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I've just given an apartment to rent a house.
I want to have a Hank Hill-tier lawn, but it's currently half grass half weed.
If I dump pictures of the weeds, can /diy/ help identify them and their best removal method?
The lawn is in Australia.
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>>1007882
A broad-spectrum broadleaf herbicide will kill almost anything with broad leafs (surprise) - you don't need to do much specialization. Won't touch crabgrass through, like in the first picture. That you need to get before it germinates, i.e. next year.

Meme answer is to just roundup the whole fucking thing, till it and resod/reseed. That's not necessarily a bad idea if it's really too far gone.
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>>1007884
Is it worth trying to remove the weeds at the beginning of winter or should I just keep them mown and try to hit them in Spring?
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>>1007887
Fucking clover....hate that shit
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>>1007893
Oh, right - Australia. Yeah now is a good time to put down a "winterizer" fertilizer if you have that down there. Then in the spring there's a critical window right after you stop getting overnight frost, 2-3 weeks wide, where you can put down a crabgrass preventer. That's when you win or lose for the entire year.
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burn it all and then rip it all out.

then plant Zoysia grass.
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Grass that looks that bad in the fall is pretty far gone, too. How cold does it get where you are? If you still have a good amount of time before winter, fall is the best time to reseed. Just throw a shit ton of it everywhere and water it daily.
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>>1007882
Im gob-smacked that a renter wants to spend money making a pretty lawn on a property they have no vested interest in.

As a landlord with over 40 properties the best i expect from a tenant is to mow once a week during the growing seasons to keep the neighbors from complaining.

Its
Not
Your
House

Get a shitty mower with dull blades from the curb, replace the broken part that is keeping it from "working", and mow the weed patch once a week. Thats ALL that comprises your end of the agreement.
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>>1008032

Are you a slumlord or do you rent on six month leases?

I may not own my rented property but if I'm going to live there for years then I want to sit on the lawn and enjoy it.

Obviously if you have property in bait areas where no-one wants to live, then the area is expected to look like shit. Limits how much rent you can charge though.
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>>1008032
>Its
>Not
>Your
>House

T W A T
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>>1007904
that stuff is awesome... my gramps planted it in his yard - small chicago (postage stamp lot) and it took off like crazy! completely replaced the old grass within a few years. it was super thick and spongy. no weeds could get a foot hold in it. he had the best lawn on the block.
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>>1007889
Im pretty sure this is mallow.

Someone correct me if im wrong,
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>>1008032
Fuck you dude.

>hurr durr that queers improving sonething i own for free.
L.

Yeah nah, fuck off m8.
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