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Management Practices

Implementing the correct management practices allows one to maintain a healthy lawn and also helps turfgrasses tolerate or recover from environmental stresses and pest injuries. Review these topics for information on basic practices from aerification to mowing height to create a lawn care maintenance routine.

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Cultural maintenance includes management practices that promote healthy turfgrass growth. These topics are essential to creating a lawn care maintenance routine and cover practices such as mowing and aerification.





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Establishing turfgrass properly is critical to ensuring it will develop into a healthy, vigorous lawn.These topics outline several methods to consider when establishing a new turfgrass lawn.




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Equipment calibration should be completed before applying any fertilizer, pesticide, product to a home lawn. View these calibration methods to learn the basic steps on how to properly calibrate commonly used equipment for home lawn maintenance.




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Some cultural management practices require basic calculations prior to their application and implementation. View these topics for tips and steps on common conversions and calculations.




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