Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Aug 08, 2011 3:56 pm Hi everyone, we have lots of these weeds / grasses coming up through our turf, which was laid a couple months ago. We don't know what either of them are, and just wanted to know if it's going to obliterate our entire lawn, or if they're completely harmless and are fine to just leave alone. Both of them are coming up in a number of places all over the lawn. Thanks in advance for the help! http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad325/cjones83/grass2.jpg http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad325/cjones83/grass1.jpg Re: Pls help identify these weeds/grasses coming up through 2Aug 08, 2011 6:03 pm The first looks like winter grass. Really easy to dig out by hand (I use a simple weeding tool). Make sure you weed them out before they seed! Second looks familiar, but can't think of the name. Will get back to you if I remember it. Re: Pls help identify these weeds/grasses coming up through 3Aug 08, 2011 10:27 pm They won't be coming up through the turf. The seeds for these don't provide enough nutrient to push through that much soil and lawn. They are two fairly easy to deal with weeds. Firstly your lawn is weak and wanting to rest after having its legs cut off and being moved to your house in the cold and left to regrow some legs. So this means under those circumstances other stuff shows up to take opportunity of the free ride there. Wintergrass can be treated using Endothal found in Chemsprays "winter Grass Killer" I specifically use and recommend that one. Much better than the slightly cheaper and less effective products. The other is some sort of Brassica. Looks like really young Flickweed or mustard weed of some description. Use a Bromoxynil based spray. Choose the cheapest (not the one that is conning you as being specific for buffalo and charging extra) I use again, Chemsprays one because it is safe on Buffalo and way cheaper. "Bindoie" is what to look for. I deliberately have excluded the ready to use junk. Now you know what to use do a quick search on how to use them. Also when is extremely important. Spraying a weak lawn does little to fix why the weeds are there and as a result more weeds will take their place till the soil heats up. So keep the molasses and also seasol up to the lawn. Get the Mycorrhizal fungi up to the lawn as I have written about also. That makes the lawn stronger and in a better position to out compete the weeds. Spraying the weeds on such a young lawn will harm the soil biology and that living universe in the soil is what ticks the lawn along, not minerals in a bag The winter grass, well that will be gone once the heat arrives and just spray at first sight next year. Pull out by hand now. Spray the Brassica species once the soil heats and the lawn gets going again. They won't kill the lawn that's for sure so its all cool Topdress that lawn in mid spring (east coast) with an "organic compost" and zeolite also of they have not been added to the soil prior to laying and even if they have, do some more to get it really tough for the summer heat. Re: Pls help identify these weeds/grasses coming up through 4Aug 09, 2011 7:34 am Fu Manchu ... lawn is weak and wanting to rest after having its legs cut off and being moved to your house in the cold and left to regrow some legs. So this means under those circumstances other stuff shows up to take opportunity of the free ride there. My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Pls help identify these weeds/grasses coming up through 5Aug 09, 2011 9:33 am Thanks for the responses - Fu, that helps a lot! I'll pull out the winter grass by hand now and will spray it with the winter grass killer if it comes back next winter. I'll wait till it warms up and then spray the Brassica - will use the Chemspray one if I can find it. Looking forward to the warmer and wetter months - I think the lawn and garden is going to love it and that will make me happy! I'll give it some more seasol and molasses too. Once it starting getting the roots down I probably slacked off a bit in that regard. We'll be sure to topdress with the organic compost once it gets a little warmer. We did mix Zeolite in when we did the soil prep but I gather it can't hurt to add some more. I wasn't aware that you could topdress with it though - do we just scatter it about on top with the compost and water it all in a bit? How many bags would you use for 150sqm of turf? Pls help identify these weeds/grasses coming up through turf 6Aug 09, 2011 12:02 pm Yeah chuck the zeolite round. just lightly in this case. Pls help identify these weeds/grasses coming up through turf 7Aug 09, 2011 12:04 pm I'd use one or two bags. Make sure it goes down before the compost. Re: Pls help identify these weeds/grasses coming up through 8Aug 09, 2011 3:36 pm Ok great, sounds like a plan! Thanks again. Re: Pls help identify these weeds/grasses coming up through 9Aug 10, 2011 7:50 am Fu Manchu ... Topdress that lawn in mid spring (east coast) with an "organic compost" and zeolite also of they have not been added to the soil prior to laying and even if they have, do some more to get it really tough for the summer heat. Would this product be OK to use (for very small jobs): http://www.bunnings.com.au/products_product_debco-compost-for-organic-gardens-30ltr_2123.aspx?filter=categoryname--Mulch+%2F+Compost+%2F+Potting+Mix%3BpriceRange--%245+-+%2420 or do we really need to go for those that get delivered by truck? It says that it's a "Certified Organic Compost with NASAA" ... Oh, just spotted this other one - http://www.bunnings.com.au/products_product_organix-compost-30l_2247.aspx. It says it's "Totally natural, 100% Organic, BFA Certified Organic". Any real difference between something that's NASAA Certified vs. BFA Certified ???? My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Pls help identify these weeds/grasses coming up through 10Aug 10, 2011 11:17 pm The different certifications do have slight differences but neither is better than the other. Those are the certifications I always suggest to keep an eye for rather than the word organic. The word "organic" is used more loosely than a promiscuous person of particular "leisure" activities As is the word "eco" and pictures of Frogs on bags. The Naked Farmer is what you'd be using. Far better, but the stuff you've found is very good also. Re: Pls help identify these weeds/grasses coming up through 11Aug 10, 2011 11:19 pm However, for a lawn area using bags of compost is not going to come anywhere near suitable for the job. You'll need it in bulk. Re: Pls help identify these weeds/grasses coming up through 13Aug 11, 2011 9:38 am Fu Manchu However, for a lawn area using bags of compost is not going to come anywhere near suitable for the job. You'll need it in bulk. The trouble is actually finding the stuff in bulk, in Brisbane at least! Plenty of places have compost, but none of them that I can find are 'certified organic'. Hi When it rains in a particular direction water comes through the security door. It hits the main door and the bottom swells and jams. There is already a cover over the… 0 38448 A Sabco spin mop, minimal moisture, not very regularly. I was told these hybrids are water resistant 🤷♀️ 2 7644 |