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Provides strategies for maintaining a lawn, park, sports field, or golf course with less water, fertilizer, mowing, pesticide, and effort. Brede, who is research director at Simplot Turf & Horticulture, first examines the performance of the traditional turf species under reduced maintenance, grasses that demand less maintenance and unconventional grasses and grass-like plants, and recommends the best grasses for different locations. The next chapters walk through the process of installing turfgrasses, modifying the turf soil, and reducing fertilizer, water and mowing. The last chapter confronts pest control, highlighting how and when cultural changes can be substituted for chemicals. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Encyclopedic coverage of sure-fire strategies for maintaining your lawn, sports field, golf course, or park in perfect condition while using less water, fertilizer, mowing, pesticide, and labor! A major strength o the book is the wealth of information presented on management strategies, complete with do-it-yourself instructions for site selection, soil preparation, seed rates and planting, turf establishment, and renovation. Time and cost-saving techniques for effective mowing, thatch control, pest management, water conservation, water management, fertilizer use, stress management, and pest management are presented in a user-friendly manner--complete with helpful checklists, and step-by-step instructions. A vast amount of useful reference material will ensure the success of your maintenance program. No other book covers virtually every aspect of successful turf management. Features: * Covers every aspect of a successful turfgrass maintenance program. * Presents hundreds of cost-saving methods. * Tips to reduce labor. * Simple step-by-step instructions. * Hundreds of photographs and drawings. * Encyclopedic reference material. * Unique turf selection guidelines. * Fundamentals of turfgrass soils.
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