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....

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...

The best time to seed cool-season grasses (i.e., creeping bentgrass, perennial ryegrass, Kentucky bluegrass and fine and tall fescues) in our area of the mid-Atlantic region (i.e., between Philadelphia and Richmond) normally is late August to late October. My...

 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...

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