Starting a new turf
These are the three methods of establishing a new lawn?
What is Seeding, sprigging, and sodding?
These types of plants are the most desirable for lawns as they come back year after year.
What are perennials?
This is the first adjustment that needs to be made in order for a lawn to be healthy.
What is pH?
This magic fraction is the standard rule for how much grass to remove while mowing.
What is 1/3?
This lawn function keeps soil microbes active.
What is reducing ground temperature or keeping cool?
This is the most common and cheapest way to start a lawn but takes the most time
What is Seeding?
This is the most common type of turfgrass because of its durability, also used on Wimbledon.
What is perennial ryegrass?
This macronutrient is responsible for a deep, green color and seed formation.
What is nitrogen?
This is the time of year when fertilizer is most often applied.
What is spring?
This lawn function keeps soil in place
What is prevent erosion?
This type of lawn propagation method includes taking individual plants and letting them spread through their stolons and rhizomes
What is sprigging?
This is the most sought after turfgrass in America due to its dark green, lush color.
What is Kentucky Bluegrass?
This macronutrient is responsible for a strong root system and a lush turf.
What is phosphorous?
This is a common fertilizer blend that combines equal quantities of Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Potassium.
What is a 10-10-10 blend?
This lawn function keeps children and athletes happy.
What is providing a play surface?
This is the most expensive form of establishing a new lawn
What is sodding?
This is the type of grass most commonly used on golf greens.
What is bentgrass?
This plant nutrient is responsible for making the plant resistant to disease, insects, and adverse weather conditions.
What is potassium?
This part of the plant should never be seen by good lawn managers.
What is the seedhead?
This lawn function keeps the homeowner and the homeowner's neighbors happy
What is ornamental value (aesthetic, beauty)?
Daily Double:
This is the asexual propagation method that allows plants to spread by stolons and rhizomes.
What is layering?
DD
These three plant features aid in identifying grasses.
What are seedheads, auricles and ligules?
This macronutrient is what is restricted in Madison homes due to its runoff in the Madison lakes, creating algae blooms.
What is phosphorous?
DD
This is the optimal % germination rate that your grass mix should be.
What is 85%
This lawn function allows us to live through photosynthesis.
What is gives off oxygen?