Sorry no pictures for this post, but thought I would share some recent observations. The recent rains and warm night on Friday/Saturday brought out two diseases on annual bluegrass earlier than we typically experience at the research farm in North Brunswick NJ (Hort Farm No. 2). Saturday morning, our graduate student found nickel- to quarter-sized spots […]
February 27, 2017 Jim Murphy
Warm Air, Cool Soil
Warm air temperatures build anticipation of plant growth but keep in mind that cool soil temperatures will strongly moderate growth during the spring. Turf growth typically will be very slow until soil temperatures exceed 50 °F throughout most of the day. Thus, N fertilizer applied to cool soils will not stimulate a lot of growth until the […]
February 27, 2017 Jim Murphy
Warm Air, Cool Soil
Warm air temperatures build anticipation of plant growth but keep in mind that cool soil temperatures will strongly moderate growth during the spring. Turf growth typically will be very slow until soil temperatures exceed 50 °F throughout most of the day. Thus, N fertilizer applied to cool soils will not stimulate a lot of growth until the […]
February 27, 2017 Jim Murphy
Warm Air, Cool Soil
Warm air temperatures build anticipation of plant growth but keep in mind that cool soil temperatures will strongly moderate growth during the spring. Turf growth typically will be very slow until soil temperatures exceed 50 °F throughout most of the day. Thus, N fertilizer applied to cool soils will not stimulate a lot of growth until the […]
February 26, 2017 Jim Murphy
Winter Damage
While the warm weather has allowed many of us to get out and enjoy the outdoors, you may have noticed the winter damage in many landscapes. Winter traffic problems can be dramatic. Sod displacement is very common in turf grown along sidewalks, parking lots and streets where snow removal is […]
February 26, 2017 Jim Murphy
Winter Damage
While the warm weather has allowed many of us to get out and enjoy the outdoors, you may have noticed the winter damage in many landscapes. Winter traffic problems can be dramatic. Sod displacement is very common in turf grown along sidewalks, parking lots and streets where snow removal is […]
