Transition of Dormant Bermudagrass Fairways From Winter To Spring: Begins With a SNAP In Your Stolons

by a3c0657a_admin | Mar 19, 2020 | Turf Tips

The 2019-2020 winter did not happen. We had an “open” snow and ice -free winter. Our coldest nights staggered between mid-December and throughout most of January. Most February days were above average in temperature, but sprinkled in were several days when...

From the Archives // Star of Bethlehem and Wild Garlic: Briefly Seen Yet Ever Present

by a3c0657a_admin | Mar 9, 2020 | Turf Tips

   (Originally Featured April 2018) April started with an unusual snow storm, followed by incessant high winds and average air temperatures mostly 5-10oF below average.  Longer days with some sun promoted enough growing degree days to stimulate...

Using Preemergence Crabgrass Herbicides: What You Need To Know Before Tax Day

by a3c0657a_admin | Feb 20, 2020 | Turf Tips

  Crabgrass is the most common and invasive turfgrass weed in the mid-Atlantic. Most professional turf managers in our region are well versed on the importance of premergence crabgrass control, since postemergence control is much more difficult and expensive....

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...

It Helps To Look Back When Planning Ahead: Part 2: Lawns

by a3c0657a_admin | Jan 18, 2020 | Lawn & Landscape, Turf Tips

Lawn care operators (LCO’s) encounter similar problems from year to year. In each year, however, weather patterns always are the “wild card.”  Weather conditions often explain the nature of pest activity, the erratic behavior of pesticides,...

It Helps To Look Back When Planning Ahead: Part 3: Sod Production

by a3c0657a_admin | Jan 18, 2020 | Turf Tips

There was a time not too long ago when sod growers produced crops without irrigation. Success was a real “crap-shoot” because they had to rely on Mother Nature to provide timely rains at seeding and to sustain crops until maturity. Summers following fall...