Turfgrass ID Short Course
Regardless of the type of lawn or landscape services you are offering, you should be able to identify the type of grass you are working with. You don't need to know the variety, but you should know at least the Genus. Preferably Genus and species.
You can first narrow down the grass type by region of the country if you live in the North or South. If you live in the transitional zone you may have any grass type.
To be a professional, you should be able to identify grasses. This course can also be used to train employees on turf identification.
How often does a customer ask you, as a professional, to identify their grass and you really aren't sure?
You need to know the turfgrass type when you put the customer in your CRM, when you are deciding how high to mow, what weed control to use, to fill out the soil test form, and when you talk to the customer. Learning to ID turf is non-negotiable for a lawn professional.
Honestly, I am a professional and sometimes I am not 100% sure what turfgrass I am looking at until I take a hard look. Especially in the transition zone where it could be anything. There is nothing wrong with keeping a "cheat sheet" with you or using an online app.
Being able to determine the grass type without help not only saves time, but can help you save face. Your customer may be standing right beside you when you are talking about their lawn and you will need to call it by name.
Weed controls are often turf specific and you can do a lot of damage on a lawn if you don't know what type it is.
I know that all professionals should know at least the Genus and probably the species of the lawn to make the right choices to keep it healthy. With Zoysia, knowing which type might be necessary because some are more sensitive to herbicides.
If you or your employee is guessing at lawn type, and you guess wrong and mistake Centipede for St. Augustine or Bentgrass for Tif Bermuda and you damage the lawn with herbicide then what? One expense mistake like that, the loss of one customer, that is the loss of hundreds of dollars. I suggest you spend the lunch money for the course, learn to ID your grasses, use the lessons to train employees, and keep on growing!
Turfgrass Identification Short Course
This course includes 3 online video lessons and a field guide you can print off. There are lessons on Northern Cool Season Grasses, Southern Warm-Season Grasses, and a Turfgrass ID Review lesson. You can use these lessons to train your employees.
What The Short Course Includes
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Northern Grasses
Cool-season grasses grow best in the spring and fall when air temperatures range between 60 and 75 degrees F. The best root growth occurs when soil temperatures range between 50 and 65 degrees F. The cool-season grasses include turf-type tall fescue, Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, fine fescue and bentgrass
southern Grasses
Warm-season grasses grow best in the summer, from May through September, when air temperatures range from 80 to 95 degrees F. Best root growth occurs when soil root temperatures are from 75 to 85 degrees F. Grasses include Zoysia, Bermuda, St. Augustine, Centipede, and Buffalo.
Review and Quick Field Guide
Includes a field guide with pictures of turf and weeds to help workers in the field make fast identification. This is a very valuable Done-For-You resource. You can add more to it for your area.
Course Lessons
What’s in the course
Organized So That You Learn To Look For Clues Quickly
After these lessons you will be able to identify turfgrasses you encounter on lawns. You will have videos to use as study guides for your applicators test. You can use these videos to train employees saving you time and money. If you are a small business, having ready-to-use training videos puts you a level ahead.
Turfgrass ID short course
The first step to being a lawn hero is know the type of grass you are dealing with
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