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Volume 32, No. 1
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1 As We See It: Is the Struggle for 2,4-D Finally Nearing a Climax?
4 Table of Contents
8 Re-Making Problem Holes: Is It Worth the Risk?
15 LM Reports: Utility Vehicles: The Battle for Multi-Purpose Supremacy
18 Hold That Trip to the Local Scrap Heap; Better Fates Await Your Old Equipment
22 Landscapers are Building More Walls: New Stone and Concrete Products and a Growing Body of How-To Info Broaden Client Interest in Retaining Walls
24 Growing Your Business Up, Not Out: Mastery of the Fundamentals (Your Primary Service) Produces Some of the Greatest Accomplishments
26 Big, Old Trees can be of Promotional Value
28 1992 Article Index
32 Tech Center
32 -Seville, Hubbard 87, Shenandoah Atop Most Recent NTEP Test Results
40 -Low-Water-Use Zones in the Landscape
42 Strictly Golf
42 -Congressional C.C. Goes to Great Lengths to Handle Heavy Rain
44 -Management Practices, Not Turf Species, are Key at This 'Course of a Different Texture'
46 -An Opinion: Green Speed Kills
48 -Defeating the 'Rodney Dangerfield Syndrome'
50 -Preparing Your Course for Local, National Media
54 Hot Topics
54 -MSU Readies Turf for First World Cup Soccer Indoors
58 Info Center
60 Green Industry Events
62 Ask the Expert
64 Product Spotlight
66 Green Industry Showcase
70 Market Showcase
72 Classifieds
73 Bookstore
76 Advertiser Index


Volume 32, No. 2
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1 As We See It: Special Projects for That 'Cabin Fever' Time of the Year
4 Table of Contents
6 Ask the Expert
8 'Right-Sizing': Worth the Risk?
14 LM Reports: From Soap to Hot Sauce, Deer Damage Prevention Gets Creative
18 Better Training Builds Profits and Sets Standards for Quality and Safety
20 Before you Pick Up Your Next Pick-Up
26 Tech Center
26 -Balance Nutrients for Early Fertilization
30 -Controlling Fire Ants in the South
36 Strictly Golf
36 -The Art of Bunker Maintenance
38 -On the Cutting Edge of Bio-Tech
42 -'Menacing Threat' to Golf Courses?
44 Lawn Care Industry
44 -Tips on Recognizing Opportunity When Next Faced with a Drought
46 -Mole Control can be Profitable: This Professional Mole Trapper Works All Year Long and Gets Many of His Referrals from Lawn Care Companies
52 Hot Topics
52 -Bystander Exposure to 2,4-D is Not Big Threat, Study Claims
52 -Give Clients a Say in How, How Much Pesticide Used
54 -Green Industry Events
55 -Info Center
58 Product Spotlight: Closed Dispensing System Adds More Safety to Control Product Applications
61 Green Industry Showcase
62 Market Showcase
64 Classifieds
68 Advertiser Index
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Volume 32, No. 3
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1 As We See It: A Lesson from the President: Always Keep Your Promises
4 Table of Contents
8 Ask the Expert
11 Cover Story
11 -Post-Emergence Warm-Season Turfgrass Weed Control
16 -Post-Emergence Control of Cool-Season Weeds
19 LM Reports: Lawn Mower Engines: What are the Choices?
24 Make Your Sales Pitch Snappy
26 Breaking the Ice: When Prospecting for Commercial Clients, Get to the Point and Show You can Deliver
26 Helping Landscapes Recover from Snow and Ice Damage
31 Wildflower Seeding: Pick Best Method for Your Site
38 How and Where to Use Geotextiles
40 'Least Management' Methods for Neighborhood Fields
42 Use Customer Complaints to Secure Company Loyalty
44 Picking the Right Dealer as a Business Partner
44 Maintenance Prolongs Mower Life
46 Halting Soil Erosion on Your Landscape Sites
52 43 Ways to Bring Luck Out of Hiding
54 Creating a 'Home Field Advantage': Is It the Job of the Athletic Field Manager to Create Equal Opportunity for All Athletes, or to Make Sure the Home Team has an Edge?
56 Shake Out Competitors to Boost Productivity
58 Tech Center
58 -How to Get the Bite on Insects
58 -Changing Your Soil pH for Maximum Turf Growth: Obtaining the Correct Soil pH can be Tricky. You May have to Amend the Soil, Depending on Turf Species and Soil Conditions
62 -Making Turf Diagnosis Easier
66 Lawn Care Industry
66 -Pre-Emergents Applied Early in Spring Give Good Control, too
66 -Tips for Better Product Applications
72 -Wisconsin LCO is Satisfied with Results of New Weed Program
74 -Deer Tick Risk Smallest on Turf
76 Strictly Golf
76 -Bunker Renovation: Step by Step on How to Make Renovation Decisions
78 -Respect, Once Earned, Must be Maintained
80 -Liability can Take Many Considerations
80 -Aerification Practices for Bentgrass Greens
86 -Treated Seed for Overseeding Minimizes Diseases
90 Hot Topics
92 -Reader Disputes 2,4-D Arguments
94 -Mulching While Mowing can Save Your Department or Your Customer Big Bucks
96 Info Center
98 Green Industry Events
102 Job Talk: Garden Retreat a Safe Haven for Patients
104 Product Spotlight
104 Showcase Product Review
121 Market Showcase
122 Classifieds
124 Advertiser Index
   
