Tag: turfgrass

McCoy Horticultural Sustainability

Journey To Sustainability

Recently, I had a chance to reflect on my 30 years in the Green Industry. I was preparing a presentation and intended to speak...
Musser

International Turfgrass Foundation Awards Two Individuals

Musser Foundation selects Travis Russell and Dr. Devon Carroll as 2022 Award of Excellence recipients. The Musser International Turfgrass Foundation has selected both Travis...
turf disease control

What Are The Top Turfgrass Challenges Anticipated For 2022?

Weather is inconsistent; crabgrass, nutsedge, and brown patch can be counted on.   With last year’s employment and supply chain issues, the usual technical challenges, like...
soil

Soil Solutions For Healthy Turfgrass

Soil quality has a large impact on the intensity of management practices and on the ability of a soil to sustain quality turfgrass. It...
fall fertilizer

Fall Fertilization Tips: One Size Does Not Fit All

Like politics, all lawn care in America is local—well, let’s make that regional. But you get the point. Consider the differences in turfgrass growing...

Olympic Turfgrass Developed At The University Of Georgia

The Summer Olympics may be in Japan right now, but Team USA was on home turf when they took the field for last week's...
Sod Solutions

Six Reasons To Consider Sod Solutions Pro For Landscape Renovations

Sponsored by Sod Solutions has been researching, developing and releasing to the market new turfgrass varieties for the past 27 years. The new professionally focused...
American Dunes

New American Dunes Golf Course Features DLF Seed

On the eastern shores of Lake Michigan, golf legend Jack Nicklaus helped transform the historic Grand Haven Golf Club into the American Dunes Golf...
sod

New Sod Producer Site Offers Fescue, Bermudagrass, Zoysia Care Calendars

Who knows more about growing grass than a sod producer? Turf Connections, a sod producer of natural grass throughout North Carolina and South Carolina,...

Turfgrass Being Rethought As Pollinator Food Source

Turfgrass sometimes get a "bad rap" for not providing bees and other insect pollinators a helping hand on the food front. But studies from...
fungicide

Bayer Signature XTRA Stressgard Fungicide Registered For Turf In CA, HI

The Turf and Ornamentals business of Bayer, within the company’s Crop Science division, has announced that Signature™ XTRA Stressgard® fungicide is now registered and...
xeric

Experts Choices For Xeric Turfgrass & More

Lawns have been the centerpiece of American landscapes for a very long time and especially in the 20th century. Now, with the increasing effects...
resistance

Bayer’s Tips For Limiting Herbicide Resistance In Turfgrass

  Herbicide resistance is the inherited ability of a plant to survive and reproduce following exposure to a normally lethal dose of herbicide. Resistance has...
nematodes

It’s Not Too Late To Control Nematodes

Nematodes are detrimental turf pests found in golf course greens, fairways and tees across the United States. They are small, microscopic, unsegmented worms that...
European chafer

Major Turf Pest Spreads To Minnesota

  The European chafer beetle (Amphimallon majale), an insect that can cause major damage to turfgrass, has been found for the first time in Minnesota...

In Florida, CitraBlue St. Augustine Grass Hits The Market

The University of Florida's first turfgrass release in over a decade, CitraBlue™ St. Augustine grass is available for purchase throughout Florida.
turfgrasses

Nine-Year, Multi-University Effort Develops Drought Tolerant Turfgrasses

  Water conservation is an increasing issue and turfgrass has deservedly gotten a bad rap as a thirsty consumer of this precious resource. (The typical...
Herbicide Application

Herbicide Application Challenges In 2020

For many landscapers, the arrival of the busy Spring season is a chance to achieve improvements and efficiencies over last year’s practices. In a...
turfgrass

Solutions For Cemetery Turfgrass Management

By Aaron Pettit The management of turfgrass in cemeteries is unique and requires an understanding of factors not seen in other turfgrass installations. These factors...
landscape irrigation

Water Efficient Landscape Design

From financial pundits to environmentalists, most seem to agree that water, particularly in its use, management, and distribution, is the new gold. Water scarcity...
Firewise Landscaping

Firewise Landscaping

Expert advice on designing and maintaining reduced-risk landscapes in an era of extreme wildfires.
Unilock Scholarship

Unilock ® Scholarship Helps Shape the Landscape Industry

Unilock is accepting applications for their Paving the Future Scholarship. The winner will receive $5,000. Deadline for submission is 9/16/24.

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Capital One Center, Ruppert Landscape

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Desert Foothills Landscape

Desert Decadence In An Arizona Landscape Design

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snow removal, insurance coverage

Is Your Insurance Snow Blind?

Unique risks involved with snow and ice removal mean that adequate insurance coverage is critical to protecting your business.
snowstorms

Compact Cleanup Solutions

In the wake of snowstorms and natural disasters, it's essential to be prepared with versatile equipment to support restoration efforts.