A Season of Pests and Stress: Now is the Time to Clean Up the Mess

by a3c0657a_admin | Sep 27, 2019 | Pest Control

I normally begin each newsletter with a brief summary of weather conditions and how they have impacted turfgrass health and management. Weather patterns often explain the nature of pest activity, the erratic behavior of pesticides, and are the basis of all...

Tired of your dog tearing up the yard?

by a3c0657a_admin | Sep 19, 2019 | Lawn & Landscape, Products

Try using Traqmatz!  

A Summer Only a Turf Pathologist Could Love

by a3c0657a_admin | Aug 16, 2019 | Turf Tips

 This summer has been hot (numerous days ≥ 90oF and most nights > 70oF) and humid; marked by periods of drought; then broken intermittently by a few rainy days and lots of thunderstorm activity.  Turf subjected to heat and drought stress followed...

Count On July For Something New and/or Unusual

by a3c0657a_admin | Jul 26, 2019 | Turf Tips

 Click to read Dr. Pete's article : Count On July For Something New and/or Unusual

Japanese Stiltgrass: A Growing Invasive Weed Problem on Golf Courses and In Lawns

by a3c0657a_admin | Jun 28, 2019 | Golf, Lawn & Landscape

Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) also is known as Japanese grass and Napalese browntop. It is a warm-season annual that germinates in early spring, a few weeks prior to the time that crabgrass and yellow foxtail emerge. In non-mown areas it grows tall,...