When spring weather finally arrives, it means timing is crucial for making applications. The GDD tracker is an excellent tool for the timing of these events.

Spring brings many things, including zoysia patch, spring dead spot, brown ring patch, and fairy ring. Here's how to treat for the diseases.

Billbug damage is frequently confused with other turfgrass problems on golf courses. Damage from billbugs can be diagnosed as many ailments, including disease and white grubs, but nothing that should treat the problem works. Knowing more about billbugs can save time, patience, and money.

Annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) damage, a yellowing or browning of the affected plant, can happen very fast, almost overnight in most cases. People who have never dealt with ABW can often misdiagnose its symptoms as wilt stress or even anthracnose.

While visiting golf courses, a common problem I’ve come across is fairy ring on putting greens.

Yellow patch, fairy ring and brown ring patch are popping up in Northeast Ohio.

Adding pond management services to your business not only enhances the property of your customers but is a great source of renewable business revenue for you.

Fairy Ring affects all turf species and is one of the most difficult diseases to control. It is caused by >40 species of basidiomycete fungi that can infest thatch, mat or soil.

Does your mound need to be repaired? Follow these steps to make sure your mound is repaired correctly.

With 20 locations and a presence in 10 states, we may seem like a large company, but we pride ourselves in preserving the small company feel that we had when we first started in 2001.

Several goals can be accomplished by the basic task of edging an infield. Two categories encompass edging an infield: in-season and pre/post-season.

One of the most frequently asked questions and sources of confusion we encounter surround the topic of seeding and use of crabgrass control.

After you blow the dust off the sprayer, you can start filling it up with a variety of essential fungicides, wetting agents, and foliar fertilizers for spring disease prevention.

A hard-working, 6th-grade schoolteacher founded the company 47 years ago as a side job to supplement his teaching income. Since then, it has grown from a single-person mowing operation to a 40-person, 11-crew business in peak season. The Yard Works has built this success by adding value to both their customers and their employees.

When should you apply dormant oil? Will it work on mites and scale? Check out how to control these pests, when to make the applications, and more.

Jamie Mehringer, VP of Sports Turf at Advanced Turf Solutions, explains how to properly add infield mix to an infield in easy to follow steps.

There are so many components to achieving an aesthetically pleasing, safe, and predictable playing surface that you might be asking yourself, “Where should I even start?” Advanced Turf Solutions’s Smart START Program is your answer. Smart START, which stands for Site Visit, Testing, Analysis, Recommendations, and Training, is the concept of using science-based testing to make the most accurate recommendations for your athletic fields.

Here are some true and false scenarios to help make understanding mechanical rolling an easy check-off this season.

Find out how to wake up your customers' landscape beds for spring with these products and best practices.

Turn spring lawn and landscape challenges into opportunities with these tips on fertilization, seeding, and soil testing.

Soft Scale Because we had a significant warm up in the winter, there is a possibility that soft scale crawlers are already active and feeding. While you might think that the warm temperatures followed by the colder temperatures of the previous weeks could harm them, I’m sure it didn’t. Insects have been surviving for centuries […]

Turf loss during wintertime, or winterkill, can be caused by several issues.

Lawn care companies come in many sizes with a wide variety of challenges. Z-Sprays can fix many of these challenges, but, with such a great selection of machines to meet your needs, how do you know which L.T. Rich machine is right for your company? Use this handy guide to help select the perfect Z-Spray.

A lot goes into a Poa annua seedhead suppression program on greens. Here's what you need to know about the new application timing and what you can do if you missed the first, late fall Proxy spray.

We know spring is on its way when the pre-emergent discussion has started. What should you know or remember about pre-emergent to make applications a worry-free process? We’ll tell you here. Two of the most popular pre-emergent products out there today are prodiamine and dithiopyr. You can apply prodiamine and dithiopyr in the spring or […]

There have been many talks about different herbicide-resistant strands of Poa annua in warm-season turf over the last few years. This has been primarily further south of our region. However, I have seen what we believe was resistance in Louisville, Ky. This case was not confirmed, but all indications pointed to resistant strands.

Avoid losing sales with eight pricing strategies.

If you are considering a career in the turf industry, there may be more options than you think.

Winterkill is a general term used to denote turf loss during the winter. Unfortunately, winter conditions are not easy to predict and winterkill on turf is caused by a combination of factors including low temperatures, crown hydration, desiccation and ice cover.

With drought conditions going back to last year, and the combination of extreme cold we've seen recently with relatively little snow cover throughout much of the Midwest, athletic field managers or anyone who maintains Bermuda have been growing a bit nervous about how their turf will wake up come spring. Should lawn care operators share their concern for cool season turf?

Prolonged ice accumulation on turfgrass can lead to fatal levels of carbon dioxide.

As things slow outside, here are several things to keep busy this winter.

Indianapolis news channel RTV6 interviewed Sales and Product Development Manager Mark Sybouts about the differences between salt and ice melt and the best practices when using these products. Watch the segment to learn more.

We have recently welcomed Matt Welch and Don Lawrence to our golf sales team in Ohio.

With the growing season coming to a halt, it now becomes time to ask the question, “Are you prepared for next year?” Read about how having an agronomic plan will provide good communication, better financial management, and is generally a roadmap to success for the next year.

When choosing fungicides, one needs to take into consideration the possibility of the fungus developing resistance to that particular fungicide. The development of resistance is more likely in some fungicides than others.

The revolutionary snow removal system from the makers of the Z-Spray and Z-Plug: the Snowrator ZX4.

Are you using liquid ice melt for commercial snow and ice management? If not, you are missing out on a valuable tool with lots of advantages.

3 Biggest Myths About Ice Melt 1. It directly damages concrete Incorrect: Actual chemical damage to concrete is usually not a problem. The real damage to concrete comes from water seeping into it and then refreezing. (find more information in the answer below). 2. Stated ingredients on the bag guarantee performance Incorrect: They do not have […]

Clubs have experienced increased memberships and rounds after interseeding Bluegrass into Bermuda. It has allowed clubs to renovate from a warm season course to a cool season feel, with little or no disturbance.