Common lawn mowing pitfalls include not staying on top of lawn mower maintenance, following an inconsistent mowing schedule, ...

Mowing your lawn each week during summer might seem as easy as pushing your mower without much thought. But when it comes to ...

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Turfgrass diseases are diagnosed by identifying symptoms and signs of infection. Symptoms are the response of the plant that results from an infection by a plant disease causing organism or stress.

Editor's note: this week's column is a reprint from 2009. Guest writer is Bernd Leinauer, NMSU extension turfgrass specialist. Question: I want to plant a lawn with a grass that uses less water ...

Melodee Fraser, the first female graduate of MSU’s turfgrass management program, developed a Bermuda grass variety over recent years known as Sun Queen at Pure-Seed Testing, Inc. in 2011. (Photo by ...

This turfgrass establishes rapidly from seed and is often included in grass mixtures to provide a quick groundcover. It has a dark green color and is often considered the most aesthetically pleasing, ...

Most important, the turfgrass responded favorably, and the disease was much less severe. Remember that turfgrass damaged by disease requires time to recover and grow new tissue. If the weather or ...

Robert Pierce, PhD, is a state extension fisheries and wildlife specialist at the University of Missouri. Clint Waltz, PhD, ...

arts entertainment Lifestyle . You can plant turfgrass in the fall Some worry it’s too late to put in solid sod, but now is actually the ideal time to redo your lawn.

Glossary of Golf Turfgrass Terms (A-C) D-F G-L M-O P-R S T-W. A. acid soil - A soil with a pH below the neutral point of 7.0. Soil acidity is determined by the concentration of hydrogen ions in ...

One question that answered itself right away: From the first pass with the mower over their 5,000 square feet of turfgrass, the couple knew that mowing a big lawn every week was not for them.