Lawn Watering Tips
How Much Water to Use. When watering an established lawn, it's typically recommended to water until the top 6-8 inches of soil (where most turf grass roots grow) is wet.
Whether it was backyard cricket, festive gatherings or getting scorched in the heat, it may be looking a little worse for wear… But don’t despair, now is the time to restore ‘lawn and order’ and get it looking as good as new! Plus, by giving your lawn a bit of love now, it will be better prepared for the chilly months ahead and ready for a fantastic spring.
Does your lawn feel spongy underfoot? If so, you can lower the mower to help remove the thatch to encourage new growth. Otherwise, for most lawns, keep the mower high and catch the clippings.
The air temperature is cooler but the soil is still warm enough to promote growth, so it’s a great time to feed your lawn. Use an organic based lawn food like Yates Dynamic Lifter Concentrated Lawn Food or Munns Professional Buffalo Booster, which contain nitrogen for rich green grass growth and potassium to promote improved lawn health into winter.
Get on top of the weeds now to help prevent the grief later! For couch, kikuyu, rye and fescue lawns apply Yates Weed’n’Feed or for buffalo lawns use Yates BuffaloPRO Weed’n’Feed. These easy to use hose-on products will help control the most common broadleaf weeds in your lawn, including bindii, clover, dandelions, capeweed and thistles.
Mild conditions in early to mid autumn are ideal for starting a new lawn from seed or rolls of turf. The warm soil will encourage new root growth and lawn establishment before winter and cooler air temperatures make it easier to keep the new lawn moist.
Lawns can be attacked by a range of insect pests and diseases. Here’s the ‘how to’ on how get them under control and keep your lawn healthy and looking great.
Armyworm are caterpillars of night-flying moths, which chew through grass foliage and stems and cause rapidly expanding dying and dead patches of lawn. You may also see birds pecking in the lawn – they’re after the caterpillars.
Apply Baythroid Advanced for Lawns as soon as armyworm symptoms are noticed. It’s best to apply Baythroid during the late afternoon, as armyworm caterpillars emerge late in the day to feed.
Baythroid Advanced for Lawns will also control adult African black beetle, which lays eggs that hatch into damaging curl grubs.
Lawn diseases can appear as circular brown or dying patches of grass. Moist and cool weather during autumn can lead to lawn diseases such as brown patch and winter fusarium. To help reduce the incidence of lawn diseases, water lawns in the morning so the grass has a chance to dry off during the day. Wet grass foliage overnight can promote disease.
At the first sign of any disease, apply Yates Zaleton Dual Action Systemic Fungicide over the lawn using a sprayer or watering can.
How Much Water to Use. When watering an established lawn, it's typically recommended to water until the top 6-8 inches of soil (where most turf grass roots grow) is wet.
An organic based concentrated lawn fertiliser that provides dual benefits of fast acting nutrients and slow release organics which mean you feed more lawn using less.
Non selective control of all grasses and broadleaf weeds. Absorbed by the foliageto destroy the weed, roots and all.
Yates Weed 'n' Feed Hose-on weed killer and fertiliser. Liquid hose on weedkiller with added nitrogen fertiliser for healthy green lawns.
Yates Buffalo Pro Hose-on weed killer and fertiliser. A ready to use, convenient hose-on weed killer that is suitable to use on buffalo lawn with no mixing and no fuss.
Yates Baythroid Advanced Insect Killer for Lawns controls insect pests in lawns.
An effective combination of two fungicides to prevent and control diseases on azaleas, roses and lawns.
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