By Kai Umeda A strategy can be implemented to control the purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus), the “world’s worst weed.” Due to regulatory constraints from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, only the use of MSMA (monosodium methylarsonate) herbicide on golf courses,…
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Subsurface Drip Irrigation (SDI) for Turf
By Bernd Leinauer, Turfgrass Extension Specialist, New Mexico State University Sprinkler systems are the most commonly used irrigation systems for turf-dominated landscapes despite their inefficiencies due to losses from run-off, wind drift, and evaporation. Subsurface irrigation systems, on the other…
Pruning Palm Trees – By ML Robinson
Sustainability on a Budget – By Richard Adkins
Soft and Sharp
By David Cristiani The use of accent plants, the Southwest green industry’s term for larger cactus and succulent plants, continues to increase beyond low desert communities. Some of that is more about following a trend, but some of that responds…
Facts About Fertilizer
By Helen M. Stone There are almost as many different types of fertilizers as there are plants. Whole books have been written on soil fertility and fertilizer selection; this publication has covered the topic extensively in the past years.…
Tree Worker Safety: Five Steps to Survival
By Dr. John Ball Every day incidents occur in the tree care industry. Tree workers tend to call them accidents rather than incidents, but the medical field is getting away from this description. Accidents seem to imply that it just…
Drought and Tree Diseases
By Jim Downer, Ph.D By now everyone has heard the hue and cry of drought and the peril we Californians all face from prolonged snow pack depletion and lack of rain. Those who study climate change suggest that some places…