Turfgrass Management

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Turfgrass Management

• Why turf?

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Cool- versus Warm-Season Grass

• Selection
• Establishment
• Maintenance

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Cool Season Grass Mix Formula B

• Formula B
• (perennial rye, creeping red or chewings
  fescue, Kentucky bluegrass)
• Lawn mix, rest areas

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Cool Season Grass Mixes Formulas D and L

• Formula D
• (tall fescue, creeping red fescue)
• Formula L
• (hard and creeping red fescue, annual ryegrass)
• Utility turf, roadsides

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Establishment Phase

• Site Preparation
• Seeding/Mulch
• Fertilizer and broadleaf weed control

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Maintenance

• Mowing
• Herbicide Application
• Fertilization
• Turf Growth Regulators

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High Maintenance

• Mowing
• Cut to 2 inches
• Mow at 3-3.5 inches
• Remove no more than 1/3
• Fertilization
• 1 or 2 appl/year
• Weed Control
• 1 appl/year

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Medium Maintenance

• Mowing
• Cut to 4 to 6 inches
• 3X/year
• spring, early summer, fall
• Fertilization
• Rare
• Weed Control
• As needed

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Low Maintenance

• Mowing
• Cut to 4 to 6 inches
• 1X or 2X/year
• spring after seedhead
• early summer fall
• Fertilization
• Rare
• Weed Control
• As needed

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Turf Growth Regulators

• Use limited by roadside variables
• Grass species
• Aspect
• Cost
• Herbicide should be included

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Bottom Line

• Proper Mowing Judicious Herbicide
• Less Mowing Less Herbicide
• Mow Less to Mow More

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Secondary Roadway Groundcover Management
a.k.a Secondary Mish-Mash
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Site Dependent

• Open, no or few trees
• Mowing best option
• Summer
• Low to medium brush density
• Preserving the understory through selective brush
  control
• High brush density
• Difficult to maintain non-grass groundcover
• Establish shade tolerant grass-Formula L