What do dominant weeds tell us about soil conditions
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Lawn weeds and soil conditions. Quite often the presence of weeds can tell us a lot about the existing ground conditions. Rather than simply eradicating them use them as a guide to determine what if any underlying soil conditions exist. References are available if required
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- 1. Jerry Spencer BSc Hons Grad Dip Gilba Solutions Pty Ltd Cell: 0499975819 Fax: 02 9349 5837 PO Box 45 Maroubra NSW 2035 Website: https://herbycides.wixsite.com/gilba Skype: aussiefert ABN 87163656228 ACN 163 656 228 Indicator common weeds “no copyright infringement is intended” Presence Indicates Weed common name Taxonomic name Drought Wet Acid Compaction Low light Low fertility Winter grass Poa annua Yes Yes Yes Yes Bindi Tribulus terrestris/Solvia Sessilis/Solvia Pterosperma Bindweed Fallopia convolvulus Yes Black medic Medicago lupulina Yes Yes Chickweed – mouse ear Cerastium virgatum Yes Yes Yes Chickweed - Stellaria media Yes Yes Yes Chicory Cichorium intybus Yes Corn speedwell Veronica arvensis Yes Creeping oxalis/ wood sorrel Oxalis corniculata Yes Low calcium Dandelion Taraxacum spp. Yes Yes Flat weed/ catsear Hypochoeris radicata Yes White clover trifolium repens Yes Yes Yes Onion grass/ Guildford Grass Romulea rosea Yes Knotweed Polygonum aviculare Yes Yes Yes Plantain and Narrowleaf plantain Plantago major and Plantago lanceolata Yes Yes Yes silver cinquefoil Potentilla argentea Yes Yarrow Achillea millefolium Yes Yes
- 2. Jerry Spencer BSc Hons Grad Dip Gilba Solutions Pty Ltd Cell: 0499975819 Fax: 02 9349 5837 PO Box 45 Maroubra NSW 2035 Website: https://herbycides.wixsite.com/gilba Skype: aussiefert ABN 87163656228 ACN 163 656 228 Winter grass (Poa annua)
- 3. Jerry Spencer BSc Hons Grad Dip Gilba Solutions Pty Ltd Cell: 0499975819 Fax: 02 9349 5837 PO Box 45 Maroubra NSW 2035 Website: https://herbycides.wixsite.com/gilba Skype: aussiefert ABN 87163656228 ACN 163 656 228 Bindii/Caltrop/Double G (Tribulus terrestris)
- 4. Jerry Spencer BSc Hons Grad Dip Gilba Solutions Pty Ltd Cell: 0499975819 Fax: 02 9349 5837 PO Box 45 Maroubra NSW 2035 Website: https://herbycides.wixsite.com/gilba Skype: aussiefert ABN 87163656228 ACN 163 656 228 Bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) Black medic (Medicago lupulina)
- 5. Jerry Spencer BSc Hons Grad Dip Gilba Solutions Pty Ltd Cell: 0499975819 Fax: 02 9349 5837 PO Box 45 Maroubra NSW 2035 Website: https://herbycides.wixsite.com/gilba Skype: aussiefert ABN 87163656228 ACN 163 656 228 Mouse ear Chickweed (Cerastium virgatum) Common chickweed (Stellaria media).
- 6. Jerry Spencer BSc Hons Grad Dip Gilba Solutions Pty Ltd Cell: 0499975819 Fax: 02 9349 5837 PO Box 45 Maroubra NSW 2035 Website: https://herbycides.wixsite.com/gilba Skype: aussiefert ABN 87163656228 ACN 163 656 228 Chicory (Cichorium intybus) Corn speedwell (Veronica arvensis)
- 7. Jerry Spencer BSc Hons Grad Dip Gilba Solutions Pty Ltd Cell: 0499975819 Fax: 02 9349 5837 PO Box 45 Maroubra NSW 2035 Website: https://herbycides.wixsite.com/gilba Skype: aussiefert ABN 87163656228 ACN 163 656 228 Dandelion (Taraxacum spp.) Flat weed/catsear (Hypochoeris radicata)
- 8. Jerry Spencer BSc Hons Grad Dip Gilba Solutions Pty Ltd Cell: 0499975819 Fax: 02 9349 5837 PO Box 45 Maroubra NSW 2035 Website: https://herbycides.wixsite.com/gilba Skype: aussiefert ABN 87163656228 ACN 163 656 228 White clover (Trifolium repens) Onion grass/Guildford Grass (Romulea rosea)
- 9. Jerry Spencer BSc Hons Grad Dip Gilba Solutions Pty Ltd Cell: 0499975819 Fax: 02 9349 5837 PO Box 45 Maroubra NSW 2035 Website: https://herbycides.wixsite.com/gilba Skype: aussiefert ABN 87163656228 ACN 163 656 228 Knotweed (Polygonum aviculare) Creeping woodsorrel or wood sorrel (Oxalis corniculate)
- 10. Jerry Spencer BSc Hons Grad Dip Gilba Solutions Pty Ltd Cell: 0499975819 Fax: 02 9349 5837 PO Box 45 Maroubra NSW 2035 Website: https://herbycides.wixsite.com/gilba Skype: aussiefert ABN 87163656228 ACN 163 656 228 Plantain (Plantago major) and Ribwort Plantain, Narrowleaf Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) Yarrow (achillea millefolium
- 11. Jerry Spencer BSc Hons Grad Dip Gilba Solutions Pty Ltd Cell: 0499975819 Fax: 02 9349 5837 PO Box 45 Maroubra NSW 2035 Website: https://herbycides.wixsite.com/gilba Skype: aussiefert ABN 87163656228 ACN 163 656 228 Silver cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea)