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The label that comes with a pesticide product is a legal document and must be followed explicitly, otherwise there is a...

Different weather patterns associated with fall are conducive to different issues in the landscape. Although fall isn’t...

Soil testing isn’t just for problem areas–it should be performed on a routine basis to determine actual needs for soil...

Managing soil health is critical to root development and plant performance. Only by submitting samples for lab analysis...

Fall brings cooler weather and a change of colors in the tree canopy. While the most obvious are deciduous trees...

There are a number of factors which contribute to thatch production. Some of the simplest are turfgrass varieties....

Fall comes with a different set of property management practices. Everything from late season seeding, emerged and...

Fall typically brings cooler and wetter conditions, although you wouldn’t know it if you looked at the drought monitor....

As weather patterns turn dry, more sensitive plants begin to show symptoms of stress. Annuals, herbaceous perennials,...

After strategy and execution, the wait is on. Weather conditions become milder, and there should be plenty of time for...

You spent the season looking at your turf thinking, “Soon, very soon,” and that time is here. You were able to stave...

Over 68% of the country is still experiencing some semblance of precipitation shortage ranging from (D0) abnormally dry...

The trimming and/or pruning of ornamental plants is a reality for many maintenance companies. These processes tend to...

Red imported fire ants or RIFA can be found from coastal North Carolina across the southern/ central US to Texas and a...

Phenology is the study of life cycle events of living organisms on Earth. These findings are based on growing degree...

Along with alkaline water sources, water hardness can also be a mix water quality issue. The effects of hard water,...

There are four species of chinch bugs, or Blissus leucopterus spp., that provide for the bulk of turf damage across...

On the way to your first job site of the day, you let your brain wander for just a few seconds, then it is GO time. But...

The group of organisms called lichens consist of somewhere between 13,000 and 30,000 species worldwide. These are...

They go by many names: super-absorbent polymers, co-poly gels, hydrogels, and polyacrylamides (PAM) to name a few. They...

Wetting agents have long been considered vital to the management of high-quality turf, but their actual function may...

In a perfect world, water could be applied at the rate and timing at which a plant needs it in order to mitigate...

Nearly 70% of the US is somewhere in D0 – D4 stages of drought. This is not considering dryer vs. more tropical or...

Most lawn moths have been a problem on nearly all species of grasses. The familyPyralidaeconsist of over 20...

In different parts of the country, lawn care programs have been underway for some time. Companies are likely anywhere...

The official start of spring brought a sigh of relief and an anticipation of warmer weather, particularly for those of...

When bulbs are starting to emerge and the landscape is starting to wake up, we know spring is not far away. It is...

Being irrigation experts, we all have a pretty firm grasp on evapotranspiration, but let's talk about it more from a...

Iron (Fe) is one of the most common micronutrients found in fertilizers. Though plentiful in most soils it can easily...

On every bag of granular fertilizer, there is a guaranteed analysis (or grade) expressed as three numbers. It dictates...

Winter and early spring are not the perfect times for cool season turf seeding, but sometimes there are no other...