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This comprehensive guide offers information on different grasses for North Carolina lawns, as well as how to establish, care for, maintain, and renovate a new lawn.
This factsheet provides instructions on how to properly care for tall fescue grass year round. It also includes information on grasscycling and integrated pest management.
The following management practices will help you care for your lawn throughout the year. Location, terrain, soil type and condition, age of the lawn, previous lawn care, and other factors affect turf performance, so adjust these management practices and dates to suit your particular lawn.
This publication for homeowners and landscapers describes how to mow, fertilize, irrigate, and control weeds in a zoysiagrass lawn.
Turfgrass, trees, and shrubs are desired in most landscapes because they are attractive and useful. Unfortunately, growing turfgrasses in the presence of trees and shrubs can be a formidable task because each plant group competes with the other for the light, water, and nutrients that are essential for survival and growth. The desired effects of trees sometimes make it difficult to grow turf. When trees and shrubs are used to provide screening and privacy, the reduced wind movement and sunlight often increase the chance for disease. Even so, homeowners can take steps to improve the performance of a lawn growing in shade.
This publication offers fertilizer suggestions for a variety of crops, including field, pasture and hay crops, tree fruit, small fruit, ornamental plants and vegetable crops.
Recommended maintenance practices for a lawn that consists of a blend of tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass are the same as those for a tall fescue lawn. The following management practices will help you care for your lawn throughout the year.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of smooth crabgrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of hairy buttercup.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of ivyleaf speedwell.
Recommended maintenance practices for a lawn that consists of a blend of tall fescue, hard (fine) fescue, and Kentucky bluegrass are the same as those for a tall fescue lawn. The following management practices will help you care for your lawn throughout the year.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of dichondra.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of dogfennel.
Maintenance contracts for turfgrass areas should be written to provide security for all parties involved. The person or company receiving services (the contractor) should be aware of everything it has agreed to and therefore is required to do. This publication provides basic guidelines on how to write a good contract regarding turfgrass maintenance.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of carpetgrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of lawn burrweed.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of hairy bittercress.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of carolina geranium.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of Kentucky bluegrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of St. Augustinegrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of tall fescue.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of nimblewill.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of goosegrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of Bermudagrass and addresses how to control it as a weed.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of prostrate knotweed.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of parsley-piert.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of wild violet.
This publication offers information on water quality challenges in irrigation water.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of purple deadnettle.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of purple nutsedge and addresses how to control it as a weed in turf.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of zoysiagrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of perennial ryegrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of bahiagrass and addresses how to control it as a weed.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of henbit.
This calendar of suggested management practices is designed to assist you in the seasonal care of your athletic field. Location, terrain, soil type and condition, age of field, previous management practices, and other factors affect turf performance. For these reasons, the following management practices and dates should be adjusted to suit your particular athletic field conditions.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of annual ryegrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of broomsedge.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of johnsongrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of dallisgrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of large crabgrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of common dandelion.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of doveweed.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of persian speedwell.
Water is an essential component for plant growth. In turfgrasses it comprises 75 to 90 percent of the fresh weight of the plant, and irrigation is a key cultural practice in turfgrass management. Only 1 percent of the water absorbed is utilized for metabolic activity. By considering the factors that contribute to water loss, turfgrass managers can devise effective irrigation plans for specific sites.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of cylindric sedge and addresses how to control it as a weed in turf.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of centipedegrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of fine fescue.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of cudweed.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of mouseear chickweed.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of hop clover.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of common lespedeza.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of common vetch.
This guide is designed to help turf managers identify the major turfgrass pests found in North Carolina and better understand their life cycles, symptoms, and biology.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of globe sedge and addresses how to control it as a weed in turf.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of yellow foxtail.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of wild garlic.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of cutleaf evening-primrose.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of knawel.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of spotted spurge.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of thin paspalum.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of annual bluegrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of smallflower buttercup.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of ground ivy.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of common chickweed.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of dollarweed.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of roundleaf greenbriar.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of horseweed.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of cats ear dandelion.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of annual sedge and addresses how to control it as a weed in turf.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of green kyllinga and addresses how to control it as a weed in turf.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of crowfootgrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of sandbur.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of blackberry.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of white clover.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of virginia buttonweed.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of curly dock.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of sericea lespedeza.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of prickly lettuce.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of common ragweed.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of red sorrel.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of corn speedwell.
This publication will help you choose the correct type of lawn maintenance service for your home or business.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of yellow nutsedge and addresses how to control it as a weed in turf.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of buffalograss.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of creeping bentgrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of japanese stiltgrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of green foxtail.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of hairy vetch.
This publication introduces the permit and regulatory processes and provides a very general guide to the basics of good construction practices during turfgrass development areas.
A guide to maintaining quality turf on athletic fields.
Follow the suggestions and BMPs described in this publication to reduce sediment and keep nutrients and pesticides applied to turf from contaminating North Carolina's water resources.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of barnyardgrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of velvetgrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of mugwort.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of bulbous buttercup.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of carolina false dandelion.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of field pansy.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of buckhorn plantain.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of pink purslane.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of spiny sowthistle.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of indian mock strawberry.
This publication describes the best management practices (BMP) to reduce sediment and keep nutrients and pesticides applied to turf from contaminating North Carolina's water resources.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of rough bluegrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of orchardgrass.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of carpetweed.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of florida betony.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of facelis.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of blackseed plantain.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of broadleaf plantain.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of oldfield toadflax.
This factsheet summarizes the characteristics of yellow woodsorrel.