With so many different types of lawn care products available, knowing what to use can be a difficult task. To help, we have put together a guide on what lawn care products you should use in different situations.
Giving your lawn a boost
A well-balanced fertiliser will provide your lawn with the nutrients it needs to not only stay healthy but thrive. Fertilising is best done only 2-3 times a year, once in Spring, Summer, and Autumn. However, you can also fertilise outside this if the lawn needs a boost.
When looking at fertilisers there are a few different types available; slow release, fast release, granular, and liquids, all with different nutrient components.
Lawn Solutions Premium Fertiliser contains a combination of slow and fast release granules that will give your lawn a quick initial boost and will continue to feed the lawn for up to 12 weeks. This is a well-balanced fertiliser that contains all the essential nutrients your lawn needs to stay healthy and is suitable for all lawn varieties.
Exceed Liquid Fertiliser is a great liquid fertiliser option. Exceed will give your lawn a quick boost as it is absorbed by the leaf of the grass.
Reducing mowing
During the warmer months, warm season varieties will grow at a much faster rate, increasing the amount of mowing required. One way to help reduce the growth of your lawn is to use a Plant Growth Regulator (PGR) like Primo Maxx.
Primo Maxx suppresses the plants vertical growth and increases the plants lateral growth. This helps your lawn become denser while reducing the number of times you need to mow.
Stopping and preventing grubs
Lawn grubs and army worm can cause significant damage. If your lawn has been affected by grubs, use a fast acting product like Battle Insecticide which is a concentrate for mixing in a knapsack. This will help provide a quick knockdown of grubs present. Follow up applications of this may be needed if there are still grubs present in the following weeks.
A great way to help prevent grub attacks is to use a preventative insecticide like Grub Guard Ultimate. These products will provide your lawn with protection from a grub attack for up to 6 months with one application. They are best used in September/October and again in March/April but can be used at any 6-month intervals to protect the lawn year-round.
For more information on lawn grubs, check out our blog here.
Stopping lawn weeds before they appear
Pre-emergent herbicides like Oxafert can help stop lawn weeds before they appear and take hold. Oxafert works by creating a barrier at the soil level that affects the germination of any new seedlings without inhibiting the foot growth or establishment of your turf. Oxafert remains active on your lawn for around 3 months. It is best applied before germination occurs – when the temperatures start to become cooler, usually around mid to late autumn, and again when the temperatures start to get warmer, usually in early spring. However, Oxafert can be applied at any time throughout the year.
Stimulating root growth
A soil conditioner like Lawn Kelper will help increase turf vigour, stimulate leaf growth and strengthen roots. Lawn Kelper is also a great product to help your lawn through establishment as it helps stimulate root and shoot growth. This can be applied at any time throughout the year on new or established turf. Lawn Kelper can be used in combination with fertilisers.
Giving your lawn an instant green up
ColourGuard Plus is a lawn pigment product designed to instantly green up any lawn type! It can be used at any time of the year – working in extreme heat, cold and frost, and won’t bleed, run or stain once absorbed. It is a natural and organic product with no harmful chemicals. ColourGuard comes in an easy to use 2L hose-on bottle, a 100ml concentrate and commercial sizes 2.5L Concentrate, and 10L Concentrate.
Still unsure about what products you should use on your lawn? We have lots of other lawn care blogs you can check out here, or you can give our team a call to discuss your lawn care needs.
