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CHAPTER 36
CAREFREE YARD AND LAWN MAINTENANCE Page 829 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT IPM Page 830 HOW TO BEGIN AN IPM PROGRAM Page 831 SAFETY AND LIABILITY Page 831 PROPER PLANT/TURF SELECTION Page 831 SELECTED LAWN GRASSES Page 832 THE SOIL TEST Page 833 TYPES OF SOIL Page 834 ORGANIC FERTILIZER Page 834 LIMING Page 834 OTHER MINERALS Page 834 WEED CONTROL OVERVIEW Page 835 TYPICAL WEEDS Page 836 SPOT REPAIRS Page 836 WEED CONTROL Page 837 PHYSICAL CONTROL Page 837 BIOHERBICIDE Page 837 MECHANICAL WEED CONTROL Page 837 CULTURAL CONTROL OF WEEDS Page 837 CHEMICAL WEED CONTROL Page 838 WEED PESTS Page 838 CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE Page 838 SEEDING Page 838 WATERING Page 838 MOWING Page 838 RECOMMENDED MOWING HEIGHT Page 839 CUTTING SUMMARY Page 839 GRASS ROOTS Page 839 CLOVER, EARTHWORMS AND MICROORGANISMS Page 840 THATCH Page 840 SEVERAL DETHATCHING TECHNIQUES Page 840 BIO-DETHATCHING Page 840 MECHANICAL DETHATCHING Page 840 AERATION Page 840 CHOICE OF SEED OR SOD Page 841 TO START A NEW LAWN Page 841 ALLOW A FEW WEEDS Page 841 WEEDS AND "INJURIES" Page 841 PEST CONTROL INDUSTRY CAUTION Page 841 CONTROLLING LAWN DISEASES/FUNGI Page 842 BUG JUICE SPRAY Page 850 CONTROLLING INSECT PESTS Page 850 APHIDS Page 850 ARMYWORM Page 851 BEETLES Page 851 BILLBUGS Page 852 BLACK TURFGRASS ATAENIUS Page 852 CATERPILLARS Page 852 CHINCH BUG Page 853 CUTWORM Page 854 GRASSHOPPER Page 854 GREENBUGS OR APHIDS Page 854 GRUB Page 855 JAPANESE BEETLE Page 855 LACEBUGS Page 855 LEAF HOPPERS Page 856 MOLE CRICKETS Page 856 NEMATODES Page 856 POTATO LEAFHOPPER Page 857 SCALE Page 857 SNAILS AND SLUGS Page 857 SOD WEBWORM Page 858 SPIDER MITES Page 858 WIRE WORMS Page 859 CHICKEN CONTROL Page 859 NEEM NOTE Page 859 SYNTHETIC PESTICIDE WARNING Page 859 IPM PEST CONTROL OVERVIEW Page 860 SEAWEED AND FISH EMULSION SPRAYS Page 860 CHINCH BUGS Page 861 FUNGUS PROBLEMS Page 861 WEEDS Page 861 BIOLOGICAL CONTROL Page 861 NATURAL LAWN MAINTENANCE CONCLUSION Page 862 COMPOST PILES Page 862 WATERING INSTRUCTIONS Page 863 WEEDING AND BED MAINTENANCE Page 863 COMPOST MANAGEMENT Page 863 LIMING Page 863 ORGANIC MATERIALS FOR IMPROVING SOIL TILTH Page 864 ROLES OF SELECTED NUTRIENTS Page 864 FALL CLEAN-UP Page 865 TREE AND SHRUB CARE Page 865 NATURAL ORGANIC TREE FEEDING Page 865 TREE INJURY NOTE Page 866 PRUNING Page 866 CONCLUSIONS Page 866 NUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL Page 867 Acknowledgments/Bibliography/References Page 869 Glossary of Terms Page 907 Index Page 935 |