It Helps To Look Back When Planning Ahead: Part 1: Golf Turf

by a3c0657a_admin | Jan 18, 2020 | Golf, Turf Tips

If you have had similar problems in the last year or two, they are likely to recur in 2020. Use your winter conference time to ask questions of speakers and/or network in hallways with friends, sales reps, University Extension specialists and others, who probably can...

Malicious Moles and Other Turf Mounders

by a3c0657a_admin | Oct 25, 2019 | Golf, Lawn & Landscape, Pest Control, Turf Tips

Most turf nerds, like myself, are baffled and amazed by the incredible strength and endurance of relatively small animal pests, which  create mounds of excavated soil in lawns and golf turfs. Major mounding pests include moles (sometimes shrews and...

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,...

Stark Winter Colors Slowly Yield To Signs of Spring on Golf Courses

by a3c0657a_admin | Mar 15, 2019 | Golf, Turf Tips

Click to read Dr. Pete's article : Stark Winter Colors Slowly Yield To Signs of Spring on Golf Courses

Preparing Golf Turf For Predicted Heavy Summer Rain Events

by a3c0657a_admin | Jun 27, 2018 | Golf, Turf Tips

Click to read Dr. Pete's Turf Tips: Preparing Golf Turf For Predicted Heavy Summer Rain Events

“Puffy Greens”

by a3c0657a_admin | Jan 29, 2018 | Golf, Turf Tips

Click to read Dr. Pete's Turf Tips: “Puffy Greens”:Sand Dilution Is A Major Part of The Solution!