Hi all, we put in a new lawn last year and I need some help please! It seems to have a layer of dead underneath? And only shoots are green? Is this even lawn or weed? Any help for how I fix it would be great please
Hi guys, I’m currently in a small townhouse with a small yard with couch. Recently part of the couch has died off in a small corner section that doesn’t get any sunlight at all. The other issue I’m having is the soil is clay and when it rains the water stays on for weeks to the point where it starts getting that green moss. What grass would do well with little to no sunlight and still look similar to couch?
Cheers in advance.
Ive recently moved in and the lawn is pretty patchy with lots of brown areas, weeds and random clumps of greener grass
Does anyone know what type of grass this is?
Is it worth trying to save, or would you start again?
What’s the best plan of attack? Weed first, fertilise, overseed, top dress, or something else?
I’m in Melbourne, any advice would be appreciated! 🙏
No more renting! Finally have my own place and now trying to figure out what is going on in my little patch of lawn. I’m a complete noob when it comes to lawn knowledge/care so welcome any help.
1 & 2: is this buffalo?
3: winter grass?
4: marrow weed?
5,6 & 7: family member suggested kikuyu but I’m not so sure
8: is this the same as 5/6/7 or something different? It’s coming up in spots.
9: I’m not sure if it’s the same as 8 or whether it’s a very sparse and thin bladed part of 1 & 2, it’s off in a corner and look kind of different.
Thanks in advance!
Lots of dead grass, patches thinning out, and waterlogged areas. The roots don’t seem to be properly rooted down either in certain spots, and it’s been a year since laying.
Located Gold Coast, mostly sir Walter. Should I treat with Impala?
Melbourne based- weather hasn't been the best to mow. Last mow was a few weeks back. Is my tiftuf dying?? Anything I can do to save it?
Carpet grass through Queensland Blue Couch
Tried it all
For context, I live in Melbourne and this is a sort-of-isolated section of my lawn (technically connected to the rest, but via a section of dirt with little grass on it)
Any advice is much appreciated!
Hi there,
Any ideas of how to fix the bare patches on my lawn (please see pictures).
I am located in Perth and had a lawn service come out and pray their formula down but there wasn’t a huge amount of change.
Our dog does use the grass to urinate and so I am happy to accept some yellow.
Any advice would be appreciated.
South-facing backyard in Brisbane. House + alfresco block the sun from April through August. Most of the 8m-deep yard gets zero direct sun all winter.
Front yard is full sun — no issues there.
Backyard is the problem. Even Sir Walter Buffalo, would get almost no light on 80% of the yard for nearly half the year. I'm told the "shade tolerance" means ~3 hours of dappled light, not full building shade for months.
Anyone successfully run real grass in a yard that's in full building shade all winter?
Have you spotted this weed with heart shaped leaves growing in your lawn but not sure on what the best way to remove it is? Let's take a look at what creeping oxalis is and the best way to remove it when growing in your lawn.
Creeping Oxalis identifying features:
Creeping Oxalis removal:
If there is only a small amount of Creeping Oxalis present, the best and easiest way to remove it is to carefully pull it out by hand.
If the weed has become a bit more wide spread, a broadleaf herbicide like All Purpose Weed Control or Estate Herbicide may be required. After the weed has been sprayed, you should notice the weed starting to deteriorate 7-10 days after application. If the weed is still growing strong, a second application may be needed.
Creeping Oxalis prevention:
As this weed spreads by its seeds, stopping these seeds before they have a chance to grow in your lawn will help prevent its spread. A pre emergent herbicide like Oxafert or Barricade will create a barrier at the soil level which will affect the germination of any new seedlings, stopping the weed before it becomes visible in your lawn.
Long individual strands of these all throughout my sir walter buffalo. I pulled one out - see photo 2. Are they anything to worry about. Do I pull them all out by hand? Or should I apply something?