 
Bioturf News
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1 'Total System' for Turf Based on Balance between Organics and Cultural Practices
2 Healthy Soil the Key to Turf Care Science
4 Organic Program Mix Shows Results on Idaho Golf Course
6 Products: The Biorational Arsenal
7 Letters


Volume 32, No. 4
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1 As We See It: Industry Finally Making Some Headway in Washington, D.C.
4 Table of Contents
6 Ask the Expert
8 New Faces in U.S. Capital but Industry Challenges Remain
11 LC Pesticides Advisory Board Gave Industry and Its Critics Their Say
12 LM Reports: Hardscaping: A One-Time Project That's Great for Referrals
16 Athletic Fields: Renovation or Reconstruction?
20 Best Seasonal Help Can Easily be Yours
22 Over/Under Billing: How to do It, and How to do It Easier
24 Stress Value and Need When You have to Raise Prices
26 Phone Logs: Cheap but Valuable Info
28 Is Your Irrigation System Operating at Top Efficiency?
32 Risk, Risk, Risk: How Much are You Taking?: Will You be Reassured by This Summary of Insurance Coverages? Or are There Unknown Gaps in Your Policy?
34 Tech Center
34 -Warm-Season Turf Insect Control: Mole Cricket and Spittlebug Control is Getting Most of the Research. The Future Looks Bright, Thanks to Nematodes
50 -Cool-Season Turf Insect Control: The Wet Summer of '92 Suppressed Much Pest Activity. But a Normal Weather Pattern in July and August This Year Will Bring the Grubs Back
56 -Sodding vs. Seeding: What's the Best Bet?
64 Strictly Golf
64 -U.S. Senator Points Finger at Golf Course Managers: All Agree: Environmental Responsibility Falls Squarely in the Lap of the Golf Course Superintendent
66 -'Informational' Sign Posting Earns High Marks from Golfing Public
67 -Using Run-Off Helps to Reduce Effects of California Drought
68 -Tell the Media You Will Call Back
69 -What to do When Workers Lose Interest
70 -More U.S. Golf Courses Using 'Scouts' to Monitor Agronomic/Pest Conditions
74 Lawn Care Industry: Do You have 'the Right Stuff' to become a Franchisee?
75 PLCAA's Stand on Pesticide Use
78 Job Talk: Oil Changes Help Bailey's Truck Fleet Stay Trouble-Free
80 Hot Topics
80 -EPA Will Ask States for Yet Another Round of Lawn Care Inspections
84 Customer Service Tips: Good Service Results When Teamwork's the Top Priority
85 Green Industry Events
85 Info Center
88 Product Spotlight: Super-absorbent Polymers Worth a Look in Days of Rationed and Expensive Water
90 Showcase Product Review
97 Market Showcase
98 Classifieds
100 Advertiser Index
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Volume 32, No. 5
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1 As We See It: Servicing the Reader: The Ticket to Quality in Magazine Publishing
2 Table of Contents
6 Ask the Expert
8 Cover Story
8 -Do You Know the Mowing Basics?: The Turf Type, the Mower, the Operator: All Play Vital Roles in Maintaining Healthy Grass
12 -Troubleshooting Mower Engines
12 -Mulching: Does It Work?
16 LM Reports: Coated Fertilizers Explained: Manufacturers Rely on Polymers to Improve and, in Some Cases, Eliminate Sulfur Coating
18 Word to the Wise: Watch Out for OSHA Citations
22 Surviving Crises in the Workplace
24 Chipper/Shredder Safety Precautions
26 Questions to Ask Before Spraying
30 Dealing with Expectations of Athletic Field Quality
34 Save Time, Make Money
36 Tech Center
36 -Turfgrass Disease Control for Cooler Areas of the U.S.: Proper Cultural Practices Prevent and Manage Diseases; Fungicides are a Management Tool
42 -Diseases of Warm-Season Turfgrasses
48 Strictly Golf: Drainage, Chemical Controls are the Key, Says Carolina Country Club Super Bob Rogers
52 Lawn Care Industry
52 -Bio Green Believes in Quality Service; Making the Sale, too
54 -Extension Service Program to Educate Homeowners About Proper Lawn Care is a Winner in Va.
54 -Enhanced Microbial Degradation - It's Real!
56 -'Moments of Truth' Separate the Good, the Bad, the Ugly in Service
58 Hot Topics
59 -Panel: 2,4-D, Cancer Link 'Weak'
59 -Green Industry Events
62 -Info Center
64 Product Showcase: New Engine First CARB Certified
64 Showcase Product Review
73 Market Showcase
74 Classifieds
76 Advertiser Index
   
