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Kentucky Bluegrass Lawn Grass Digital Landscape Photography Kentucky Bluegrass
Perhaps the best-known turfgrass species, Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) is popular for lawns, golf courses, and sports fields.
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grass and soil Warm-Season Grass Establishment
This year has been especially challenging for warm-season turf managers. What initially looked like a mild winter in the South has turned into many courses and field complexes dealing with winterkill on fairways, greens, and fields.
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Yinzers: Monroeville Spotlight
Advanced Turf Solutions has 24 locations that proudly serve customers in 15 states. Our Monroeville location first opened in 2010, relocating to a new building down the road in 2016. Since then, the Monroeville operation has grown so much that it now occupies both the old and new buildings, with 25,000 total square feet of space.
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Another Day Another Dollar Audio Blog: Spring Disease Applications
Find out how to complete successful preventative applications for red thread & pink patch, snow mold, summer patch, take-all patch, Pythium root rot & dysfunction, dollar spot, brown ring patch, and fairy ring on your golf course.
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Golf Carts on Path Mitigating Cart Damage
As if there is not enough stress on your turf throughout the season, cart damage can be that thorn in your side you could do without. Like the weather, it is unavoidable. However, there are ways to mitigate the wear and damage.
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PGR Use on Golf Courses
For busy superintendents, plant growth regulators (PGRs) are allies in the fight for efficiency. Not only do they reduce labor needs, but they also help turfgrass make the most of its limited resources through stressful conditions.
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landscape view of golf course at Thailand Spring Greens Management
Spring means a lot of rapidly changing weather patterns and conditions, leaving golf course superintendents often feeling like they're on a roller coaster.
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Water spray from nozzle of high pressure water washer gun How to Improve Liquid Applications
An often-overlooked, and arguably the most important, ingredient affecting successful product applications is water.
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Perennial Ryegrass
Perennial ryegrass is a cool-season grass that’s popular in Northern geographies as a permanent turf and for overseeding in the South.
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Add These Products to Your Tank (For Golf)
Your time is valuable, and tasks can add up quickly. Give yourself a hand by adding these products to your tank to make your job easier. 
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grubs damage in the dirt Audio Blog: White Grub Prevention
When thinking about white grub prevention management, there are a few product options to consider. Control options for preventing white grubs include imidacloprid (Merit), clothianidin (Arena), chlorantraniliprole (Acelepryn), and tetraniliprole (Tetrino).    Imidacloprid (Merit) Imidacloprid has been in the green industry for some time and is the most common preventative control for grubs. It is a […]
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oxalis Common Yellow Woodsorrel
Common yellow woodsorrel (Oxalis stricta) is a broadleaf perennial weed found in most of the United States. It is sometimes referred to by other names, including yellow oxalis, upright yellow sorrel, and lemon clover.
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Pond Additive Q&A
Foliar-Pak Pond Additive is a safe, effective, and unique approach to algae control in ponds. We asked John Gruneisen, Midwest territory sales manager with EnP, who supports the Foliar-Pak line, a few questions about Pond Additive. Learn how it clears ponds, how to apply it, and more in this Q&A.
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Attend a Meet the Experts Event Near You
You’re invited! Stop by for a free lunch and meet many of the biggest ATS vendors, all under one roof.
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Turf-Type Tall Fescue
Turf-type tall fescue (TTTF) is a popular grass for lawns, sports fields, and golf courses. It is in the Festuca arundinacea species but has improved traits. Tall fescue is known for having coarse leaves, but the turf-type variety has been bred to have finer blades. It also has a dark green color that’s visually appealing to homeowners, athletic facilities, and golf course superintendents alike.
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New Products Recently Added Products: Spring 2023
Advanced Turf Solutions has added two new product lines and four other products in the first three months of 2023. Keep reading to find out what’s new.
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close up of Anthracnose Anthracnose Q&A with BASF
We asked BASF a few questions about anthracnose. Learn what anthracnose symptoms are, how applications should be managed, and what challenges we face when controlling this disease.
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Dollar Spot Q&A with BASF
We asked BASF a few questions about dollar spot. Learn what the symptoms of dollar spot consist of, how applications should be managed, and what challenges we are facing when controlling this disease.
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Green wet grass in water drops after rain. Fresh summer plants in sunlight Audio Blog: Preventing Fungicide Resistance
With fungicide usage being as important as it is, let’s dive in and look at best practices to prevent fungicide resistance from being your next big headache. Here are a few basic concepts to remember when applying fungicides and developing a fungicide program.
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The Contact Fungicide You Need
There are many fungicides available to the turfgrass manager in 2023. Selecting one fungicide over another should be not only a financial decision but also an agronomic decision.
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grass with roots and soil Root Health Basics
You probably know how important root health is to turf. But do you know how to optimize turf health from the roots up?
