by Dr. John Cisar and William Kern, Jr.,  University of Florida, FLREC When  turf agronomist John Cisar came to Florida nearly 18 years ago, “the mole cricket” (actually a number of different immigrant mole cricket species in the Scapteriscus genera) was arguably the #1 insect pest of turfgrasses in the region.   Having been trained in the ...continue

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Managing Your Soil Potassium G. H. Snyder and J. L. Cisar explain potassium’s important role in contributing to overall soil quality. Potassium (K) is second only to nitrogen in terms of plant requirements. Potassium plays a critical role in the control of and regulation of various minerals, water relations, promotion of meristematic tissue, and rooting. ...continue

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Econem™ Biological Nematicide From Pasteuria Bioscience To Be Exclusively Distributed by Harrell’s LLC Targeted state registrations allow sale of Econem™for sting nematode control in turf grass throughout Southeast January 4, 2010 – ALACHUA, Fla. – Pasteuria Bioscience (http://www.pasteuriabio.com) and Harrell’s LLC have completed an agreement where Harrell’s will act as exclusive distributor for Econem™ Biological Nematicide.  Econem ...continue

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Poa Control Strategies in Fairways and Roughs Annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.) can be difficult to control on a golf course.  In this article Bert McCarty (Professor of Turfgrass Science, Clemson University) discusses techniques for keeping it under control. Annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.) is the most troublesome winter annual grass weed on golf courses. ...continue

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Dr. George H. Snyder, Milorganite Technical Consultant SOIL REACTION (acidity or alkalinity) The pH concept is used to numerically describe the acidity of aqueous systems, such as soils. The topic of pH has been widely discussed, so the basics will not be repeated herein. Most turfgrass managers know that pH values below 7 indicate acid ...continue

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By Raymond Snyder, Ph.D. Soil pH is arguably the most important factor in essentially all aspects of soil science. Many chemical and biological reactions are dependent on the levels of acidity (hydrogen ions [H+] ) and alkalinity (hydroxide ions [OH-]) in the soil. These levels influence the availability to turfgrass of many essential elements such ...continue

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