A presentation by Jim Brosnan and Tom Samples of the University of Tennessee Plant Sciences Department

1. Jim Brosnan and Tom Samples Plant Sciences Department Turfgrass Rx: Tips for Renovating Turfs in the Fall

4. Moist, Clayey Soils are Very Prone to Compaction

9. Drought Tolerance Cool-season Turfgrasses

12. More Than ½ Inch of Thatch is Considered Excessive

13. Low High Thatching Tendency of Turfgrasses Bermudagrass St. Augustinegrass Zoysia Fine Fescues Kentucky Bluegrass Perennial Ryegrass Tall Fescue

16. White Grubs Photo Courtesy of Dr. Frank Hale

17. Scarab Beetles Photos Courtesy of Dr. Dave Shetlar, The Ohio State University

18. Japanese Stiltgrass Smooth Crabgrass Summer Annual Weed Grasses Goosegrass

19. Common Purslane Summer Annual Broadleaf Weeds Prostrate Spurge

20. Common Chickweed Winter Annual Broadleaf Weeds Purple Deadnettle

21. Dallisgrass Nimblewill Perennial Weed Grasses

22. Perennial Broadleaf Weeds Wild Violet Ground Ivy

23. Yellow Purple Perennial Sedges Yellow Nutsedge

24. Renovating Turf Turf can be Renovated without Using a Non-selective Herbicide if 50 Percent or More of the Ground is Covered with Turfgrass Plants

25. Renovating Turf

26. Renovating Turf

29. A Turf can be Renovated without Using a Non-selective Herbicide if 50 Percent of the Ground is Covered with Turfgrasses Renovating Turf

30. Renovating Turf

31. Renovating Turf

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