Groundwork
Golf, lacrosse and baseball fields need grass species with this quality so they can stand up to rigorous athletic use.
What is wear resistance
Lawn grasses grow best when the soil pH falls in this range.
What is 6.0 to 6.5?
On a seed label, this percentage tells you how many seeds will sprout.
What is germination?
Spread at 1 to 1.5 bales per 1,000 square feet, this mulch holds moisture and hides seed from birds.
What is straw?
This vegetative method costs the most but gives complete, immediate coverage and is good for erosion control.
What is sodding?
To keep water out of the basement, the ground around a house should do this.
What is slope away from the foundation?
Add this calcium-rich material to acidic soil to raise its pH.
What is lime?
Sand, chaff and dead seed are listed on the label as this, which only adds useless weight.
What is inert matter?
Seed is mixed with a small amount of this carrier so it spreads evenly.
What is sand?
Sod pieces are laid with staggered seams and fitted tightly together in this pattern.
What is the brick pattern?
A slope steeper than this percent grade (15 feet of rise over 100 feet) is unsafe to mow and should get non-mowed plants instead.
What is 15%?
This nutrient, the middle number in an 18-24-6 starter fertilizer, promotes vigorous root development.
What is phosphorus?
These weeds are declared harmful by state law and listed on the label by specific number.
What are noxious weeds?
After half the seed is sown north to south, the other half is sown in this direction.
What is east to west?
Sod should never be cut thicker than this.
What is 1 inch?
Drainage tile used to drain the subsoil is installed exactly this deep below the soil surface.
What is 3 feet?
When topsoil is poor, add this much organic material for every 1,000 square feet of land.
What is 6 cubic feet?
These beneficial fungi grow inside the leaves of tall and red fescues and protect the grass from insects.
What are endophytes?
Small grass seeds should be covered with this much soil.
What is 1/8 to 1/4 inch?
In this method, small pieces of turf are planted 8 to 12 inches apart in prepared holes.
What is plugging (spot sodding)?
Turf releases water at the tip of the grass blade in this process, which provides environmental cooling.
What is guttation?
Organic fertilizers raise disease resistance because they cause less of this in the plant's cells.
What is cell elongation?
For nonirrigated lawns in Region 4, the Great Plains, the recommended grasses are crested wheatgrass, blue grama and this one.
What is buffalograss?
Keeping new seed too wet invites this fatal fungus disease of seedlings.
What is damping-off?
Used on golf greens, this method spreads shredded stolons by machine, then disks, rolls and topdresses them.
What is stolonizing?