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Turfgrass home - turfgrass
Turfgrass is mown vegetation of grasses, plants in the Poaceae family, part of humanity’s cultural and biological landscape. Turf gives people and other animals healthy outdoor surfaces to move around...
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Grasses - turfgrass
Poaceae, the grass family, includes some 12,000 species in 700 genera. Of these, 37 species plus interspecific hybrids, in 18 genera, have suitable growth habit to have been developed as turfgrasses. ...
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Cool-season grasses - turfgrass
There are four major genera of cool-season grasses used as turf and two less commonly used genera. For each genus the species are listed by scientific name followed by the English common name in paren...
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About Turfgrass.com - turfgrass
I started online turfgrass discussion forums in 1997 on floridaturf.com now owned by Turfgrass Producers of Florida. After moving to Turfgrass.com in 2001 and converting to WordPress in 2016, Turfgra...
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Management - turfgrass
Primary cultural practices of turfgrass are mowing, irrigation, and fertilization. Each is done for a purpose. Consistency is beneficial. Other cultural practices are pest management to control insect...
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Irrigation - turfgrass
Irrigation water is applied to turfgrasses largely to replace water used in evapotranspiration (ET) by turfgrass in excess of rain and soil moisture reserves. Methods of irrigating or “watering” turfg...