Research Guides: Master Gardeners: Lawn Care

Information on Lawn Care!

This page provides information and links for caring for your grass, soil, and lawn as well as recommendations for weed control.

Please note that some of these resources may require a UK LINKBLUE ID and password, or they can be accessed by visiting any UK Library.

Academic Search Complete
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Multi-disciplinary full-text database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Indexes and abstracts more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, and conference proceedings.
Agricola
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Citations and abstracts of materials acquired by the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and cooperating institutions in the agricultural and related sciences. Ninety percent of the records describe journal articles and book chapters, and the remaining ten percent describe monographs, series, microforms, audiovisuals, maps, theses, patents, software, and technical reports.
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Plant Management Network
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Web of Science Core Collection
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Web of Science Core Collection indexes primary journals and article citations in several databases spanning a wide range of disciplines.

Low-Maintenance Lawn Care, Stressing Pest Avoidance and Organic Inputs
This publication is written for those who wish to maintain their lawn with minimal inputs.
Improving Turf through Renovation
Provides information on re-establishing turf when proper mowing, fertilizing, watering, and pest control applications are not enough.
Mowing, Dethatching, Coring, and Rolling
This publication provides information on correctly mowing your lawn, Thatch, and Aerification/Coring in order to properly maintain your lawn.
Weed Control Recommendations for Kentucky Bluegrass and Tall Fescue Lawns and Recreational Turf
This publication provides a chart of weeds that could affect your yard and the most effective herbicides.
Lawn Fertilization in Kentucky
This publication helps you determine the type of fertilization you need, where to buy it, and any other information you may need about fertilization!
Tips To Help Avoid Lawn Problems
This WVU publication provides excellent tips on how to prevent and repair lawn problems.

Brown Patch Disease in Kentucky Lawns
This UK Extension publication provides information on the causes, symptoms, disease cycle, factors affecting disease development, and management of Brown Patch Disease.
Chemical Control of Turfgrass Diseases
Describes diseases in home lawns, preventative vs. curative uses, fungicides, evaluating the effectiveness of fungicides, and improving effectiveness.
Controlling White Grubs in Turfgrass
This UK Extension publication describes what white grubs are, preventive measures, the short-term problems, detecting white grub problems, and what to do to fix the problem.
Brown Patch Disease-Turfgrass Disease Profiles
This Purdue publication provides the characteristics and symptoms of turfgrass infected with Brown Patch Disease. It also provides information on disease control.

Soil Testing: What It Is and What It Does
Provides information on what soil testing is, why it should be done, what tests can be performed and why they would be performed.
How to Take Soil Test Samples
Provides information on the timing, tools needed, types of sampling, sample depth, and sample preparation.

Weed Control Recommendations for Kentucky Lawns and Recreational Turf
Provides a table of weeds and the herbicides best for fighting those weeds.
Weeds of Kentucky Turf
Provides information on how weeds infest turfgrass and methods of weed control. It also provides a section on recognizing common turf weeds and a definition of terms.
Factsheet on Nutsedge
This University of California publication provides information such as identification, life-cycle, damage and management of nutsedge.