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Fertilising your lawn in spring
Fertilising your lawn during the spring months is vital. It helps to provide the turf with all the essential nutrients it needs to grow healthily and deal better with disease and weather extremes. It is important, however, to make sure that fertiliser is applied correctly. If applied at the wrong times of year, it can […]
How to use a knapsack sprayer
Knapsack sprayers, sometimes known as backpack sprayers, are a type of sprayer that are operated by one user who carries the sprayer on their back. These sprayers are often used for applying herbicides, liquid fertilisers and even fungicides. Knapsack sprayers are ideal if you are wanting to treat a small – medium sized area and […]
Explained: How to Take a Soil Sample For Testing
Soil health is key to the success of your paddock, lawns, and gardens; a small imbalance in the nutritional content or pH can throw your much-loved and cared-for leisure areas into chaos. Unwanted plants, poor growth of grass or other plants, and a lack of beneficial insects can all indicate that your outdoor area needs […]
Explained: How Soil pH Can Affect Plant Growth
Gardeners, paddock caretakers, and lawn enthusiasts alike spend countless hours ensuring the perfect growing conditions for their grass and plants. But there’s more to thriving plants than moisture levels, access to light, and removing weeds; an often-overlooked and vital element for an outdoor area is soil fertility – specifically, soil pH. Creating productive paddocks, lush […]
Top 5 Lawn Care Products to Make Your Grass Greener
Having a good lawn is one of the most important factors of a great garden, and maintaining a great garden is about using the right products. This is why we offer an array of lawn care products that enable your grass to be greener and your lawn to stay healthy. We have narrowed down our […]
February Gardening Jobs
As February comes around, gardeners everywhere start feeling hopeful for warmer weather and have a renewed enthusiasm to tackle their gardening tasks. Despite the cold temperatures of February, there are still plenty of jobs that need to be done in order to prepare a garden for the months ahead. Knowing what is appropriate to do […]
Introducing MAC Hi Turbo
Algae, lichen and other biofilms can be an unsightly issue on many exterior hard surfaces. When looking for products to control this, it can be quite challenging to figure out what products are best suited for dealing with this issue. At ProGreen we offer a variety of different options available, however our MAC family of […]
The Importance of a Soil Analysis
Ensuring that you have healthy soils and good pH levels is often overlooked, however, soil nutrients and the availability of them is a crucial factor impacting the health of your plants, the ability of paddocks to support the health of animals and the productivity of crops. The best way to ensure plants have access to […]
What soil testing can reveal about the health of your soil
Soil tests provide information about the nutrient presence and availability in the soil. the most important information gathered from a soil test is the status of the soil’s acidity, or pH. Soil pH influences the nutrient availability and uptake by the plants, the activity of soil microorganisms, and the organic degradation and mineralisation. Soil pH […]
Five reasons why soil testing is important
If you’ve heard of soil testing and know what it is – but don’t know why it’s so important, you’ve come to the right place. In this handy beginner’s guide, we’re going to explain five stand-out benefits of the soil analysis process that you should know about. From helping you save time and money to […]
Step by step - How to test soil the simple way
Whether you’re trying to grow a picture-perfect lawn, prize winning vegetables or a nutritious paddock for your horses, it all starts with the soil. If your soil has the wrong pH or lacks the nutrients required to sustain your chosen grass or plants, you’ll struggle to achieve the results you’re looking for. It’s kind of […]
What is soil testing? A beginner's guide
Healthy plants – lawns and paddocks included – begin with healthy soil. Whether you’re struggling to achieve the results you’re looking for or simply want to start off with a solid foundation, soil testing is the best way to gain clarity about the condition of your soil. In this jargon-free beginner’s guide, we’re going to […]