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Orara Turf Named Licensed Producer of SeaDwarf in Australia   July 6, 2010

U.S. developer selects Orara Turf as a licensed turf producer of SeaDwarf High Performance SportsturfMore>>

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"Links Enhancement"   February 17, 2010

Half Moon Bay getting agronomic upgrade.More>>

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Safe Harbor    February 1, 2010

The ponds at Hueston Woods, Golf Course in Oxford, Ohio, are a good example of managing habitat both for golf and amphibians.More>>

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Fertility Optimization Vital to Help Turf Recover From Traffic    February 1, 2010

Turfgrass function and quality are affected by wear and soil compaction, the two major components of traffic stress. With increased traffic, there’s an increasing need for fertility programs that maximize wear tolerance and recovery under intensely trafficked conditions.More>>

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Holding Their Turf   January 1, 2010

It's a splendid late-October evening for an outdoor cocktail reception, and members of the Independent Turf and Ornamental Distributors Association (ITODA) are holding their gathering in the perfect place — on the balcony of a Key West hotel about 50 yards from the ocean.More>>

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Never a Better Time to Stand United   January 1, 2010

Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year from the Lake Omigosh Golf Club here in central Florida. This is always a time to reflect on our past challenges and accomplishments, but, more importantly, it's a time to rejuvenate and prepare to face the coming year with cautious or abundant optimism...More>>

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Copin' with Cold, as in Ice Injury   January 1, 2010

Intermittent ice formation on golf course greens and fairways is a common event in the North. Ice cover is often considered part of winter injury caused directly by a continuous ice cover or as part of freeze injury (low temperature kill).More>>

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Nitrogen Affects the Summer Density of Creeping Bentgrass   December 1, 2008

Creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera var. palustris Huds. Farw.) is the preferred turfgrass species for golf greens (Beard, 2002). Creeping bentgrass is a cool-season grass that forms an extremely dense, fine-textured, persistent turf that tolerates close (less than 0.125 inches), frequent...More>>

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Colonial Bentgrass Can Lower Fairway Inputs   November 1, 2008

By Stacy A. BonosMore>>

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Are Etiolated Tillers A Visual Nuisance or Something Else?   October 1, 2008

Have you ever noticed the distinct, visual appearance of elongated or etiolated turfgrass leaf blades on tees, fairways or greens? In areas where the turfgrass surface is perfectly even and manicured, you might have noticed an occasional leaf blade stretching upward an inch or more above the neatly...More>>




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