Around the Turf Scene

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

It’s an exciting time of the year—temperatures are increasing, birds are coming back north, and trees are thinking about producing leaves. For some trees though, producing leaves with a normal level of chlorophyll (the pigment that gives leaves their green color) can be very difficult. We have two things to blame: soil pH and plant genetics.

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

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.