickles become easily stuck in our feet and Bindii quickly becomes a weed that everyone hates. Luckily, Bindii can be easily treated ... Read more
Burr Medic Burr Medic Weed Burr Medic Burr Medic is another of the trifolate type lawn weeds, with serrated green leaves, it has long reddish creeping stems, and small groups of pea sized yellow flowers. It produces prickly burrs, which begin as small green circular like pods, which later dry out, becoming brown in ... Read more	Winter Grass Winter Grass Description Mature Wintergrass with seeds Winter grass is a bright, light green grass with fine leaves that infests lawns throughout winter. Apart from the unsightly appearance, winter grass will continue to spread and cause damage to a lawn for as long as it remains untreated. The root system of Wintergrass is ... Read more
Oxalis Oxalis \| Soursob \| Wood Sorrel Oxalis There are many varieties of Oxalis, known by common names such as: Soursob, Purple Oxalis, Wood Sorrel, Creeping Oxalis, and more. Ornamental Oxalis With over 800 known varieties of Oxalis, and over 30 of those in Australia, not all are weeds, and some may even be beautiful ... Read more	Lawn Mowing As Weed Control An Easy Way To Stop Weeds Spreading Regular mowing not only aids in keeping our lawns and gardens tidy, it has other benefits as well. Such as promoting the tillering effect, when a lawn will thicken up its green leaf, while slowing down the growth of it's runners. Another great benefit ... Read more
African Lawn Beetles - Friend or Foe Finding The Truth About The African Lawn Beetle We usually refer to African Black Beetles as Lawn Beetles, and place all sorts of blame on them for the ills of our lawns health, but is this a true belief, or an urban myth? And is it necessary to kill lawn beetles? The ... Read more

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One spray cannot remove all weeds, lawn pests and fungal diseases. Different lawn problems must be treated at different times of year and some require 2 treatments to kill off infestations.