Calculations

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.

Horticulture Extension Personnel

Identification of Turfgrass Species

All Turfgrass Species Cool Season Species Warm Season Species

Management Practices

Calculations Calibration Methods Cultural Maintenance Practices Establishment Methods

Soils and Soil Fertility

Soil Nutrients Soil Properties

Turfgrass Diagnostics & Laboratories

Turfgrass Diseases

Dollar Spot Fairy Ring Gray Leaf Spot Large Patch Slime Molds St. Augustinegrass Decline Take-All Root Rot

Turfgrass Groups

Turfgrass Insects

Billbug Black Cutworm Crawfish Fall Armyworm Ground Pearl How to Collect a Nematode Sample Mole Cricket Nematodes Red Imported Fire Ant Southern Chinch Bug Tropical Sod Webworm Two-Lined Spittlebug White Grub

Turfgrass Weeds

All Weeds Broadleaf Weeds Sedges and Grass-Like Weeds Weedy Grasses

Common Conversions

Some home lawn management practices require mathematical calculations. Understanding some basic conversions is helpful if calculations require unit conversions.

Estimating Lawn Areas

Determining the area of your home lawn is an important factor in many management practices. Follow these two simple methods to estimate the area of your yard.

Pure Live Seed Calculation

Recommendations for establishing a turfgrass from seed uses the term pure live seed (PLS) within the seeding rate. Although many homeowners are not aware of the PLS term, PLS can really affect turfgrass establishment success.

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