{"id":3001,"date":"2020-10-06T11:36:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T15:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/?p=3001"},"modified":"2020-10-06T11:36:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T15:36:05","slug":"things-to-do-in-the-october-garden-turf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/2020\/10\/things-to-do-in-the-october-garden-turf\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to Do in the October Garden: Turf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/files\/2020\/10\/lawn-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/files\/2020\/10\/lawn-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/files\/2020\/10\/lawn-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/files\/2020\/10\/lawn-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monitor soil moisture for continued turf health, as October can be a dry month for Georgia. Ideally, 1\u201d of water per week keeps turf hydrated. Make lime applications if necessary, according to soil test results, to adjust pH.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cool-season<\/strong>&nbsp;turf \u2013 Important fall maintenance tasks include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>New turf can be established.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Fall fertilization will begin mid-month.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Liming&nbsp;<\/li><li>Core aeration&nbsp;<\/li><li>Interseeding&nbsp;<\/li><li>Preemergent applications for winter annual weed control (complete by mid-month)&nbsp;<strong>&#8211; no preemergence if seeding or sodding is planned<\/strong><\/li><li>Continue monitoring for disease in turf, as warm temperatures, rain, and high humidity can persist through the fall.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Insect pests can still present problems for turf. Continue monitoring for armyworms, chinch bugs, and sod webworms.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Warm-season<\/strong>&nbsp;turf \u2013 The growing season is nearly done, but important care steps continue!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>No additional applications of\u00a0<strong>nitrogen-containing<\/strong>\u00a0fertilizer are necessary, as\u00a0<strong>warm-season<\/strong>\u00a0turf prepares for dormancy.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Potassium (e.g. 0-0-20 or 0-0-60) applications can help abate winter stress and diseases.<\/strong><\/li><li>Preemergent applications for winter annual weed control (complete by mid-month)\u00a0<\/li><li>Continue monitoring for disease in turf, as warm temperatures, rain, and high humidity can persist through the fall.\u00a0<\/li><li>Insect pests can still present problems for turf. Continue monitoring for armyworms, chinch bugs, and sod webworms.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monitor soil moisture for continued turf health, as October can be a dry month for Georgia. Ideally, 1\u201d of water per week keeps turf hydrated. Make lime applications if necessary, according to soil test results, to adjust pH.\u00a0 Cool-season&nbsp;turf \u2013 Important fall maintenance tasks include:&nbsp; New turf can be established.&nbsp; Fall fertilization will begin mid-month.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ornamentals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3001"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3004,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001\/revisions\/3004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/mgevp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}