Digging Deeper Into The Benefits of Aeration
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Turf April 2022 Issue
Editor’s Letter: April 2022 Issue “It’s not that easy being green.” – Kermit The Frog Perhaps no one empathizes with Kermit right now better than lawn and landscape professionals. Everywhere one turns today there is new green legislation targeting the Green Industry—an irony lost on no one. Gas-powered equipment, neonicotinoids, and ...
Fall Fertilization Tips: One Size Does Not Fit All
Like politics, all lawn care in America is local—well, let’s make that regional. But you get the point. Consider the differences in turfgrass growing conditions from Cleveland to Miami to Oklahoma City. Each region is markedly different in seasonal temperatures, precipitation levels, soil types and the dominant turfgrass species most ...
Summer Lawn Disease Management
Turf disease has always been a consistent adversary across the United States for residential lawns and commercial landscapes alike. With the arrival of summer comes the looming threat of lawn disease outbreaks in cool season grasses. Though disease outbreaks can occur in warm season turf, it usually happens during the ...
Mowing With Martha Stewart
“As landscape professionals, we are on a constant quest to create that picturesque and sustainable lawn. Juggling the expected (events and deadlines) with the unexpected (weather, staffing, pests) is simply our way of life. As property foreman for Martha Stewart’s residential farm, I don’t just work for Martha, I often ...
Reading A Soil Test Report: Understanding Terms And Acceptable Ranges
Whether it’s preparing customer properties for spring, ongoing maintenance, or troubleshooting problems, soil testing is often a highly recommended step in many aspects of landscape care. But how many actually perform such tests? And further, how many are confident in interpreting the results? Without these skills, you could be missing ...
Nature Safe Organic Fertilizer Keeps Millions Of Pounds Out Of Landfills
The release of Nature Safe’s new organic fertilizer will prevent 39 million pounds per year of organic waste from going to landfills. Brought online in September 2020 after 17-months of development, this fertilizer repurposes the bone chips recovered from Darling’s Wet Pet Food facility located in Ravenna, NE. By increasing ...
