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Prepare for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s certified pesticide applicator exam while learning safe, effective, and environmentally responsible pesticide use practices.

Fertilization is an essential part of turf management. Typically, nitrogen is a primary focus of granular applications of fertilizers on turf.

Perhaps the single most important (and easiest) management tool to control weeds in turf is performing proper mowing practices.

White clover (Trifolium repens L.) is perhaps the most common weed of home lawns and other turf areas.

Mouseear chickweed (Cerastium vulgatum) is a low-growing perennial plant. It can be considered a weed in turfgrass and in ornamental plant beds, where it can grow into a mounding form.

Collection and disposal of grass clippings from lawns is laborious, time consuming, and unnecessary.

A comprehensive guide for Pennsylvania farmers on where to test agricultural commodities, featuring lab options, sample tips, and tools for better farm management decisions

Thatch can have either beneficial or detrimental effects on turf depending on the amount present.

During rainy summers, annual grasses can be an unsightly weed problem in many Pennsylvania lawns.

Readers will learn do's and don'ts to restore grass destroyed on athletic fields by insects.

Bitter cold and icy conditions during winter sometimes lead to the death of turfgrasses on golf courses, lawns, and sports turf.

Earn recertification credits while learning research-based practices in plant health care, pest management, and pesticide safety for landscape and turf professionals.

A fundamental problem in turfgrass fertilization involves determining how much fertilizer is needed to supply a specified amount of nitrogen (or any other nutrient) per 1000 sq ft.

How to calculate the cost of seed.

Sorting through the different phosphonate products (potassium phosphite, phosphorous acid, fosetyl-Al, etc.) can be difficult.

Black medic is a weed of home lawns, parks, low-maintenance grounds, and along roadsides.

Readers will learn 8 key agronomic steps to maintain safe fields throughout the year

This article will talk about 7 things that people do poorly in the turf business and will give you action steps to correct them.

Staphylococcus aureus is a common bacterium, but is capable of causing diseases ranging from minor soft tissue infections and food poisoning to serious medical problems such as toxic shock syndrome.

Yellow nutsedge—sometimes referred to as nutgrass—is a persistent weed problem in lawns, athletic fields, and golf course turf.

Thyme-leaf speedwell (also spelled thymeleaf speedwell or thyme-leaved speedwell) is a weed of home lawns, parks, and institutional grounds.

Irrigation water quality is becoming an important issue for managers of golf courses, athletic fields, and institutional grounds in Pennsylvania.

The condition of a playing field is not only of aesthetic importance, but it also may affect play and player safety.

This article covers the basic structures of grass plants, how they grow and develop, and how to identify the different species of cool-season turfgrasses.

A number of grass species appear in lawns and ornamental beds and are considered weeds.