Soil Testing for Lawns
This publication is intended to aid in interpreting soil test results and to provide guidelines on improving soil nutrient status for general turf, commercial and athletic turf, and to home lawn owners.
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Improving Lawns in the Shade
Information in this publication provides a series of suggestions on fertilization, pest control, and general maintenance for improving the health of turfgrasses growing in shaded areas.
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Lawn Improvement Programs
This publication provides suggestions on sodding and restarting a new lawn. In addition, it gives ideas for maintaining the lawn, a turf care sequence and sample sod specifications.
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Mowing, Thatching, Aerifying, and Rolling Turf
A publication that gives suggestions for maintaining turf by effective mowing, thatching and aerifying.
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Irrigation Practices for Homelawns
This publication discusses several irrigation practices for homelawns such as frequency of watering, time of day to water, and rate of application.
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Don’t Bag It
How can you handle grass clippings when the city is not going to collect them any more? AY-2 offers tips on how to leave grass clippings on the lawn while maintaining a healthy yard.
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Building a Backyard Putting Green
Location Full sun - The green should be located in full sun for optimum turf growth and performance. Air movement - Locate the green so the wind (air flow) is not blocked by trees or buildings. Do not locate the...
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Purchasing Quality Grass Seed for Your Lawn
This publication provides help when selecting turfgrass for different lawns. Things to look for on a bag of quality grass seed are also covered. It also defines key terms that are used with planting and maintaining turfgrasses.
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Seeding a Turf Area in the Spring
This publication provides turf seeding guidelines in the spring for established turf areas and new turf areas.
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Zoysiagrass for Indiana
This publication provides suggestions on establishing and maintaining midwestern lawns composed of zoysia and bermuda grass.
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Establishing Lawn Areas From Seed
This provides guidelines for establishng lawns from seed rather than from sod. It includes information on variety selection, seedbed preparation, watering, and weed control for newly established turfgrass areas.
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Lawn Diseases 2016
The summer of 2016 has been quite favorable for the development of an assortment of infectious diseases on residential turf. The primary driver of all of this disease activity is the weather. In the lower Midwest, the combination of elevated...
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Turfgrass Insects: Managing White Grubs in Turfgrass
This publication provides Indiana turfgrass management professionals and property owners with information to help them (1) properly identify the most common white grub species, (2) understand white grub biology, (3) recognize white grub damage, and (4) formulate safe and effective management strategies.
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Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Seasonal Activity of Turfgrass Pathogens
Understanding when turf pathogens are active allows turf managers to anticipate disease outbreaks and schedule fungicide applications at the most appropriate times. This publication provides estimates of when important turf pathogens are active in the lower Midwest.
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Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Turf Disease Identification
This publication will help turf managers know what to look for when they diagnose infectious turf diseases on the course and in the field. Readers will understand the components of the disease triangle (host, pathogen, and environment), and then be able to use that concept to develop a systematic approach identifying turf disease.
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Common Purslane
Purslane Biology: Common purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) is a summer annual broadleaf weed (Fig. 1) that is commonly found in low maintenance turf swards (Fig. 2), turf seeded in summer (Fig. 3), next to sidewalks and driveways, and in mulched...
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Postemergence Crabgrass Control
As crabgrass grows larger and larger this spring into summer, you'll need to know just how big it is before selecting the right product for postemergence control. Read my recent article to turf professionals at Turf Republic: Just How Big...
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Quackgrass
Quackgrass Biology: Quackgrass ( Elymus repens) is a cool-season perennial that vigorously spreads by rhizomes. It is a sod-forming grass that can crowd out desirable grasses and even other weeds. Quackgrass has been shown to be allelopathic, which means...
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Rain, Rain Go Away?
There are a lot of wet areas out there right now as pockets of Indiana have received more than double their monthly expected rainfall. Rain is a good thing but as we know it is possible to have too much...
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Is it Safe to Aerify after Applying a Preemergence Herbicide?
It is not uncommon for me to receive questions regarding whether it is OK to aerify an area when you’ve already applied a preemergence herbicide to control crabgrass. Will aerifying break the herbicide barrier and reduce my crabgrass control? The...
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