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Killing An Invading Grass Species Killing An Invading Grass Species With so many different lawn varieties being available, sometimes our lawns can become invaded by another unwanted grass variety. For many, it can become annoying and aesthetically ugly to look at when our well cared for lawn is suddenly overtaken. How It Occurs Lawn invasion can occur from ... Read more	Thatch In Buffalo Lawns Thatch In Buffalo Lawns Thatching in Buffalo lawns can become a major problem over time, and more so than any other lawn variety. Buffalo produces thick stemmed runners (stolons) which become thatch as they die. Before dying, and with proper lawn care, each stolon produces the next generation of stolons, these ... Read more
Repairing A Hard Lawn Hard Lawns and Compacted Soils Lawns and more correctly, the soils beneath them, can become hard over time due to a variety of reasons. These can include vehicles being driven over them, regular walkways or other normal human traffic, drought, or even lack of a proper maintenance and lawn care routine. It ... Read more	Uneven Lawns The Problem Of Uneven Lawns Uneven lawns can be a problem for the lawn owner for several reasons: the lawn doesn't look attractive, the high spots can be scalped back to soil during mowing, the low spots can be missed by the mower, looking uncut and unkempt, greater levels of unevenness can cause accidents, So let's ... Read more
Lawn Aeration - Alternative Methods Lawn Coring Alternatives In most cases, the best possible method of coring a lawn is always the Coring Machine. With each tine that enters the soil, a plug is removed, allowing for the greatest possible level of water, nutrient and oxygen absorption. The benefits of using a Coring Machine will continue for ... Read more	Bare or Dead Lawn Patches Bare or Dead Lawn Patches A bare patch caused by excessive shade Discovering bare or dead patches in our lawns can be annoying, especially when the signs of what is causing the problem are allusive. With so many possible causes, we'll try to tackle each of the most obvious causes here. Dry Lawn ... Read more
Over Seeding Lawns For Winter Reasons For Over Seeding Lawns Often when growing Warm Season Grasses, it can be noticed that some areas of the lawn can die back when Winter arrives. To overcome the detrimental appearance and reduced functionality of the lawn during the colder months, a Cool Season Grass can be planted in it's ... Read more	Scalped Lawns The Damage Caused By Scalping Lawn scalped due to infrequent mowing Lawns or areas of lawns become scalped when either high points are severed off when mowing an uneven lawn, or when too much leaf material has been removed in a single service. Uneven Lawns Uneven lawns can often occur with newly laid roll ... Read more
Lawn Burn From Dogs Urine Dogs Urine Burning Lawns Dog urine burning lawn The problem of lawn burn caused by dogs urine is a common one, it occurs when a pet dog urinates on the lawn, which results in a brown patch developing that may damage the affected lawn area temporarily or even kill it. The results ... Read more	Top Dressing Lawns Reasons For Top Dressing Lawns Top dressing lawns in lawn care should only ever be applied for two reasons, to level small indentations in the lawn and to add special nutrient mixes to the lawn. Leveling Lawn Indentations: Using either existing soil from the property or clean sand, small indentations of the lawn ... Read more
Vertimowing / Scarifying Lawns What is Vertimowing or Lawn Scarifying? Kikuyu lawn after vertimowing Vertimowing lawns is the process of removing an excess build up of thatch, only the C4 warm season grasses can be vertimowed because the lawn is repaired from regeneration from the stolons and rhizomes (runners) after vertimowing the lawn is completed. As a ... Read more	Lawn Coring / Lawn Aeration The Lawn Coring & Aeration Process The process of lawn coring involves a lawn coring machine being moved over a lawn removing plugs of turf and soil as it progresses. The lawn coring machine is equipped with hollow tubes called tines, which are punched through the lawn and into the soil by ... Read more

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Frequent shallow watering promotes a shallow root system that struggles for life under heat stress. A lawn constantly under stress will send out masses of seed heads, be weak and easily damaged, be slow to repair, and be far more susceptible to diseases and weeds.