r/GardeningAustralia • u/MrsKittenHeel 🌵 Water Wise Gardener • Feb 24 '23

💚 Autumn Lawn Care Megathread & ask Lawn Solutions Australia anything! 💚 ALL SEASONS

Hello Aussie gardeners!

We hope you are enjoying the shift to cooler weather.

For this season's lawns mega thread, Lawn Solutions Australia u/LawnSolutionsAU have kindly offered to help with diagnosing lawn issues or answering any questions. Lawn Solutions are a national network of turf growers with experts in Aussie climates.

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As usual, we will be redirecting the grass and lawn automod to this thread.

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u/MarkVansomething May 29 '24 edited May 29 '24

Hi. Thanks for this great resource !! It's so hard to find specific advice.

We live near the coast in Portarlington VIC. We have couch grass on our nature strip (i am pretty sure).

Starting in Autumn. I am noticing there is a layer of dead pieces all over the lawn. The best way to describe it is , it looks as if i was not using the catcher on the lawn mower. Is it normal for a carpet of small pieces of dead grass too regularly appear in couch grass in Autumn? The dead pieces are loose and not attached to anything. The dead patches are not circular, its more like a carpet of pieces. Could it be the result of cutting my grass too long during summer (about 7cm)? Overall large sections of the grass look dead, but when you look closely its *mainly* just a layer of dead pieces on top.

Other neighbours do not seem to have this problem.

fyi. The soil is alkaline (~8pH) and I have applied sulphur about a month ago. Other than that i applied a slow release fertiliser about a month ago.

https://preview.redd.it/i9tftb11ac3d1.png?width=2656&format=png&auto=webp&s=142dadeb6772d048707be91c71a9bccd7fe1d7db

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u/MarkVansomething Jun 07 '24

Or maybe it's birds eating my couch grass?

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u/LawnSolutionsAu 🌾 Lawn guru Jul 31 '24

Hi u/MarkVansomething, it looks like some birds have possibly been going through the lawn. Have you noticed any bird activity on the lawn recently? Please have a look here for more information - https://lawnsolutionsaustralia.com.au/lawn-care/lawn-problems/birds-ripping-up-your-lawn/

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u/MarkVansomething Aug 03 '24

Yes, you are exactly right. Birds gather on the grass and peck at the ground.