 
Bioturf News
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1 Survey Shows Customers Want and Need More Information on Organic Programs
2 Nematode Progress Reviewed by Company, Turf Research Experts
4 Research Finds Predatory Insects Valuable Players in IPM Strategy
5 Scout Client's Property, Get to Know Individual Environment
5 Biological Controls to Give Supers More Options and Tougher Turf
6 Products


Volume 32, No. 6
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1 As We See It: 'B+' from Customers: Room for Improvement
2 Table of Contents
6 Ask the Expert
8 B+: 19 of 20 Cleveland, Ohio, Homeowners Rate Their Lawn or Landscape Service as 'Good' or 'Excellent.'
12 Homeowners Like Recycling Clippings
14 Sales, Service with a Smile
16 Avoiding Summer Burnout
18 LM Reports: Tree Maintenance is an Integral Part of Landscape Work
22 Irrigation: An Athletic Field Necessity
26 Stump Cutter Maintenance: Preventive Maintenance Helps Keep Them Productive, Expert Brad Yochheim Says
28 Building a Team: Maybe the Most Important Thing You'll Ever have to do
30 Tech Center
30 -Fertilizing Woody Landscape Plants
34 -Subsurface Applications Grow in SE
40 Strictly Golf
40 -Moving the Players Through the Course: 'Ready Golf' Keeps Public Golfers Moving and Helps Run 400+ People Through 45 Holes in a Day
42 -Keeping Excess Water Off Greens
44 Lawn Care Industry
44 -Jax's Nick Dennis: All Go!: Incoming FTGA President on Fast Track with Lawn Care Business and Automobile Racing
48 -Management's Responsibility: Support Service People
50 Hot Topics
50 -Are Answers Needed to Sports Field Questions?: Little Data Exists to Justify or Support a Cost/Benefit Rationale for Reconstruction or Renovation
56 -New Residential Business Expected to Grow by 11.5%
58 -Info Center
58 -Green Industry Events
62 Product Showcase
64 Showcase Product Review
73 Market Showcase
74 Classifieds
76 Advertiser Index
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Volume 32, No. 7
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1 As We See It: Green Industry Workers on Collision Course with Cancer
2 Table of Contents
6 Ask the Expert
7 Thinking About a Nursery?: Landscape Contractors can Give Many Reasons to Start Their Own Nursery, but There's Only One Valid Reason: Better Customer Service
11 LM Reports: Mower Options: More Than 'Bells and Whistles'
14 Making a Place for Turf in the Desert Landscape
18 Organization: Clear or Confused?
19 Maintaining Infields 3 Ways in Illinois
19 -1: Attention to Daily Maintenance the Key on Waukegan Field
19 -2: Conversions Take the Spotlight in Glenview Parks
22 -3: Teamwork Emphasized in Northbrook Parks District
22 Advice from Uncle Sam: How to Apply for a Small Business Loan
24 Tech Center
24 -Knowing Lifecycle Vital to Control White Grubs
26 -Is Your Turfgrass Sulfur-Deficient?
26 -Colorants, Mulch in the Landscape
28 Strictly Golf
28 -Don't Gamble on Sand Selection: Insist on Sand That has been Subjected to Particle Size Analysis, Says This Author
34 Lawn Care Industry
34 -Fueling the Fire: A Skeptical Banker Lit a Fire Inside This Hard-Working Kentucky Lawn Care Pro
36 -Hand-Held Computers Help Florida Lawn Care Delivery
37 -Great Managers Focus on Clients, Support Workers
38 Hot Topics
38 -'Dome' Grass Looks Good
39 -Green Industry Events
42 -Info Center
44 Product Showcase: LM Reports on Mower Products
46 Showcase: Product Review
57 Market Showcase
58 Classifieds
60 Advertiser Index
   
