Lawn Care Related Terms & Definitions
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| show | Cultivar
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| Working of the soil without destroying the turf | show 🗑
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| show | De-thatch
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| Sixteen elements needed by plants including turfgrasses; C, O, H, N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn, Mo, B, Cl | show 🗑
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| The process of water losses from a water body or a surface | show 🗑
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| The combination of evaporation and transpiration; described as a layer of water lost from a planted area in millimeters | show 🗑
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| show | Fertilizer
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| The percentage by weight given on the fertilizer bag. i.e. 23-7-7 | show 🗑
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| The start of new seedlines; requires proper moisture, temperature, oxygen, and nutrient conditions | show 🗑
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| The growing pattern by which a turfgrass spreads itself | show 🗑
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| show | Inorganic fertilizer
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| show | Lawn
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| show | Lawn care service owner
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| show | Lawn care technician
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| show | Mulching
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| show | Organic fertilizer
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| The measurement of the acidity or alkalinity of a soil; 7.0 is neutral, below 7.0 is acidic, above 7.0 is alkaline | show 🗑
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| A method of establishing a new turf using turf plugs harvested from a mature turf | show 🗑
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| An industry that specializes in lawn care and directly provides lawn care service to homeowners | show 🗑
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| show | Renovation
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| Excessive removing of green leaves resulting in a brown appearance by exposing dead leaves of even bare soil; main cause is lower mowing height or uneven turf | show 🗑
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| A ripened ovule with the potential to germinate a new plant | show 🗑
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| show | Seed coat
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| show | Seed quality
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| show | Seedbed
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| show | Sod
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| A printout of the results of a soil test which includes soil pH, organic matter %, Component %, as well as levels of available nutrients | show 🗑
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| A vertical view of the soil layers usually obtained by using a probe | show 🗑
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| show | Soluble fertilizer
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| show | Sports turf
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| A method to use pieces of stolons cut from a mature turf to start a new turf | show 🗑
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| show | Tall fescue
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| show | Thatch
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| A fertilizer that continually discharges a small amount of nutrients over a period of time | show 🗑
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| The zone between the warm season and the cool season zones, where both warm and cool season grasses can be grown but where the climate is not optimal for either | show 🗑
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| show | Transpiration
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| The general name for an area covered with maintained turfgrass | show 🗑
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| The appearance and function of a turf | show 🗑
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| show | Turfgrass
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| The science, art, and business of cultivating turfgrasses for various purposes | show 🗑
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| A type of turf, such as highway and airport turf, that is used to reduce soil erosion and to protect the environment | show 🗑
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| show | Southern winter over-seeding
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| show | Bunch-type
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