Lawn

As the season is winding down, so are the Turfgrass Times, a video of the latest and greatest turfgrass information from the OSU turfgrass team. This week's participants included: Dr. David Gardner; Dr. Ed Nangle; Joe Rimelspach; Dr. Pamela Sherratt; Dr. Dave Shetlar (aka the Bug Doc); and Dr. Karl Danneberger. 

While the ideal time for lawn renovation has come and gone, I recently came across a video series created by Dr. Zane Raudenbush on home lawn renovation. Dr. Raudenbush is an Assistant Professor in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences' (CFAES) Horticultural Techonologies in Wooster, Ohio. 

Here is the link to last week's Turfgrass Times: https://youtu.be/i1c_PH1yQ50

Remember the majority of turfgrass problems are not caused by diseases but are the result of two key factors. #1. Adverse weather conditions that are not conducive for growing cool-season grasses.  #2. Injury or damage to the turfgrass plants from use and ware and/or maintenance procedure that were not properly executed.

Here is your link to the weekly video update (recorded on 06.28.2019) from the OSU Turfgrass Team. Updates are from Dr. David Shetlar, aka The Bug Doc; Dr. David Gardner; Dr. Ed Nangle; Dr. Pamela Sherratt (virtual); Joe Rimelspach; and Michael O'Keeffe this week.

The Ohio State University Turf Team has kicked-off a weekly seasonal video that you won't want to miss if you are a green industry professional working with turf. OSU experts will be sharing turfgrass tips from Memorial Day - Labor Day. We will be sharing these via BYGL each week. 

Dandelions and clover may be the first to pop to mind when considering lawn weeds, but this was the first time I had seen violets in turf.

 

This Turf-Tip was provided Joe Rimelspach and Todd Hicks with OSU – Plant Pathology and Turfgrass Program.

 

Of the four seasons, this is the “third best time” to seed a lawn. The best is autumn, then winter, followed by spring and the least desirable time is summer. The main challenge with the spring seeding is the large number of weeds (both grassy weeds and broadleaf weeds) that can come up with the grass seed. Seed as early as possible in the spring so new plant can develop a root system before summer heat and dry conditions...

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued an Excessive Heat Warning today for Greater Cincinnati. This is the highest alert based on the NWS Heat Index. I believe anything higher would cause spontaneous human combustion. I made a quick BYGL Alert! photo trek and found that fairy rings are now being revealed by the current hot/dry conditions in southwest Ohio.