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Should You Aerate Your Lawn in Winter?

Winter brings a massive slowdown for warm-season grasses across Australia. Many property managers look at struggling turf and wonder about mechanically opening the soil. Soil compaction becomes highly visible during these wet, cold months. But lawn aerating in winter is only necessary to relieve severe waterlogging, otherwise waiting until spring yields far better...

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Winter Lawn Care - Lawn in trouble before Winter

The Difference Between a Dormant Lawn and a Lawn in Trouble

Proper winter lawn care demands knowing if a brown patch is sleeping or dying. Property owners panic at the first sign of winter discolouration and waste money treating healthy grass that just needs a rest. Warm-season grasses naturally shut down when temperatures drop below certain thresholds.  Identifying Natural Winter Dormancy Natural winter dormancy presents as a uniform loss of green colour across...

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