For places like Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra. Timing is typical for the zone; check your own lawn before you act.
If the lawn was left long over winter, bring it down over several mows rather than one hard cut. Scalping a lawn as it wakes up leaves it yellow or brown for weeks.
Bindii forms its prickly burrs in spring. Dig out plants or spot treat them with a herbicide whose label lists bindii and your grass type, before the burrs appear.
Remind meLook for brown patches where the turf lifts like carpet, and birds digging in the lawn. Lift a section of turf at the edge of a patch and check for C-shaped, creamy white grubs in the root zone.
Remind mePull or spot treat winter grass before its seed heads drop seed into the lawn for next year. Then plan an autumn pre-emergent.
Remind meRoughly circular yellow or brown patches in mild, humid weather can be brown patch. Water in the morning so leaves dry during the day, and avoid overwatering.
Remind meWater rules can change with the season and with dam levels. Check your water authority's current rules before you set your controller for the warmer months.
Remind meClover makes its own nitrogen, so it thrives where the grass is hungry. Feeding the lawn at the label rate helps the grass compete.
Remind meRings of darker green grass, sometimes with mushrooms or dry grass, are fairy rings. Water deeply where the soil in the ring stays dry.
Remind meA simple pH test before the growing season tells you whether your soil suits the grass. Follow the kit's instructions, and test a few spots across the lawn.
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