Paul Munns Blog
Below is a list of our latest blog posts, enjoy!
Fertiliser burn in lawn
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 30 November 2021
Fertiliser burn occurs primarily due to poor application methods. Yep ...
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Sowing lawn seed in Spring
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 10 November 2021
Timing when you sow seed is important because the soil needs to be a minimum temperature fo...
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Are black beetle larvae eating your lawn?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 3 November 2021
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Dichondra - the lawn alternative
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 27 October 2021
According to James B Beard, the definition of a lawn is a “Ground that...
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Turf Mites
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 20 October 2021
Each year turf mites become more and more prevalent in domestic lawns and this year is no differe...
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Spring time fertlilising
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 13 October 2021
By fertilising your lawn in Spring, you give it all the nutrients it will need to rise out of win...
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Weed Spotlight - Creeping Oxalis
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 6 October 2021
Over the past month, we've had quite a number of people asking us for advice on how to control th...
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Which lawn should you plant?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 29 September 2021
Whether you are putting in a lawn yourself or having a tradesman do it for you, it won’t be long ...
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Solid fertiliser v Liquid fertiliser
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 22 September 2021
My initial answer to this is both solid and liquid fertilisers contain nutrient which when a...
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Spring is the best time to lay instant turf
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 15 September 2021
With Spring in the air, you may find yourself irresistibly drawn to your garden to do some mainte...
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It's time to core your lawn
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 8 September 2021
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Ground temperatures have risen slightly over the past few weeks, which is exactly the cue lawns l...
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It's officially Spring!
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 1 September 2021
Spring is by far the best time of year for lawns – with the combination of warmth and rain, lawns...
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Lessons learnt from Winter
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 25 August 2021
Throughout Winter, we get hundreds of people coming into our store ask...
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Lawn Seed or Instant Turf?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 11 August 2021
25 years ago, for every ten customers, nine would buy lawn seed and on...
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Are birds pulling up your lawn?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 3 August 2021
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More and more, I hear stories of birds relentlessly ripping up lawns. They come back day after da...
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Is it the wrong time of year to lay natural turf?
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 27 July 2021
It really is an ideal lockdown project. Even under the toughest level 5 restrictions, turf can st...
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Restore colour to your lawn - instantly!
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 22 July 2021
We are deep in winter, at a time of year where there is a high chance that your lawn is going to ...
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How to control moss and algae in lawns
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 14 July 2021
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Winter is the time when moss and algae are most prevalent in lawns. This is because of the cool t...
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Earth worms in lawns
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 7 July 2021
Most gardeners will know that worms are good for the soil for a whole bunch of reasons (which I’l...
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Controlling Winter Grass during winter
Author: Stefan Palm Date Posted: 30 June 2021
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Winter grass or poa annua is a what I would call a very persistent and relentless weed in Austral...
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