Total Landscape Care Digital Magazine
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chemical care Summer If your turf didn't pass the test, follow this prescription for fall. a s one of the hottest, driest summers on record for most states, the summer of 2012 has just given your turf the ultimate test. "Heat and drought like this are really good for showing weaknesses within the lawn: compaction, bad species, bad cultivars, poor drainage. This is the perfect stress test," says Zac Reicher, professor of turfgrass science at the University of Nebraska. "If your lawn didn't pass the test, why not? Now's the time to fi x what's ailing turf." Reicher says there are three main strategies (see sidebar, pg.53) that can help insure turf October 2012 / TOTAL LANDSCAPE CARE 51 tress Test