The purpose of this trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of various fungicides in controlling Microdochium patch (Microdochium nivale) on an annual bluegrass putting green.
Reports from the 2008 OSU and WSU Turfgrass Field Day
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Reports from the 2009 WSU and OSU Turfgrass Field Day.
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Along with the BeaverTurf.com website, we are also launching a BeaverTurf Community site. An online community for Turf Professionals, the site is intended to:
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BeaverTurf.com - the new turfgrass website from Oregon State University - is nearing completion. We hope you like the new site and the information and resources that it provides.
Please let us know about any bugs, errors, or other problems that you might encounter, as well as any other feedback you may have. Thanks and happy surfing!
Turf adaptation implies that commonly planted grasses have specific climatic conditions in which they thrive. Therefore, if we know the climate we should be able to predict what grasses will have a reasonable chance to prosper. The converse is also true. If we plant grasses in climates where they are not adapted, we can expect to have problems growing a healthy lawn. One way to depict turf adaptation is through maps.
Putting greens in Oregon range from 80% to almost 100 % annual bluegrass. The reality of golf course maintenance in the Pacfic North West is that annual bluegrass will eventually dominate turf on tees, greens, and fairways.
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This series of slides shows the types of problems associated with shaded lawns and offers general advice on growing the best lawn possible in shade.
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Thatch is a layer of organic material between the green grass and the soil. Thatch is composed of living and dead stems and roots. Leaves make up only a very small percentage of thatch. Sometimes leaves will form a layer of pseudo thatch at the juncture of the thatch and the green grass. It disappears quickly.
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