County Extension Agent Turf News County Extension Agent Turf News – Spring 2006 Reviw of Texas Turf Tips October 2005 Soil Microbes—Do we need to add ‘bugs’ to our soils? Keep pesticides on the lawn and out of our water supplies! Preparing your lawn for the winter! Turfgrass Management Trainings—Getting the right information! September 2005 It’s time for Brownpatch! Take-All Root Rot—An awful disease! Potassium—How important is it to your turfgrass? Overseeding—Should you do it? August 2005 Winter Annual Weeds—It’s time to treat for these pests! Fall fertilization for your home lawn! Fire ant management for the home lawn! Fall Armyworms—Have they invaded your lawn? July 2005 Using IPM in your lawn! Herbicides—How do they work? Watch out for Gray Leaf Spot in St. Augustinegrass! Cultural management of selected ultradwarf bermudagrass cultivars! June 2005 Chinch Bugs—Have you found them in your lawn? White Grubs—It’s time to watch out for these pests! Is your lawn turning yellow? It could be ‘Iron Chlorosis’! How to calculate how much nitrogen fertilizer to apply to your lawn! May 2005 Mowing your lawn! Aerification—A very important component of lawn management! PET—What is it? Weed Identification! April 2005 Lawn Establishment—What you need to know! Thatch in your lawn—Is it a good or bad thing to have? How does excessive phosphorus in soils affect plant health? Factors to consider for proper water management of lawns! March 2005 Can problems occur as a result of ‘overseeding’? Selecting warm season turfgrasses for home lawns in Texas! Lawn fertilization for the spring season! Irrigation Audits—A method to evaluate your irrigation system! February 2005 Scalping your lawn—Should you do it? It’s time to sharpen mower blades! Spreader and sprayer calibration! Turfgrass Mathematics! January 2005 Controlling summer annual weeds—Treatment time is near! Professional Associations—Become Involved! Calculating surface area in your landscape—Is it important? Understanding soil physical properties! December 2004 Do you need additional resource information on ‘Turfgrass’? Building sports fields on restricted budgets—Can it be done? Soil Sampling—Why should we do it? Water Sampling—Why should we do it? November 2004 A new approach in controlling Take-All Root Rot! Cool season weed control! Do we need to fertilize our lawns in the winter? Lawn Diseases—What to look for and can they be controlled? TOP
