MOWER SALES SHOW IMPROVEMENTS
Improvements in the national economy and consumer sentiment are having a positive impact on shipments of most consumer and commercial turf products. Riding...
FOCUS ON: Trimmer Attachments
By allowing you and your crew many options to perform many different applications, trimmer attachments give you the advantage to do more without having...
NATIVE OR NOTHING?
The hot recommendation of the day seems to be native plants among extension specialists and horticultural consultants. I have no problem with principles...
CHEMICAL UPDATE: Fertilizer/Pesticide Combinations
Designed to complement our Turfgrass Chemical Updates, Grounds Maintenance publishes additional Updates throughout the year that guide you through your...
How To: Prepare Soil for Annual Beds
The difference between a healthy, vibrant color show and a ho-hum show can be soil preparation. Get some soil preparation advice here....
FINDING ANSWERS
EATING HABITS Q If Japanese beetle grubs eat my tall fescue roots, why don't they eat the dandelions in my lawn? via e-mail A Japanese beetle grubs don't...
PRODUCT PREVIEW
EQUIPMENT VIDEO Wisconsin Metal Fab introduces the Power Bucket CD, a video offering a close-up view of the multi-task Power Bucket skid steer attachment....
A LITTLE CONVERSION RESULTS IN DECREASE OF FUNGICIDE USE
It is possible to convert fungicide-needy perennial ryegrass fairways to Kentucky bluegrass without using nonselective herbicides. Researchers at Kansas...
ANLA APPLAUDS CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON H2B CAP
Congress is introducing legislation designed to provide relief to the current H2B temporary and seasonal labor crisis. The H2B problem emerged when U.S....
Gauging Your Business
If proper record keeping is the bedrock of monitoring the health of a business, then profit is the sweet fruit produced after all the intensive planning,...
Enhancing Efficiency
Nitrogen influences turf health and quality more than any other nutrient. For this reason, nitrogen efficiency is a key component of every turf management...
Foliar Feeding
Fertilization exists to supply essential nutrients to plants to achieve desired color, growth and pest resistance. As the demands of the turf are increased...
FERTILIZER PRICES STILL ON THE RISE
As much as grounds care professionals want to deny it, the price of fertilizer is still inching upward. Two factors causing high prices are tight supplies...
READER POLL
Here are the reader poll results from the question posted throughout March on the Grounds Maintenance Web site, www.grounds-mag.com. Once you've decided...
Chipping In
New research is driving at an environmentally friendly use of scrap automobile tires beneath golf courses. A University of Wisconsin (UW) engineer says...
Left Behind
To leave or not to leave clippings, that is the question. Certainly, leaving clippings is better from an agronomic and environmental perspective. Nutrients...
Ridding Rapid Blight
With its natural terrain of lakes and live oaks, and spectacular views of South Carolina's Intracoastal Waterway, Glen Dornoch Golf Club draws an average...
FOCUS ON: Trailers
Almost every grounds care professional owns a landscape trailer to remove debris or move equipment from place to place and job to job. It would be difficult...
USDA BEGINS FIELD TRIAL FOR GEESE
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's National Wildlife Research Center announced that it will begin field...
SHORT CUTS
ANLA SUPPORTS IMMIGRATION REFORM ACT Senators Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Tom Daschle (D-SD) introduced the Immigration Reform Act, S. 2010, on January 21,...
PRODUCT PREVIEW
ROTARY MOTOR The HR-6010 rotary mower from Jacobsen features a 60-hp, tier II, Perkins diesel engine that meets the California Air Resource Board (CARB)...
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR 2004
The United States economy is still on a slow path to recovery from the 2001 recession, but it is recovering. Economic growth slowed in October through...
READER POLL
Here are the reader poll results from the question posted throughout February on the Grounds Maintenance Web site, www.grounds-mag.com. How do you feel...
CHEMICAL UPDATE: Turfgrass Fungicides
Presented in a format that puts the solution to nearly every turf disease problem within easy reach, fungicides are the subject of our third Chemical...
Add-ons Add Up
How many times have you heard this comment from your customers? That plant has been there for five years and I've never had a problem with it until I...
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