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Lawn grubs consume grass roots and can cause serious damage to your lawn. Contacting your lawn suppliers about pest removal and prevention products could inform you about the most effective ways to remove these unwanted intruders from your garden.
Identifying Lawn Grubs
These persistent grubs are most easily spotted by the damage they cause, resulting in irregular brown patches across a lawn, typically in the late summer or early autumn. To see the grubs themselves, digging up brown patches should reveal the extent of their activity. As well as damaging your lawn, these beetle grubs also encourage other pests into your garden, which feed on them.
Natural Treatments
Lawn grubs are easiest to remove during the late summer and autumn, when they are closer to the lawn surface and still small. Standard insecticide products are not likely to be as effective if applied in the spring, due to the larger size of the grubs and the tendency for rain to wash these substances away. If you prefer to use natural turf care products, beneficial milky spores, the botanical pesticide neem oil and soil-dwelling nematode worms are available from turf suppliers, none of which will cause damage to your turf. For a chemical treatment, products such as Dylox, Merit and Mach-2 can be effective.
Lawn Suppliers in Melbourne
Green Acres Instant Lawns grows and supplies several varieties of premium quality lawn turf. Phone 03 9999 5708 to order buffalo turf or lawn care supplies.
Last updated 9 months ago
Here is a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes before a luscious lawn is laid. The pictures show how the lawn is delivered to your door using our Truck mounted Moffet Forklift
The next set of photos show how we push the Instant Lawn off the pallet.
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Keeping your soil healthy is an important part of overall lawn care. Healthy, good quality soil can take a long time to develop naturally, but can be destroyed in a single planting or through neglect.
Landscaping For Healthier Soil
If you're concerned about the quality of your soil and its effects on your garden, the best results can be achieved through making gradual changes over time. If your soil frequently collects standing water, which can encourage weed growth and lead to erosion, digging a trench in the lowest spot and installing a drainpipe that leads down-slope can improve drainage. You should also aim to ensure that wet soil is avoided and not subjected to foot traffic, as this will lead to packing that restricts water flow and plant roots from establishing.
Fertilising Your Soil
There are many products available from turf suppliers that can improve the quality of your soil, depending on what you're hoping to achieve. For sandy soil, adding compost can increase nitrogen levels, and organic fertilisers are recommended over chemical products for all types of lawns. You should always follow the instructions on the packaging when applying fertiliser, and tilling your soil when it's dry can reduce clumping.
Lawn Care in Melbourne
Green Acres Instant Lawn is a major supplier of high quality lawn turf in Melbourne, which grows and sells many brands of turf as well as lawn care supplies. Phone 03 9999 5708 for more details.
Last updated 10 months ago
Here are some photos of a job that we stared last Thursday at Tarneit using Kikuyu Instant Lawn.
The job was completed this week using a total of 15,000m2 Kikuyu Instant Lawn.
Check out the photos of the completed job below!
Last updated 10 months ago
A French drain can be an excellent way to divert unwanted water from one place to another. These drains have many applications, but they can be particularly useful as a way to stop dips or depressions in your lawn from becoming waterlogged during wet weather. Find out how to simply and easily build your own French drain with the help of this useful video from About.com.
In a short and informative clip, you’ll hear how to start digging and installing a French drain under your lawn. Useful computer animations offer a simple guide to the various stages of the building process and you’ll hear a variety of hints and tips to help you along the way.
With a French drain, you can lessen the effects of water damage on your lawn and plants. What’s more, you can disguise the surface of your drain with topsoil and turf, to ensure the surface of your lawn looks undisturbed. Watch this concise video and gather the basic information you’ll need if you’re thinking of installing a French drain in your garden or public space.
If you’re looking for ways to improve water damaged or patchy turf, be sure to call 03 9999 5708 and speak to the experts at Green Acres Instant Lawns. A family run business with more than 10 years of experience servicing Melbourne and beyond, they will be able to advise you on the best type of turf for your needs.
