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Management Guides to Reduce Winterkill in Warm-Season Turfgrasses
Sept. 2, 2025It is September, winter is coming, now is the time to think about strategies to reduce winterkill risks in your warm-season turf. Last winter (2024-2025) was...
Cultivar Selection When Purchasing Turfgrass Seed or Sod
July 28, 2025If you have ever attended a Kansas State University Turfgrass and Landscape Field Day, then you have likely seen a cultivar trial of one or more turfgrass species...
Nitrogen Levels and Use of a Fungicide Clearly Impact Brown Patch on Tall Fescue
July 7, 2025A turf-type tall fescue blend has been treated the past two years as either: High N level; or Low N level. High level involved 4.5 lbs of N/1,000 ft 2 /yr (Months...
Grub Season is Here
June 20, 2025Grub damage top left, southern masked chaffer larva (top right), and adult beetle (below).
Fall Fertilization and Turf Tips
Oct. 15, 2019
Bermudagrass Control Options for Reseeding
July 11, 2019
Time to fertilize cool-season turfgrass
Aug. 23, 2017
It's Finally September - That Means Football and Fescue
Aug. 24, 2016
Water Management on Greens with Soil Moisture Sensors
Aug. 5, 2015After last week's posts, I got several follow-up questions by phone and email on how to use moisture meters. Dr. Bremer is our microclimate guru, so I asked...
Good Water Management will Help Get Greens Through Midsummer Stress
July 29, 2015It’s like watching a toddler play with an open staircase nearby. You’re in a good mood and things are going reasonably well, but if you turn your head away...
