Tag: turfgrass
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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 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...
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...
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...