 
Bioturf News
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1 Calif. Superintendent Breaks Away from 'Rescue Chemistry'
3 Organic/Synthetic Product Mix Based on Soil Nutritional Needs
4 Seeking Sites to Slip Sludge
5 AgriDyne Seeks Foreign Markets for Neem
5 Biosys Buys AgriSense
6 Florida Supers Try Biocontrols to Relieve Scourge of Mole Crickets
7 Products


Volume 32, No. 8
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1 As We See It: Environmentalists a Part of Radical New Religion
2 Table of Contents
4 Turfgrass Seed Availability: It's a Good Report from Turfseed Marketers Coast to Coast: Prices Right, Quantities Sufficient
8 LM Reports: Snow Removal: Blades, Blowers, Throwers, Spreaders, Sweepers
14 Six Steps for Wildflower Success
16 Scheduling Field Maintenance: Segregating Parts of the Total Landscape into Different Maintenance Areas Helps Prioritize Needs
20 Ask the Expert
22 Tech Center
22 -Minimizing Compaction on Athletic Fields, Golf Courses
26 -Ammonium Sulfate Fertilizer Suppresses Summer Patch
30 -Cultivation Treatments Enhancing Soil Water Uptake by Turfgrass Roots
32 Strictly Golf
32 -The Magic Touch: People Relations
36 -Golf Course Maintenance
36 --Grinding, Sharpening Blades
38 Lawn Care Industry
40 -'Service Them to Death' (Maybe Not That Much...)
44 Hot Topics
44 -Indyk Responds to Critic's Points about LM Article
48 -Green Industry Events
52 -Info Center
50 Job Talk: Client Demands, Site Challenges Not for the Timid Contractor
54 Green Industry Showcase
54 Product Showcase
65 Market Showcase
66 Classifieds
68 Advertiser Index
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Volume 32, No. 9
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1 Table of Contents
4 1994 Desk Companion: Directory of Green Industry Organizations
13 1994 Buyer's Guide
13 -Table of Contents
13 -Equipment
33 -Equipment Companies
46 -Control Products
70 -Chemical Companies
75 -Seed Companies
80 -Miscellaneous Companies
85 Green Industry Showcase
89 Market Showcase
90 Classifieds
92 Advertiser Index


Volume 32, No. 10
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1 As We See It: Growing Not Always Easy in This Economic Climate
2 Table of Contents
4 Ask the Expert
6 Growth Strategies for the 90's: Expanding Your Course?
11 LM Reports: Big-Ticket Equipment Now More Adaptable to Landscaping Use
14 Mulch Wisely to Get Full Value
18 10 Ways to Keep Your Customers
19 LM Grapevine
22 Tech Center
22 -Sizing Up Trees for Possible Dangers
26 -Green Up Your Turf with Iron: Using This Micronutrient for Rapid Color Enhancement is Making Turf and Turf Managers Look Good
36 -Turf Desiccation: Winter's Lasting Gift
40 Golf 'Scaping
40 -Injecting Wetting Agents into Greens Soil: Toro, Kalo, Aquatrols Innovations Make It Easier for Superintendents to Dry Out Wet Greens
43 -GCSAA Looks for New CEO
44 Lawn Care Industry
44 -Happy Customers = Higher Profits
45 -W. Va. Grand Jury Charges LCO with Arranging Murder
46 -Busy Bill Clutter Pleased with Growth in Both OLCA, TurfGard: Successful OLCA Swap Meet is Combined with Tour of Scotts Facilities
48 Hot Topics
48 -Flood Causes 'Worst Year,' but Missourian Still Smiling
53 Job Talk: Need Fast Green-Up? Try Sprayable Iron
54 Green Industry Showcase
57 Market Showcase
58 Classifieds
60 Advertiser Index
   
