According to the most recent Pennsylvania turfgrass survey, 2 million acres of turfgrass are maintained in the Commonwealth and approximately 1.4 billion dollars are spent annually on turfgrass establishment and maintenance. To help meet the demands of this large and growing industry, the turfgrass extension program provides services for individuals who make their living managing lawns, golf courses, athletic fields, parks, and grounds. The Professional Turfgrass Management page provides information and links of interest to lawn care professionals; landscape contractors; golf course superintendents; athletic field managers; grounds maintenance supervisors; and representatives of the turfgrass seed, chemical, and equipment industries.
Calibrations and Calculations
- Calibrating Your Fertilizer Spreader
- Calculations Used to Determine the Amount of Fertilizer Needed to Treat Turf
- Calculating the Price of Pure Live Seed
- How much phosphorus and potassium are really in your fertilizer?
- How to calculate a fertilizer ratio
- What is an "acre furrow slice" of soil?
Cultural Practices
Golf Turf Management
- Evaluation of some new bentgrasses for putting greens
- Evaluation of some new bentgrasses for fairways and tees
- Winterkill of turfgrasses
- Naturalized grass stands for golf courses
Irrigation Water Quality
Lawn Establishment and Renovation
Turfgrass Growth & Development & Identification
- The Cool Season Turfgrasses: Basic Structures, Growth and Development
- The Cool Season Turfgrasses: Identification
Turfgrass Fertilization and Soil Management
- Using Composts to Improve Turf Performance
- Using Spent Mushroom Substrate (mushroom soil) as a Soil Amendment to Improve Turf
- Turfgrass Fertilization: A Basic Guide for Professional Turfgrass Managers
- Enhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilizers for turfgrass
- How much soil phosphorus is in Pennsylvania's lawns
- Liming Turfgrass Areas
Pest Management
- Disease management in turf
- Developing an Integrated Turfgrass Pest Management Program
- Options for Chemical Control of Moss in Putting Greens
- Understanding the Phosphonate Products
- SDHI fungicides for turfgrass diseases
- Earthworms in golf and sports turf
Weed Identification and Control
- Weed Management in Turf
- Control of crabgrass and other summer annual grass weeds in turf
- Postemergence control of crabgrass and other summer annual grasses in lawns
- Annual or daisy fleabane
- Black medic
- Common field speedwell
- Creeping buttercup
- Hairy bittercress
- Thyme-leaf speedwell
- Corn speedwell
- Wild violet
- Nutsedge
