Engage Agro Introduces Turf Soil Adjuvants to U.S.

Engage Agro USA has introduced turf soil adjuvants to the United States. Originally used in England, the product has started to be implemented on golf courses in Florida, Arizona and ...

Don’t Let Lawns Sizzle This Summer

Getting that sleek, perfect golf-course finish on a lawn may be ideal in the beginning, but one missed step in watering could be a disaster. A lawn can turn brown ...

Can You Solve This Lawn Problem?

Calling all professionals! An Alabama homeowner submitted his yard problem to us in hopes of getting some answers. What would you suggest he do to create a healthy yard? Letter from ...

Landscaper Offers Summer Survival Tips

One landscaping company is offering spring and summer tips a different way. Lewey Landscaping & LawnCare has put together a podcast about keeping up and maintaining a garden through the ...

Water-Saving Practices 40 Years Later

Landscaping has changed since the 1970s. Mike Curry, adjust professor with the horticulture department at the College of Dupage in Illinois told this to the Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, ...

Herbicide Gets EPA Approval for Sports Turf

PBI/Gordon Corporation’s Katana Turf Herbicide has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on expanded labeling for use on professional managed sports turf.

Hotter than Fire

As fire ant populations dwindle in some southern states, a new pest is spreading like crazy. Fire ants are no longer the hot topic they once were in Texas and ...

Engage Agro USA to Launch Bioinsecticide

EngageAgro USA has entered into an agreement with Marrone Bio Innovations (MBI) for its Grandevo PTO bioinsecticide product in the U.S. Grandevo PTO is registered for use on turfgrass and ...

Springtime Sprinkler Tune-Up Tips

Springtime is just around the corner and landscape companies are quickly heading to the field to start the busy season. However, gardens, lawns and flower beds are not the only ...

Six Steps for a Perfect Lawn

Grass Seed USA, a coalition of American grass seed farmers and turf specialists, offers six steps to get your lawn on track for summer during April’s National Lawn Care Month. ...

Taking It Slow

Can plant growth regulators find a home in the residential market? For decades, plant growth regulators (PGRs) have been helping turf and ornamental professionals work more efficiently. These products, which ...

Lights Out for Mole Crickets

Tried-and-true methods are your best bet for controlling this Coastal Plain pest. Mole crickets continue to be a problem in the areas stretching from North Carolina to East Texas. Recognized ...

Florida Landscapers Restore Mansion’s Lawn

Raji Corey of Corey Enterprises explains how their team tackled the Stetson Mansion lawn restoration project and brought this lawn back to life. The Stetson Mansion is a 9,000-square-foot home ...

Going Green with Lawn Care

The Ozark Empire Fairgrounds E-Plex was filled Saturday with vendors putting greenery at the forefront at the annual Lawn and Garden Show.

Top 5 Herbicide Trends

Efficiency, efficacy and environmental profile top the list for products this year. One look into the evolving environment for pesticides reveals research that is committed to improvement. As much as ...

Prep Grass for Spring

The new year is here – and to ensure you and your lawn are prepared for the upcoming year, Grass Seed USA and other natural-turf specialists have come together to ...

Label Lessons

Why users should read pesticide labels every application. Professionals from all segments of the green industry, including lawn care and golf course turf management, indicated they always read the pesticide ...

Sustainable Landscaping Guidelines

National pilot program that rates sustainable landscaping takes off. When the U.S. Green Building Council rolled out the red carpet more than a decade ago for its Leadership in Energy ...

Rejuvenate Fall-Season Turf

While long-term effects of the 2012 Drought have yet to be seen, short-term impacts are already clearly visible. With more than 60 percent of the U.S. locked in a cycle ...

Fall Turf Strategies

As one of the hottest, driest summers on record for most states, the summer of 2012 has just given your turf the ultimate test. “Heat and drought like this are really ...

Before the Fall

Winter weeds wither in the presence of two new pre-emergence herbicides. Treating weeds in the fall is one of the best things you can do for turfgrass. Targeting fall-germinating weeds ...

Strength in Numbers

Poised for growth, green industry statistics show promise. Do a Google search on lawn care, and much of what you’ll see relates to do-it-yourself (DIY) topics like “10 Ways to ...

Disarming Scale

“Scale insects, far and away, can be some of the most difficult pests to control,” says Joe Chamberlin, regional field development manager for Valent Professional Products. Your best bet is ...

Rocks Reincarnated

Landscape architect carves a niche repurposing materials in imaginative new ways.

Climate Change

From plants to pavement, Chicago officials are considering how to adapt. You should, too. Climate shifts may well have long-term implications for landscape contractors as regions that used to be ...

