Home Lawns
Home lawns represent 70 percent of Pennsylvania's 2,000,000 acres of turfgrass. Lawns increase the property value of homes and stabilize soils (thereby preventing soil erosion in the residential environment). This page contains publications on lawn establishment, maintenance, pest management, and other problems.
Publications
- Turfgrass Species for Pennsylvania HTML
- Turfgrass Seed and Seed Mixtures HTML PDF
- Turfgrass Establishment HTML
- Renovation of Lawns HTML PDF
- Lawn Management Through the Seasons HTML PDF
- Mowing Turfgrasses HTML
- Recycling Turfgrass Clippings HTML PDF
- Turfgrass Fertilization Basics HTML
- Liming Turfgrass Areas HTML PDF
- Principles of Turfgrass Irrigation HTML
- Aeration of Turfgrass Areas HTML
- Control of Summer Annual Grass Weeds HTML
- Weed Management in Turf HTML PDF
- Moss in the Lawn HTML
- Managing Turfgrass Diseases HTML PDF
- Diagnosing Turfgrass Problems HTML
- Growing Turf Under Shaded Conditions HTML