See All Turfgrass and Lawn Care

The Turf and Ornamentals Seminar provides research-based training on pest management and maintenance practices for turf and landscape professionals seeking licensure and certification credits.

Roughstalk bluegrass (Poa trivialis) is a cool season perennial grass. It often can be found as a contaminant in turf areas consisting of a desired turfgrass species such as Kentucky bluegrass, bentgrass or fescue.

The establishment and management of quality turfgrass under shaded conditions often is possible if the basic requirements for turfgrass growth are known and understood.

English daisy, also called common daisy, is a weed of home lawns, parks, and other turf areas. This species is often found growing in moist, fertile soils and in full sun or partial shade.

The Turf and Ornamentals Conference provides research-based training on pest management and maintenance practices for turf and landscape professionals seeking licensure and certification credits.

Participants in this one-day pesticide update receive research-based information and recertification credits in hard-to-find categories.

Earn Categories 10, 18, and/or 23 Pennsylvania Certified Pesticide Applicator recertification credits while learning about the identification and management of invasive and noxious weeds.

Earn pesticide credits in Categories 07, 18, 23, and Private categories while you learn how to manage weeds and disease in turf.

Earn pesticide recertification credits while learning key practices to manage resistance and improve pesticide performance through better understanding of water chemistry.

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.