Hi everyone,
I recently purchased this property and it was rented out for a long time, so I’m not sure how well it was maintained. I have zero experience with lawn care and I’m trying to figure out where to start.
There are patches of grass growing much faster than the rest of the lawn, especially now in winter. Could this be winter grass or something else?
I’m in Sydney, NSW.
Any suggestions on how to revive this lawn would be greatly appreciated. What can I safely do now during winter, and what should I wait until spring/summer for?
Thank you so much.
We're on one of the older Queenslanders up in Coalfalls with a full 1,200m2 block. Posting because my husband isn't on Reddit and I figure locals on the same clay might get something out of this.
What happened to our lawn:
Curl grubs ate the root system. He treated with Acelepryn and the grubs died. But then he put Barricade pre-emergent down on the recovering lawn, not realising it stops every runner from establishing new roots. Killed his own recovery. $3k+ lesson.
We ripped the front yard out early 2025. Full soil prep on Coalfalls clay:
- pH test: 5.5-6.5 (typical for here)
- Gypsum at 200-500g per m2 to break clay aggregation
- Dolomite to raise pH and add magnesium
- Volcamine Zeolite at 1-2kg per m2 (permanent nutrient retention)
- LawnPride Under Turf Starter
Laid Sir Walter Buffalo DNA Certified. Cyclone Alfred hit three days later. It survived. Front verge is thriving now.
Why I'm posting here specifically:
My husband is a medically retired vet and his notes about what he applied were scattered everywhere. Different apps, notebooks, bags in the shed. He has cognitive decline from service so tracking this stuff across multiple places is genuinely hard. He started building a little app for himself to keep it all in one place.
I turned it into a real product. It's called LawnSuite, it's free, and you can use it right now in your phone browser without installing anything:
It's got 111 Australian products with real label rates, dosage calculator for your lawn area, BOM weather, treatment logging. Built for Australian conditions, not a US app with metric conversion.
Backyard is still dirt. Waiting on Stampede Buffalo to come out for the shaded 632m2 out the back.
Anyone else fighting Coalfalls clay? Would be good to know what's worked for people locally. Also happy to pass on anything my husband learnt the hard way if it saves someone the same mistakes.
Please don't shoot me down here...
I live in South East QLD, recently bought a house w terrible grass... Trying to make it look nice again, I've successfully started a single patch that has taken however seems like I have an overload of this growing??
What is it? Is it Grass? Weed? Do I pull it? Leave it?
First impression was a weed, I have long stringy bits of this crap everywhere, if i pull it out it has a decent length come out of the ground...
Experts pls chime in, Am I simply stupid? Boss lady thinks it's grass but I'm not convinced...
I am at a new home out west, and noticed that there is a lot of urine burn spots on the lawn. I don’t think all of them are from my bulldog, we have a ton of rabbits in the yard, and were only here for a couple of weeks atvthe beginning of April and a couple of weeks now. Either way, we need to minimize our dog’s urine spots. Has anyone had success in eliminating the acidity of the urine with supplements? She’s unfortunately not a huge water drinker, so her urine is more concentrated. Any advice would be appreciated!
Are you unsure how to best care for your lawn this winter when its growth is slower? Let's take a look at what you should and shouldn't do...
Winter Lawn Care Do's:
Winter Lawn Care Don'ts:
Hi all, off the back of my iOS Lawn Care app (which got a decent reception and has been downloaded 200+ times in the first week), I have been waiting for all the Google play stuff to clear (including the testers it needed for 14 days (thanks to my testers!)
It's finally live! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yourpatch.app
This is actually ahead on features than the iOS version now, as apple want you to be registered for GST just to make a lousy cent off some gated content. As always, most of the features here are free. There's no stored emails or sign up, and any analytics is anonymised.
Hi All
Based in Sydney NSW
Getting a bit of browning, doesn't get a heap of Sun in winter. Could it possibly be Fungal ? Bit of foot traffic but honestly not that much as its only me