Turf management handbook : good turf for lawns, playing fields and parks / Charles B. Schroeder, Howard B. Sprague.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schroeder, Charles B. (Author)
Sprague, Howard Bennett, 1898- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Danville, Illinois : Interstate Publishers, Inc., [1994]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Turf management.
Local Note:
MSU: Copy 3 gift to James B Beard Turfgrass Library Collection.
Physical Description:x, 198 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Variant Title:
Good turf for lawns, playing fields and parks [Other title]
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Basic information
  • How grasses grow
  • Characteristics of turfgrasses for cooler regions
  • Characteristics of turfgrasses for warmer regions
  • Soil conditions for healthy turf
  • Soil acidity and liming
  • Practical use of fertilizers on turf
  • Planting new turf
  • Regular care of turf
  • Controlling weeds in turf
  • Controlling insects and other turf pests
  • Controlling diseases on turfgrasses
  • Special turf problems and renovating poor turf
  • Seasonal schedules for management on turf areas.