Herbicide Bows Out

How the loss of MSMA means more emphasis on pre-emergence control of weeds until a new alternative emerges.

Selecting a Zero-Turn Mower

Check out these criteria to best determine a mower’s performance. Zero-turn mowers are to landscapers what wrenches are to mechanics—the fundamental tools of the trade. And no equipment has a ...

Mower Blade Basics

5 steps to maintain mower blades for safety, quality cutting and machine longevity.

Rotating Chemical Use for Best Results

Rotating ‘mode of action’ helps guarantee you’re getting the most from insecticides. Once you find a product you like, it’s difficult to think about switching. It’s reliable, it does the ...

Spray Calibration

Top 5 Water Savers

Water conservation is growing in urgency. These simple methods can save money for your clients — and burnish your sustainable-landscaping credentials.

Varmints Vamoose!

How to reclaim a landscape from vertebrate pests. The appeal of having an animal habitat in your backyard can quickly fade when you face repeatedly replacing plants mowed down by ...

Imprelis Herbicide Injury

The latest on how to get damaged trees, and client relations, on the mend

Pattern Mow a Lawn

WHY: The striped patterns seen on athletic fields are showing up on residential and commercial properties. “Customers who pay to have their yards maintained want a professional look,” says Chris ...

Don’t Be Stuck with the Bill

Billbugs are masters at disguising their destruction as drought or disease, most often seen in the summer months. .

Treating Brown Patch Disease

Here are the most effective ways to prevent and treat this difficult turf disease.

Starting Over

Removing existing turf and starting from scratch can be a scary proposition for a lot of clients. Typically, though, if their property has less than 60 percent of desirable turf ...

Combat Grassy Weeds

Grassy weeds are among the toughest to combat, and your strategy for handling them will differ greatly from that for typical broadleaf weeds. Pre-emergence prevention is one of several strategies.

Spraying it Forward

Whether you prefer backpack sprayers, tank sprayers, ride-on sprayers or sprayer attachments to fit your existing fleet, you’ll find that manufacturers are making them more versatile, maneuverable and durable.

Controlled-Release Fertilizers Prove Value

Enhanced-efficiency fertilizers are proving their value in environmentally sensitive areas and beyond. Maryland recently passed into law what some are calling one of the toughest measures in the country regulating ...

Bring on the Bugs!

Pit predators against pests. When the Orlando office of ValleyCrest Landscape Companies faced an outbreak of chilli thrips, they didn’t send in trucks with tanks of pesticides, they called in ...

Restrictions Intensify

Pesticide restrictions intensify as more states impose bans on use.

Battle Over Lawn Reform

Battle lines are being drawn across the country over lawn management practices. Why: Lawns account for up to 50 percent of residential water use in some areas, and government conservation ...

Pesticide Myths

Most people understand the benefits of pesticides. Yet, the myths surrounding pesticides sometimes fuel sensational headlines where these products get a bum rap and the facts get lost in the ...

Chemical Guide

A chemical guide for lawncare and landscape professionals.

Advantages of Adjuvants

Adding adjuvants to the mix can increase coverage, adhesion and penetration.

Green Machines

Weighing the costs and benefits of non gas-powered mowers.

Subcontracting Chemical Care

You can’t be everything to everyone, but subcontracting will have clients believing otherwise. One client, one contact, one bill. The convenience of merging all outdoor maintenance has obvious appeal. To ...

Mowers Through History

Sheep power, manpower or gas power: Lawn mowers have evolved in many forms. Here's a fun look at how mowing has evolved through the ages.

Erosion Control the Natural Way

There’s a ring of truth in the catch phrase “everything old is new again” when it comes to methods for controlling erosion in residential landscape settings. Thirty years ago, “sales ...

Best Defense Against Turfgrass Disease

Proper cultural practices are the best defense against turfgrass disease and the misapplication of fungicides. There are some 100 different diseases that affect turfgrass, each with a different method of ...

Turf Tech

Chances are, even if your maintenance contracts have dropped off a bit this year, you're still cutting grass at a decent clip. With so many p...

Waging War on Winter Weeds

Winter annual weeds germinate during the fall then rear their ugly heads in the winter and early spring until they go to seed and die back as ...

Managing Annual Broadleaf Weeds with Post-Emergence Herbicides

When you consider all of the herbicides available for weed control, it's no wonder that grounds managers have come to rely on them as part of...

Spring Weed Control Strategies

Though the holiday season has just ended, it's time to start thinking about weed control tactics for the coming spring. Your first line of de...

Come Fall, It’s Time for a Pre-Emptive Strike

You've just wrapped up the mowing season and weed control may be the last thing on your mind. But a few minutes spent applying pre-emergence ...