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Environmental Requirements for NC Lawn Grasses

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

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Environmental Requirements for NC Lawn Grasses

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  1. Environmental Requirements for NC Lawn Grasses

  2. vs. Environmental Requirements • Temperature & Altitude-Climatic Zone • Cool-season • Warm-season

  3. Type of Soil Environmental Requirements

  4. Environmental Requirements • Use Tolerance or Wear • Excellent • Bermudagrass • Very Good • Kentucky Bluegrass • Tall Fescue

  5. Environmental Requirements • Use Tolerance or Wear • Good • Zoysiagrass • Bahiagrass • Fair • Some mixtures • Poor • Centipedegrass • St. Augustinegrass

  6. Lime & Fertilizer Follow soil sample recommendations. Environmental Requirements

  7. Watering As needed depending on weather & water conservation laws. Environmental Requirements

  8. Mowing Height varies from about 1” for…. Bermudagrass Centipedegrass Zoysiagrass Environmental Requirements

  9. Mowing Height varies from about 3” for…. Tall Fescue Environmental Requirements

  10. 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.

  11. Pest Control for…. Weeds Insects Diseases Moles Environmental Requirements

  12. Light Requirements Different grasses are adapted to different amounts of sun or shade. Examples: Shade Partial Shade Full Sun Environmental Requirements

  13. Methods Used to Start a Lawn

  14. Methods to Start a Lawn • The four methods to starting a lawn are…. • Seeding • Sodding • Plugging • Sprigging & Stolonizing

  15. Seeding • Most common & least expensive way to start a lawn. • Methods are…. • Hand Seeding • Hand Spreader • Cultipacker • Hydroseeder

  16. HAND SEEDING HAND SPREADER Hand & Mechanical Seeding

  17. CULTIPACKER Machinery Powered Seeding Methods • Cultipacker • Hydroseeder • Applies seed, water, fertilizer & mulch at the same time.

  18. Hydroseeder

  19. Using established turf (grass & roots) that is cut in thin layers and removed from the growing area in strips. Sodding

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

  22. Sprigging & Stolonizing • Uses plant runners, cuttings, or stolons without soil attached to start new lawns. • Sprigging is slow if done by hand.

  23. 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.

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