Home Lawns
The home lawn and the turf areas surrounding churches, parks, and office buildings do more than just serve as pleasant green backdrops. The grass plants that make up the lawns serve as miniature air-conditioners and pollution-abatement ... [... 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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Home Lawn: The Right Grass
Turfgrasses are divided into two groups by the temperature range under which they grow best. The warm-season grasses grow best at temperatures above 80 ¡F, while cool-season grasses grow best at temperatures between 60 and 75 ¡F. Turfgrasses [... more]
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Home Lawn: Fertilization
Turfgrasses must be properly fertilized to stay the right color, thickness, and health. Also, a well-fed grass recovers more quickly from stress and is more aggressive against weeds. The quality of turf depends on color, density, and absence of ... [... 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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Home Lawn: Calendar
Grassy winter annuals and broadleaf winter annuals in dormant turf become aggressive and rampant by early March. The seed (for next year's crop) mature in late winter and spring. Grassy winter annuals include annual bluegrass and little barley. ... [... more]
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Home Lawn: Control Weeds
Weed control in a lawn begins with a healthy, vigorous, dense stand of turf. Healthy turf helps control weeds by growing to fill bare areas, shading the soil surface, and shading newly emerged weed seedlings. Without sunlight, many weed seedlings ... [... more]
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Home Lawn: Control Insects
The home lawn is an ideal environment for a number of insects and related creatures. Some of these animals may be classified as pests; however, many are harmless, and some are beneficial. The home lawn is an ideal environment for a number of ... [... more]
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The Right Grass: Cool-Season
Only those people living in zone 7a should attempt to grow cool-season grasses as permanent lawns in full sun. People with shady lawn areas in zone 7b north could attempt the cool-season grasses, but the heat of Mississippi summers causes these ... [... 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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Home Lawn: Planting Zone Map
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Establish Your Lawn: Renovating
If your current lawn is not all you want it to be, you may need to renovate--to make it new again. The first step in renovation is to determine if you have enough of the desired turfgrass present to make renovation more feasible than just ... [... more]
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