Establish Your Lawn: Planting Methods
When you select a turfgrass for your lawn, consider the method of establishing the grass. Some grasses can be seeded. Others must be planted by vegetative sprigs, plugs, or solid sod. When you select a turfgrass for your lawn, consider the method ... [... more]
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Home Lawn: Establish Your Lawn
Planting a new lawn is not hard if you plan and manage carefully. Lists planting time for cool and warm weather grasses. Planting a new lawn is not hard if you plan and manage carefully. Lack of planning is a serious error that often leads to ... [... more]
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Establishing Winter Lawns
Sometime the occasion arises when it is just too late in the fall for the establishment of the desired turf species. Many people do not appreciate the brown color of the warm-season grasses during the winter months and prefer to have something ... [... more]
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MSUcares: Lawn and Garden
Lawn and Garden content page. Links to subject areas of Master Gardener and Home Lawn, Garden, and Landscape. Lawn and Garden information is divided into four subject areas: [... more]
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Home Lawn: Diseases
Healthy lawns don't just happen. They are the result of good planning, hard work, and proper care. The following are common diseases of warm-season grasses and control recommendations: Healthy lawns don't just happen. They are the result of good ... [... more]
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Lawn Diseases: Fairy Ring
Most fairy rings are caused by fleshy fungi in the class Basidiomycetes, and the most common are mushrooms, toadstools, or puffballs. They occur wherever grass grows and in soil that is high in organic matter. Most fairy rings are caused by ... [... more]
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Home Lawn: Ground Covers
Use ground covers where shade is too dense or the terrain is too rough for turf grass. Many types of ground covers can provide color and texture differences in the landscape and keep soil in place. Use ground covers where shade is too dense or ... [... more]
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Vegetables: Diseases
Garden vegetables are susceptible to attack by a wide range of fungi, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes. Since no single control measure is effective against all diseases caused by these microscopic pests, gardeners must rely on a well-balanced ... [... more]
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The Right Grass: Warm-Season
Warm season grasses grown for turf in Mississippi include St. Augustinegrass, bermudagrasses, centipedegrass, zoysiagrass, carpetgrass, and bahiagrass. Bermudagrass forms a dense, attractive sod. It spreads primarily through stolon growth, ... [... more]
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Home Lawn: Mowing
Mowing is necessary for a quality turfgrass. Mow frequently and at the proper height. The frequency and height of cut depend on the type of turfgrass, fertilization program, and the amount of rainfall. The frequency of mowing depends on the ... [... more]
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Lawn & Garden:
One of the most important components of a home landscape program is protection of trees and shrubs from disease pests. Unfortunately, landscape plants are vulnerable to attack by a wide range of diseases caused primarily by fungi, bacteria, ... [... more]
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Lawn: Turf Tips
Weekly tips for growing and maintaining home lawns by Dr. Wayne Wells. (04-11-05) (04-18-05) [... more]
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