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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

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.
Clint Waltz, UGA Extension turfgrass specialist, welcomes the crowd to the 2022 Turfgrass Research Field Day at UGA-Griffin on Aug. 3. Interim Assistant Provost and Campus Director David Buntin (back) and Griffin Mayor Doug Hollberg (front) also welcomed the crowd of approximately 700 attendees to the event. CAES News
Turfgrass Research Field Day draws hundreds to UGA-Griffin Ashley N Biles
The UGA Turfgrass Team welcomed approximately 700 people to the UGA Griffin campus on Aug. 3 for the 2022 Turfgrass Research Field Day.
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