 
Bioturf News
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B-27 Biological/Chemical Mix Works, Thanks to Customer Education
B-28 Preserve Soil's Organic Matter with a Balanced Compost Mix
B-29 Roots Buys RGB
B-29 Earthgro, Harmony Products Sign Production/Marketing Agreement
B-29 Predator Insect Control Topic of New Manual
B-30 Bio Grounds Keeper, Sustane Join Forces
B-30 Crop Genetics to Market Spod-X in U.S., Europe
B-31 Corn By-Product Works Against Crabgrass
B-32 Cornell Research Covers Natural/Organic Bases: Tests Suggest Chemicals and Biologicals May be Used Together for Insect Control
B-33 Products
B-33 Events
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Volume 32, No. 11
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1 As We See It: Players' Wish: That the World Series be Played on Real Turf
4 Table of Contents
8 Ask the Expert
12 Using Perennials for 'Custom' Jobs
14 LM Reports: Industry's Best Spreaders Cover Large Areas, Carry Big Loads
16 Seek Special Prices, Incentives When Picking Out 1994 Pick-Ups
22 The Coming of Winter
24 Tech Center: Sand, Silt and Clay: The Soil Minerals
35 LM Grapevine
38 Golf 'Scaping
38 -Buying Specialized Equipment
42 Hot Topics
42 -Goal: 1 Million Liberty Elms by the Year 2000
43 -Final Word on Turfseed Harvest: 'Fair'
46 -Water Saved with Gypsum
47 -Info Center
48 -Green Industry Events
49 Job Talk: Miami Metrozoo on the Road to Recovery
50 Product Showcase
57 Market Showcase
59 Classifieds
60 Advertiser Index
   
 
A Supplement to Landscape Management Magazine: Lawn Care Industry
27 -Chemical Lawn Care Sales Flat, but Mowing, Add-Ons Boom
31 -Update: Combined TruGreen/ChemLawn Operations are on Fast Track
32 -Losing the Focus of Lawn Care Sales
33 -Labor Problems are Cropping Up All Over, LCOs Say in Surveys
   


Volume 32, No. 12
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1 As We See It: This Blow to Pesticide Registries Goes Almost Unnoticed by Media
2 Table of Contents
4 Ask the Expert
6 Landscape Waste Disposal: No Free Rides
8 LM Reports: Landscape Fabrics for Weed Control: Virginia Tech Researchers Bonnie Lee Appleton and Jeff Derr Offer Insights into Using Geotextiles in Landscapes
13 Aquatic Gardens Popular Additions to Home Yards
14 This Efficiency Checklist Helps Grade Employees
15 How to Sell Cabling
15 Accounting: An Introduction
18 Going 'Natural' Cuts Costs
23 Getting Customer Feedback
23 LM Grapevine
26 Tech Center: Winter Weed Control
40 Golf 'Scaping
40 -Multi-Course Management Tricks
42 -How to have White Golf Holes, without the Paint
44 Lawn Care Industry
44 -Russell J. Frith, 1993 'Person of the Year'
45 -Wierichs, Big Man for Big Job
46 Hot Topics
49 -Green Industry Events
50 -Info Center
51 Product Showcase
53 Market Showcase
55 Classifieds
56 Advertiser Index
   
 
Bioturf News
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B-27 Positive Results Reported from Study of IPM on Home Lawns
B-29 Nature Provides Best Compost Formula
B-30 Nematodes Work Against Mole Crickets at Florida Resort Town
B-31 Predator Warfare in Calif.: Wasps Gain Ground in Fight Against Eucalyptus Borer, Psyllid Pest
B-32 Considering IPM? First Learn Crew Strengths, Weaknesses
B-33 Product-of-the-Month: Bioinoculant Adds N to Soil
B-33 Product Showcase
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