Weed and Feed Popularity Weed and Feed is one of the most commonly used weeding products being used by lawn owners today. These are the products which are sold in a bottle, attached to a hose and then sprayed onto the lawn with...

Oxalis Is A Difficult Weed To Kill Oxalis can be a very difficult weed to kill, it is highly resistant to weak herbicide products such as the almost useless Weed and Feed types of weed killers. With prior knowledge of the...

Petty Spurge In Lawns And Gardens Petty Spurge is an abundant but easily killed weed in home lawns and gardens in Australia. The weed has 1 - 4 stems of a reddish colour, and has pale green leaves and similar looking flowers...

Nutgrass and Mullumbimby Couch Weeds Nutgrass and Mullumbimby Couch are very tough weeds which are extremely difficult to control and kill. Once established in a lawn they will need to be treated thoroughly and properly in order...

Identification of Wireweed Wireweed grows flat to the ground sending it's tough runners in all directions, it is a common weed in most regions of Australia which can grow and seed all year. The weed is an annual but also has the...

Burr Medic In Lawns Burr Medic is another common weed in many home lawns and gardens, it comes from a family of weeds called Medics, which are all quite common and all look very similar. The differences are irrelevant and...

Dandelions In Lawns Dandelions are more of an eyesore in home lawns than they are any real nuisance. They are a very weak weed which is easily controlled and killed with little effort, but they do have the ability to spread...

Crabgrass Severity Crabgrass is one of the worst lawn weeds in the world, and when found in home lawns the homeowner should never hesitate in removing or killing Crabgrass as soon as possible. Due to the severity of the weed and...

Identifying Bindii Weeds Bindii is a common weed in home lawns, and one which is often quickly controlled by the homeowner due to the nasty prickles it creates. These bindii prickles are often of distress to children and an...

Oxalis Identification There are many different types of Oxalis which includes Soursob and Wood Sorrel, it is a major nuisance in lawns and should be treated as soon and as early as possible. Oxalis is identified by it's...

Identifying White Clover White Clover is a weed everyone knows, the three green serrated leaves, white cotton ball flowers, and creeping stems don't make this weed a welcome or sightly visitor in the home lawn. It is a favourite...

Chickweed In Lawns and Gardens Common Chickweed is one of those lawn and garden weeds which never seems to go away, it is easily eradicated and yet it still keeps re-appearing at different times. It has a bright and shiny green...

Paspalum In Home Lawns Paspalum can be a very difficult weed to kill in lawns, and continues to be one of the most hated weeds in the country. Once established in a lawn it has the ability to grow low and beneath lawn mower...

How To Kill Masses Of Weeds In Lawns When we're faced with a lawn full of weeds it can seem like a daunting task of knowing where to begin to completely kill lawn weeds in such overwhelming proportions. Whether we've just been...

Origins and Use Of Glyphosate Glyphosate was once most well known by it's original brand name of Roundup. When it was first released decades ago it was a huge new development in weed control, specifically for farmers wanting to...

Spraying Lawn Weeds Spraying weeds can be a highly complicated matter with different herbicides to treat different weeds, which can all work slightly or very differently, can be tolerant or intolerant of different lawn types,...

When Mushrooms Appear In The Lawn Mushrooms appearing in lawns could be a sign of real problems for the lawn in the very near future. Mushrooms could signify the beginnings of a lawn disease known as Fairy Ring, alternatively, a...

Reasons For Weeds In New Lawns Many homeowners are often shocked to discover that within weeks of laying their new roll-on lawns, it is suddenly filled with weeds, leading most people to believe the lawn has come from the turf...

What Are BroadLeaf Weeds The term "Broadleaf Weeds" refers to a very large number of very different weed types which all fit into a similar patterns of having mostly broad leafs, as well as being treatable by the same type of...

Winter Grass In Lawns Winter grass is a highly common weed in most lawns throughout Australia, it has a bright green leaf which is very soft in it's early life cycle, it will most commonly appear at the beginning of Winter and...

Guildford Grass In Lawns Guildford Grass is a rather nasty weed which if left untreated will spread very quickly to take over a lawn in only a few seasons. Guildford grass has a long thin stem which is dark green in colour and...

The Problem of Weeds In Buffalo Lawns Buffalo lawns have always proven a difficult challenge when weeds become established. Most of the herbicides which have been available to kill lawn weeds can often damage or kill Buffalo...