Tips & Traps for Growing and Maintaining the Perfect Lawn
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Contents
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Chapter 3 Understanding and Preparing Soils | 33 |
Chapter 4 Irrigation and Watering Practices | 45 |
Chapter 5 Creating Lawn from Seed | 59 |
Chapter 6 Creating Lawn from SOD | 79 |
Chapter 7 Watering and Erosion | 91 |
Chapter 8 Lawn Fertilization | 101 |
Chapter 10 Aeration and Dethatching | 129 |
Chapter 11 Weeds in the Lawn | 139 |
Chapter 12 Pest Management for Turfgrass | 151 |
The BasicsSoil Water and Grass | 169 |
Construction Tips | 181 |
Compost and Mulch Tips | 187 |
Pests | 197 |
Index | 203 |
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Page 195 - A single hyphae can span in length from a few cells to many yards. A few fungi, such as yeast, are single cells. Hyphae sometimes group into masses called mycelium or thick, cord-like "rhizomorphs
Page 181 - Terraces prevent erosion by shortening the long slope into a series of shorter, more level steps. This allows heavy rains to soak into the soil rather than run off and cause erosion.
Page 199 - AND PROTOZOA Protozoa and bacterial-feeding nematodes compete for their common food resource: bacteria. Some soils have high numbers of either nematodes or protozoa, but not both. The significance of this difference to plants is not known. Both groups consume bacteria and release NH4+.
Page 199 - ... are evidence of the presence of vampyrellid amoebae. The amoebae attach to the surface of fungal hyphae and generate enzymes that eat through the fungal cell wall. The amoeba then sucks dry or engulfs the cytoplasm inside the fungal cell before moving on to its next victim.
Page 175 - This is only a guideline. On heavier soils in drier conditions this will be too much. On sandy soils during periods of heavy rainfall, this will not be enough.
Page 181 - Make the terraces in your yard high enough so the land between them is fairly level. Be sure the terrace material is strong enough and anchored well enough to stay in place through freezing and thawing, and heavy rainstorms.
Page 175 - This question does not have a simple answer because irrigation requirements vary with grass species, with soil type, and with environmental conditions. These factors often interact in complex ways that make decision making difficult.