environmental requirements for nc lawn grasses
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Environmental Requirements for NC Lawn Grasses. vs. Environmental Requirements. Temperature & Altitude-Climatic Zone Cool-season Warm-season. Type of Soil. Environmental Requirements. Environmental Requirements. Use Tolerance or Wear Excellent Bermudagrass Very Good - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Environmental Requirements for NC
Lawn Grasses
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Environmental Requirements Temperature & Altitude-Climatic
Zone Cool-season Warm-season
vs.
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Environmental Requirements
Type of Soil
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Environmental Requirements Use Tolerance or Wear
Excellent Bermudagrass
Very Good Kentucky Bluegrass Tall Fescue
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Environmental Requirements
Use Tolerance or Wear Good
Zoysiagrass Bahiagrass
Fair Some mixtures
Poor Centipedegrass St. Augustinegrass
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Environmental Requirements
Lime & Fertilizer Follow soil sample recommendations.
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Environmental Requirements
Watering As needed depending on weather &
water conservation laws.
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Environmental Requirements Mowing
Height varies from about 1” for…. Bermudagrass Centipedegrass Zoysiagrass
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Environmental Requirements
Mowing Height varies from about 3” for….
Tall Fescue
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Environmental Requirements Mowing
General rule for mowing frequency is that less than half the total leaf surface is removed.
Example: If recommended mowing height is 2”,
grass should be mowed when it is less 4” tall so that less than half will be removed.
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Environmental Requirements
Pest Control for…. Weeds Insects Diseases Moles
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Environmental Requirements
Light Requirements Different grasses are adapted to
different amounts of sun or shade. Examples:
Shade Partial Shade Full Sun
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Methods Used to Start a Lawn
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Methods to Start a Lawn
The four methods to starting a lawn are…. Seeding Sodding Plugging Sprigging &
Stolonizing
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Seeding
Most common & least expensive way to start a lawn.
Methods are…. Hand Seeding Hand Spreader Cultipacker Hydroseeder
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Hand & Mechanical Seeding
HAND SEEDING HAND SPREADER
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Machinery Powered Seeding Methods
Cultipacker Hydroseeder
Applies seed, water, fertilizer & mulch at the same time.
CULTIPACKER
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Hydroseeder
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Sodding
Using established turf (grass & roots) that is cut in thin layers and removed from the growing area in strips.
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Sodding
Is taken to new lawn & rolled out and fitted together.
More expensive than other methods, but…. Provides instant lawn. Works on slopes where seeds will wash
away.
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Plugging
Using small plugs or blocks of sod to plant in holes about 1 foot apart.
Very time consuming, but…. Is used for many
warm season grasses that are poor seed producers.
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Sprigging & Stolonizing
Uses plant runners, cuttings, or stolons without soil attached to start new lawns.
Sprigging is slow if done by hand.
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Sprigging & Stolonizing
Can be done by broadcasting plant parts and rolled or disked into the soil. Usually used on larger areas such as golf
courses.