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Organic Lawn Care: A Guide to Lawn Maintenance and Pest Management for North Carolina (AG-562)

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Art Bruneau
Apr 04, 2008
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People who practice organic lawn care can be proud of their efforts to recycle resources by composting yard waste and using other available waste products in their lawns. An organic lawn can provide all of the benefits of a healthy lawn without the use of synthetic chemicals. Establishing a healthy stand of grass is the best way to defend against pests. Many problems with weeds, diseases, and insects can be prevented or minimized by good planning and careful management.

KEYWORDS FOUND IN THIS ARTICLE:
aeration
dry weather
lespedeza
sedge
annual bluegrass
fairy ring
lime
seeding
annual ryegrass
fertilizer
management
slime mold
ant
fescue
melting out
sod
armyworm
fine fescue
mole crickets
sod webworms
bahiagrass
fire ants
moles
soil pH
bees
fungicide
moss
soil sample
beetle
fungus
mowing
speedwell
bermudagrass
goosegrass
mulch
spurge
bluegrass
green june beetle
nematodes
St. Augustinegrass
brown patch
ground pearls
nitrogen
tall fescue
bug
grub
organic
thatch
calcium
insect control
perennial
turfgrass maintenance
centipedegrass
insect damage
perennial ryegrass
turfgrass management
chinch bugs
irrigation
pesticide
turfgrass weed control
clover
Italian ryegrass
phosphorus
variety
compaction
Japanese beetles
plantain
warm season
cool season
Kentucky bluegrass
poa annua
wasp
crabgrass
knotweed
potassium
watering
cultivar
large patch
prostrate knotweed
wear
cutworms
larva
prostrate spurge
weed control
dollar spot
lawn care
root system
weed management
dormancy
lawn maintenance
rust
white grubs
drought
leaf spot
ryegrass
zoysiagrass
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