Home lawns represent 70 percent of Pennsylvania's 2,000,000 acres of turfgrass. Lawns increase the property value of homes and stabilize soils (thereby preventing soil erosion in the residential environment). This page contains publications on lawn establishment, maintenance, pest management, and other problems.
Turfgrass Management in Home Lawns
How Turfgrasses Grow and Develop, and How to Identify Turfgrasses
- The Cool Season Turfgrasses: Basic Structures, Growth and Development
- The Cool Season Turfgrasses: Identification
Turfgrass Establishment and Renovation
- Turfgrass Species for Pennsylvania
- Turfgrass Seed and Seed Mixtures
- Establishing a New Lawn
- General Steps in Turfgrass Establishment
- Renovation of Lawns
Managing Home Lawns
- Lawn Management Through the Seasons
- Aeration of Turfgrass Areas
- Diagnosing Turfgrass Problems
- Growing Turf Under Shaded Conditions
- Liming Turfgrass Areas
- Managing Thatch in Lawns
- Mowing Turfgrasses
- Principles of Turfgrass Irrigation
- Recycling Turfgrass Clippings
- Turfgrass Fertilization Basics
