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The Garden Question Podcast:
Proper Agronomics for Healthy Turf Grass – Dr. Clint Waltz

Do you ever get frustrated with your Turf Grass?
In this episode of The Garden Question Podcast: Proper Agronomics for Healthy Turf Grass,
we talk with Dr. Clint Waltz about solutions to your frustrations.
The current research into practices and efforts to lowing the inputs into successful turfgrass.
How turf grass ecoservices brings good things to our environment.
We also talk about the benefits and hurdles to auto mowing.

  

Turfgrass News

Burrweed develops opposite, sparsely hairy leaves that are divided into numerous segments and small, inconspicuous flowers, in addition to the spine-tipped burrs found in the leaf axils. When treated with herbicides in January, February and March, lawn burrweed can be effectively controlled. CAES News
Treat now for “stickers” in your lawn Alicia Holloway
Control burrweed in your lawn at the beginning of the year to help prevent painful burrs in the summer.
Fall armyworm larvae have a white inverted Y-shaped mark on the front of their dark head. They are smooth skinned and vary in color from light tan or green to nearly black, with three yellowish-white hairlines down the back. The larval stage lasts from three to four weeks and can be damaging to turfgrass and crops. (Photo by USDA Agricultural Research Service Photo Unit, Bugwood.org) CAES News
Armyworms are marching across Georgia turfgrass William G. Tyson
Fall armyworms will eat many kinds of grass, but their favorite is bermudagrass that is well fertilized and watered.
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