Comparing the new bents
The recent availability of numerous new creeping bentgrasses has, for some golf-course superintendents, seemed more like an onslaught than a salvation....
Gray leaf spot comes on strong
Blast disease-perhaps better known as gray leaf spot-is an emerging problem. Serious epidemics on perennial ryegrass fairways have become more frequent...
Topdressing and ball roll
Topdressing has become standard in golf course management. For years, many golf course superintendents practiced heavy topdressing in the spring and fall...
Weathering the winter
Date: May 15, 2000. It's a beautiful spring day, nearly 50 degrees and a wonderful break from the long winter of plowing snow, drinking hot chocolate...
Seeding during dormancy
Dormant seeding can mean different things, depending on whether you are primarily working with cool-season or warm-season turfgrasses. Most people are...
Interpret a soil-test report
Soil tests are one of the most valuable services you can offer a customer. They allow you to care for turf and landscapes more scientifically, which will...
Researching Maintenance
Moldy mulch I purchased some bulk hardwood mulch and when they delivered it, it was wet, decomposing and smelled awful. However, I used it anyway, intending...
The emperor's new clothes
The English language is difficult to learn. There are so many words that sound the same but have different meanings, it's confusing. As such, a lot of...
Biostimulating turfgrasses
Materials that, in minute quantities, promote plant growth are biostimulants. Many biostimulants are on the market. With proper use, some may enhance...
Blending in
Whether you work with golf courses or sports fields, or in landscaping or construction, somewhere along the way you have to deal with soil.In many instances,...
Processing cores after aeration
Providing suitable playing surfaces on heavy play areas such as golf-course greens and athletic fields is a challenge for professional turf managers....
Competing with low-price contractors
If you have been in business for any amount of time, you probably have had to contend with "low-ball" price competitors. If you are new in business, perhaps...
Cutting through the brush
For many landscaping jobs, a string trimmer or a lawnmower will be enough to cut weeds and grass down to size.But when the acreage you're responsible...
Determine the value of a tree
"Money doesn't grow on trees."When you hear that old expression, an image may flash in your head of a magical tree where currency actually blooms from...
Setting a proper course
There are two ways of looking at golf-course-management firms. If your course looked ragged and struggled to make ends meet until a management firm came...
Plant growth regulators
Plant growth regulators, or PGRs, perform a variety of functions in turf and landscapes. They are hardly new, but their use in the turf and ornamental...
Overseeding warm-season turfgrasses
As temperatures drop and day lengths get shorter in the southern United States, the growth of warm-season turfgrasses slows to the point of total dormancy...
Getting attached to versatility
In baseball, the limelight shines most brightly on mighty sluggers like Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, who do one thing especially well: hit home runs of...
Business is booming
If the current state of the U.S. economy tells us anything, it is that business-the focus of this issue-is booming. But the reason for the continued boom...
Researching Maintenance
Blower wars Do you have any information on noise ratings for gas vs. electric blowers? How have restrictions on blowers affected landscapers?-CaliforniaRobin...
Put business forms to work for you
Having the right tools is key to the success of any project. Running a business efficiently and effectively requires equipment that is available, organized,...
Weathering the winter
Date: May 15, 2000. It's a beautiful spring day, nearly 50 degrees and a wonderful break from the long winter of plowing snow, drinking hot chocolate...
Improve your cash flow with factoring
Do you operate a profitable business that would benefit from increased cash flow? Is too much of your working capital absorbed by 30-, 60- and 90-day...
Control winter weeds pre-emergently in warm-season turf
Unlike disease and insect pests, which tend to occur sporadically, weeds of some sort will almost certainly be a problem every year. In warm-season turf,...
Designing irrigation for greens and surrounds
Designing irrigation for a green can be easy or difficult. The degree of difficulty is determined by the shape of the green and how it is framed by the golf hole....
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