Not sure which lawn product is right for you? Answer 2 questions and find out.

Walk into any hardware store and you will find a wall of lawn products. Bags, bottles, granules, liquids. Every one of them promises results. Most Australian homeowners pick something that looks right, apply it, and wait. A few weeks later the lawn looks the same. So they try something else. The problem is not effort. The problem is that most people are treating the symptom they can see, not the cause underneath it.

Why picking the wrong product is so easy to do

A patchy, yellowing lawn that does not respond to fertiliser looks almost identical to a lawn that is waterlogged, or one that has compacted soil stopping nutrient uptake, or one that is simply iron deficient. The surface tells you almost nothing useful. What matters is what is happening at the soil layer, the root zone, and the leaf layer.

Most lawn products are labelled by what they contain, not by the problem they solve. That puts the diagnosis work on you. If you do not know what is causing your lawn to struggle, a product label is not going to tell you. This is why people spend money on fertiliser when what their lawn actually needs is a wetting agent. Or they chase colour when the real issue is the soil is not able to hold water long enough for any product to work.

Getting the diagnosis right first changes everything. The right product on a well-prepared lawn works fast and visibly. The wrong product on a poorly prepared lawn does almost nothing.

Two questions that cut through the guesswork

The Turf & Surf lawn quiz asks 2 questions. Each one is designed to identify which layer of your lawn is the actual problem. Most people are done in under 30 seconds.

1. What best describes your lawn right now?
Seven options covering every common lawn situation: dry patches and water running off, faded or yellow colour, thin and patchy growth, major damage, new turf being established, weeds and pests, or a healthy lawn you want to maintain. Pick the one that fits and the quiz adapts from there.

2. One follow-up question, only when it changes your answer.
Depending on your first answer, the quiz asks one more question. Either what happens when you water (to check for hydrophobic soil), or what has set the lawn back recently (heat stress, winter dormancy, physical damage, gradual decline). If your situation is clear from the first answer alone, the quiz goes straight to your result.

What the quiz recommends and why

Based on your answers, the quiz points you to the product or pack that fits your specific situation. The full Turf & Surf range is reachable depending on what your lawn actually needs.

Soak is recommended when water is running off or beading instead of soaking in. One product, one problem, fast result.

Starter Pack is the starting point for most Australian lawns. Soak, Vital and Surge working together to fix water penetration, root depth and green-up.

Recovery Pack is for lawns that have been through significant stress. Base, Vital and Surge rebuild the soil structure and root environment before any growth program can take hold.

Summer Survival Pack is for lawns under heat and water stress. Soak, Surge and Vivid protect the leaf without pushing the soft growth that heat punishes.

Vivid is for lawns in reasonable shape but lacking colour. Foliar iron straight to the leaf for visible results in 3 to 5 days.

Surge is the routine maintenance feed for a healthy lawn you want to keep performing.

Start with the soil

Every Turf & Surf product is designed around one principle: nothing works until the soil works. A fertiliser that cannot penetrate a hydrophobic surface does nothing. An iron product on a lawn with compacted, depleted soil gives you a temporary colour hit and no lasting result. The quiz is built on this logic. It does not ask what you want your lawn to look like. It asks what is standing in the way of your lawn performing the way it should.

If you have already spent money on products that have not delivered, the answer is probably not a different product. It is the right product, applied to a lawn that is actually ready to receive it.

Take the quiz and find out which product your lawn actually needs.

Frequently asked questions

How long does the quiz take?
2 questions. Under 30 seconds.

What if my lawn has more than one problem?
The quiz identifies the primary problem first. Once that is addressed, additional products can be layered in. Most lawns improve significantly once the soil layer is functioning correctly.

I have already tried fertiliser and it has not worked. Will this quiz tell me something different?
Quite possibly. If the soil is hydrophobic or the root zone is not active, fertiliser cannot do its job regardless of quality. The quiz is designed to identify exactly this scenario.

Is the quiz free?
Yes. You can skip the email gate and see your result straight away.

Can I use Soak and the Starter Pack together?
Soak is already included in the Starter Pack. If the quiz recommends the Starter Pack, Soak is part of it.