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WEED IDENTIFICATION HOW TO CORRECTLY CARE FOR A NEW LAWN
GUIDE WEEDS
When you have a new lawn installed it’s imperative that you care for it correctly so that it establishes and develops a strong root system. Here are the top tips for Daleys Turf for caring for your newly installed turf:
Watering
Bindii (Soliva sesillis)
Catsear (Hypochoeris spp.)
Dandelion (Gnaphalium spp.)
Mallow (Malva parviflora)
A heavy watering regime will ensure your new lawn doesn’t dry out while keeping the soil soft for new root penetration. Never let the new turf dry out. Of course, the amount of water the new lawn needs will be determined by the current weather. During hot weather you may need to water for 10 minutes four or five times per Capeweed Plantain Pennyweed Creeping Oxalis day for the first week. (Artotheca calendula) (Plantago lanceolata) (Hydrocotyle (Oxalis corniculata) If it’s not too hot then watering oncetripartita) or twice a day may be enough. If your new lawn is doing well then you can reduced the amount of watering during week two – once a day during hot weather and every second day during milder weather. By week four you should be able to implement a normal watering routine of two deep applications of water per week, dependent on natural rainfall Fleabane Clover Mullumbimby Couch Wintergrass (Conyza spp.) (Trifolium spp.) (Cyperus brevifolius) (Poa annua) received. Fertilising Typically, new turf is fertilised before it leaves the turf farm so there is no reason to fertilise within the first two months of installation. Crowsfoot Paspalum Summergrass Nutgrass (Eleusine indica & E. tristachya)
(Paspalum spp.)
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(Digitaria sanguinalis, D. ciliaris)
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(Cyperus rotundus)
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WEED IDENTIFICATION Ask yourGUIDE turf provider when the turf was last fertilised. Mowing
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Lifecycle
You should not mow your new lawn until the turf in firmly rooted in the soil. You can test this by finding a corner of the turf roll and trying to pull it upwards. If the turf pulls upward then you should WEED leave mowing for another week. If the turf stays fixed to the soil by the roots then it’s time for the first mowing.
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