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Native Area Weed Control
Left unmanaged, native areas can become frustrating areas for golfers. They can easily grow out of control and make it impossible to find a ball that’s been hit into the rough. A well-managed native area, however, can enhance the aesthetics of a course and ultimately add to the golf experience. Naturalized roughs involve more maintenance than you might expect, including weed control to keep them looking pleasing to golfers.
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turfgrass with disease Fungicide Resistance and Tank-Mixing
Tank-mixing is a valuable practice for several reasons. Of course, it improves the efficiency of your crew by allowing them to apply multiple types of products at one time. But it can also enhance the efficiency of the products themselves and help prevent fungicide resistance.
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Japanese stiltgrass Japanese Stiltgrass Control
Japanese stiltgrass is a prevalent weed in the South. It is manageable but can become a problem if not controlled early. This blog post will explain how to identify and control Japanese stiltgrass so it doesn’t get out of control on your golf course.
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Image of soil in hands Audio Blog: Soil Testing 101
If knowledge is power, then soil testing just might make you Superman.
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Golf groundskeeper at work on golf course Five Keys to Labor Efficiency
As we flip the calendar and regroup for the 2023 growing season, the largest component of most budgets is labor. What can minimize the shortcomings of a smaller staff but keep providing a safe and desirable product? Five steps that we can focus on are fertilization, growth regulators, wetting agents, pond management, and weed control.
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sod Preparing and Caring for New Sod
Successful sod establishment doesn’t just happen. It involves thorough preparation and careful planning to give the new turfgrass stand a healthy environment to root and grow. This blog post will discuss how to do just that, including when it’s safe to use herbicides on a newly sodded area.
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Activo Adding Activo
For golf course and sports turf sprays this season, consider adding Activo from Precision Laboratories. Activo is a unique new activator adjuvant (tank additive) with a green pigment. It improves pesticide performance while providing a natural green appearance. Increase the efficacy of your fungicide and PGR applications at an affordable cost per acre while giving turf a natural green appearance. 
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fine fescue Fine Fescue Maintenance
Fine fescue is a popular cool-season turfgrass for golf course roughs. It adds color, texture, and definition to a course while delivering ease of maintenance. This blog post will explore fine fescue, what makes it unique, and how to properly care for it.
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Summer of Golf Doveweed on Golf Courses
Doveweed is an increasingly problematic weed on golf courses. It infests warm-season fairways, roughs, and tees. The weed’s life cycle and growth pattern make it especially difficult to control. 
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dandelion weeds in a patch of grass Audio Blog: Pre-Emergents 101
We talk a lot about the usefulness of pre-emergent herbicides against weeds on golf courses. But what do they actually do?
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green grass in the garden What to Expect After Dormant Seeding
If you completed a dormant seeding project in the fall or winter, you might wonder what to expect as we near spring. Dormant seeding can be an effective method for establishing or overseeding cool-season grasses, and spring germination is the final step of the process. This blog post will provide some expectations and recommendations for turfgrass establishment this spring.
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Bigger and Better: Boardman Spotlight
Advanced Turf Solutions has 24 locations that proudly serve customers in 15 states. Our Eastern Ohio location first opened in 2014 in Youngstown, then relocated to Boardman in 2022. With a recent addition, the Boardman facility now has 8,600 square feet for this growing operation.
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Large Patch on field Combating Large Patch
Large patch is a destructive disease occurring in both the fall and spring when extended periods of saturated soil and overall wetness create ideal conditions for development. The best way to keep large patch off your course is to treat for it preventively.
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Zoysiagrass Audio Blog: Seasonal Zoysiagrass Maintenance
There are many reasons why zoysiagrass has been the most commonly used turfgrass on golf course fairways and tees in the transition zone for many years. It requires less fertilizer, less water, and has fewer pests while providing a smooth and consistent playing surface for golfers. 
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Green grass in snow, bush in background, Hello spring concept Dormant Seeding Best Practices
When people talk about seeding over the winter or dormant seeding, what do they mean? Dormant seeding is a practice that takes place between the middle of November and early March, depending on your geography. You can seed any time during the winter once the soil temperature drops and stays below 40 degrees. Dormant seeding works anywhere you would typically seed on any height of turf.
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Lebanon Facility Moves to New Warehouse
Advanced Turf Solutions has 24 locations that proudly serve customers in 15 states. This month, our Lebanon facility relocated to a new warehouse just a minute’s drive from our previous location. The new Lebanon facility officially opened on Monday, January 2023. 
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Plan Ahead Sign Agronomic Plans: A Roadmap to Success
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.
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Audit Your Granular Applications
Are you doing everything necessary to ensure your granular fertilizer applications are a success next season? Wintertime can be a great time to improve your granular fertilizer application methods and equipment.
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New Products Products Added in 2022
As we strive to provide second-to-none service, we’re always working to offer the best product selection for our customers. That means adding to our offerings as new technologies become available. Take a look below at the products we added in 2022. Fertilizers Foliar-Pak Manganese AminoPrecise is a reformulation with AminoPrecise technology, which fully chelates the […]
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