Lawn Consultation - Solving your lawn problems

 

Lawn problems are not always as simple as they first appear. Stop guessing, and find out what your lawn actually needs!

A lawn may be struggling because of watering, soil condition, drainage, shade, compaction, insects, disease, nutrition or a combination of several factors. Treating the visible symptom without understanding the underlying cause can lead to a lot of trial and error.

At Paul Munns, we offer two consultation options depending on the problem you’re experiencing.

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In-Store Lawn Consultation - Free

For many common lawn problems, the best place to start is with our free in-store lawn consultation.

Bring a sample of your lawn into our Hove store and one of our experienced team members can inspect it with you, discuss what has been happening and help identify the likely cause.

For the best result, bring in a sample approximately 20cm x 20cm and 100mm deep, including the grass, roots and soil beneath it.

An in-store consultation can be particularly useful for problems such as:

• weeds
• lawn insects and pests
• fungal disease
• discolouration
• poor lawn growth
• fertilising and nutrition
• general lawn-care questions

Where possible, it also helps to bring a few photos showing the affected area and the lawn as a whole. Our aim is not simply to recommend a product. We want to help you understand what is happening and give you practical advice on what to do next.

Onsite Lawn Consultation — $260

Sometimes a lawn problem cannot be properly understood from a sample alone.

Issues such as irrigation coverage, drainage, shade, soil conditions, compaction and the way different areas of the lawn are performing often need to be seen at the property.

For these situations, we offer an onsite lawn consultation with Stefan Palm.

Stefan will visit your property and assess the lawn in its actual environment. This gives him the opportunity to look at the broader factors that may be affecting its performance rather than concentrating only on the visible symptoms.

During the consultation, Stefan can consider areas such as:

• the overall condition of the lawn
• turf variety
• soil and compaction
• watering and irrigation coverage
• drainage
• sunlight and shade
• weeds, insects and disease
• current lawn-care practices
• renovation or recovery options

You can also show Stefan exactly where the problems are occurring and talk through what you have already tried.

The goal is to give you a clearer understanding of what is causing the problem and what you should do next.

What happens during a lawn consultation?

Stefan will spend up to one hour at your property inspecting your lawn and talking through the problems you've been experiencing.

Depending on the lawn and the issue, he may consider factors such as the turf variety, soil condition, moisture, drainage, irrigation coverage, sunlight and shade, compaction, pests, weeds, disease and your current lawn-care practices.

Just as importantly, you can show Stefan exactly what has been concerning you and explain what you've already tried.

He'll then talk you through what he believes is happening and recommend practical steps to improve the lawn.

You'll come away knowing:

What's likely causing the problem.
Sometimes the obvious symptom isn't the real problem.

What you should do next.
You'll have a clearer direction instead of continuing to experiment.

What is — and isn't — worth spending money on.
The answer isn't always another bag, bottle or treatment.

What you can realistically expect from your lawn.
Stefan can take your particular lawn, soil and growing conditions into account.

Advice from one of Adelaide's most experienced lawn specialists

Stefan Palm is Director of Paul Munns Instant Lawn and has more than 30 years of experience working with lawns, turf and soils in South Australia.

His knowledge isn't based on generic lawn-care information from interstate or overseas. It comes from decades of seeing how different grasses, soils and lawn-care practices perform in Adelaide's particular climate and growing conditions.

Stefan is also regularly invited to share his lawn knowledge with South Australian audiences, including appearances on ABC Radio Adelaide's Talkback Gardening and 5AA's gardening program with Michael Keelan.

When you book a consultation, you're not simply paying for someone to look at your lawn.

You're getting access to decades of specialist lawn knowledge, at your home, applied to your particular lawn.

Onsite Consultation Conditions:

• Onsite consultation does not include laboratory or plant tissue testing
• Outside of metro area locations will incur a travel surcharge. Enquire for a quote
• Onsite consultation is only applicable for domestic lawns. 
• All advice given is general in nature only and given based on our best understanding of your circumstances at the time of the consultation. Unknown factors may alter the advice and solutions provided