I have no idea what that is. The affected area also has gotten larger.

Greetings all,

Looking for help in order to rejuvenate what is left of my recent roll on lawn application.

I've been watering daily with the first covering at around 4-4.30am, and the second covering at around 8.00-9.00pm.

Its coming back in patches but I want to give it the best chance possible.

I've used the following products:

- Seasol Lawn Fertilizer

- Munns Golfers Green

- Soil Wetting Agents

Nothing seems to really help or am I just being impatient with our current hot weather?

Images is when I put it down, versus how it currently looks.

I'm kinda stuck with watering by hose at the moment as the irrigation is playing up and the pressure to the middle and area close to the house isn't enough to cover the area.

I'd look at checking if there is any leaks in the retic lines but this means digging them all up which I'd rather leave as a last resort or when we're in a rainy season.

Is this salvageable over time, and what products would give the lawn the best chances of coming back I understand with the current heat it probably wasn't the best time to tackle this.

Located Perth WA

Cheers,

Greetings all,

Looking for help in order to rejuvenate what is left of my recent roll on lawn application.

I've been watering daily with the first covering at around 4-4.30am, and the second covering at around 8.00-9.00pm.

Its coming back in patches but I want to give it the best chance possible.

I've used the following products:

- Seasol Lawn Fertilizer

- Munns Golfers Green

- Soil Wetting Agents

Nothing seems to really help or am I just being impatient with our current hot weather?

The first image is when I put it down, the second image is how it currently looks.

I'm kinda stuck with watering by hose at the moment as the irrigation is playing up and the pressure to the middle and area close to the house isnt enough to cover the area.

I'd look at checking if there is any leeks in retic lines but this means digging them all up which I'd rather leave as a last resort or when we're in a rainy season.

Is this salvageable over time, and what products would give the lawn the best chances of coming back.

Cheers,

Hiya fellow green thumbs! Brisbane, Qld here. I'm curious... what do you do with old potting mix?

I do a variety of things, and I'd really love to know if someone has a tried and true method that works for them!

Most commonly, when it comes time to repot/refresh the plant, I'll decant into a bucket or two. Then I usually add a little bit of slow release fertiliser, mix it with some mulch, water it well...I mix it around every few days, watering it etc.

Then when it looks OK, I usually will rotate it back into another plant, where I'll generally mix it 50/50 with fresh potting mix.

This method seems to work for me, but I'm just really curious what others do. Thanks!

Hey r/GardeningAustralia,

I recently moved into a rental property last spring, and I’m completely new to lawn care. The property has a small lawn in the front and a large backyard, but I’ve already made a few rookie mistakes while trying to maintain it. Unfortunately, a large portion of the lawn seems to have died off due to heat stress, and now I’m trying to figure out the best way to bring it back.

I’m planning to rake the dead areas, reseed, and add some top-dressing soil. However, while I was inspecting the lawn, I noticed something strange — there seems to be a plastic sheet about 2 or 3 cm below the grass. I haven’t figured out where it goes, but it seems to cover a large part of the lawn.

I’m wondering:

1. What is the purpose of this plastic sheet? Is it some sort of base layer to help grow the grass?
2. Should I avoid damaging the plastic sheet when I rake the lawn, or is it okay to break it up?

Also, if anyone has experience with regrowing a lawn from scratch, could you share any good step-by-step guides?

I’ve attached some pictures of the lawn and the plastic sheet for reference.

1. Image 1 is the dried part of the lawn - https://imgur.com/a/nVcrEtC
2. Image 2 is pic of the plastic sheet that seems to be under the lawn - https://imgur.com/a/nVcrEtC

Thanks in advance for your help!

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and advice!

Id say about 5m tall, 20 years oldish, leaves turn redish before falling off. In eastern vic

Wish I took a pic earlier but I’d found these roots clumping up along the bottom of our fence line and climbing ours and the neighbours trees.

Whatever it is, has a woody root system but the roots when broken are red and in the middle of the root is what looks like red electrical wire.

Anybody have any idea? I’ve tried googling and no luck. 😔

Anyone had any experience with these? I'm looking for solar ground lights to put around the pool and want to avoid the bunnings crap which i one from experience won't last. Looks like a lot of happy customers with photos in the website, but i prefer reviews fun reddit!

https://solagarden.com.au/collections/best-sellers/products/ground-lights

Thanks!

Got a random bean. Is it a eat the whole pod or just eat the bean inside type bean?

We’ve had a family of bush rats move into the neighbours backyard. The clever things are coming under the fence to my veggie patch, caught one on top of a 2m stake! They have started eating my tomatoes. Wondering if anyone has any natural deterrent tips?

I am in Sydney and I have had this plant for a few months. I noticed that they developed brown patches in some of their leaves. They are located in a very shady spot. I don't know what happened. Please help.

Title says it all unfortunately, I've been a passionate organic gardener for years with almost no issues. You lose the occasional thing to caterpillars sure, and aphids can be a pain if left to get out of hand but this year I've had thousands of QFF and nothing seems to help.

I've tried the organic spinosad bait, the traps from Bunnings, other traps from online. I've now resorted to a professional bait and chemical poison combo to try get the numbers down but no luck. We ripped out almost every fruiting plant we had (basically everything you're gonna grow in summer). They don't seem to like eggplant, and they do sting the bottle gourds and luffa but neither of those seem to care. We are now growing exclusively flowers and things that don't fruit. Apart from the trees.

MAT cups work but obviously not well enough to stop the breeding before they find the trap. Culling all the fruit also has helped reduce the numbers but isn't a solution and now we have ripening guava and we are losing them too. I was hesitant to invest in netting for the trees but will be soon.

Is there really no solution? Beyond netting and pumping my garden full of poison on an almost daily basis just for the rain to wash it all away anyway. How are you supposed to enjoy a hobby when every harvest is maggots and rot.

Found this guy on one of our sunflower plants this afternoon. From a distance it looked like bird poo 😆

Got a few sproutlings and I don't want em to die but I know this pot won't be enough for all of em.

Looking at setting up my own irrigation system at home.
As for the hoses/pipes themselves, in addition to the connectors - are there any brands made better than others? I'll need a mix of drip line ends, mist sprays and various sprinkler heads, as I have different areas in the garden with different watering requirements.

I see a lot of Pope branded products at Bunnings - are they good enough?

I'm looking at adding a Rachio 8zulw-c in the mix too - if that makes any difference.