College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

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  Attend MSU’s Turf School short course in December

  Published on August 25, 2025
  The MSU Turf School, held Dec. 8-11, 2025, is a four-day short course designed to teach the basics of turfgrass science as well as the practical techniques of managing turfgrass.

• Getting the most from landscape herbicides

  Published on June 17, 2011
  Follow these tips to minimize impacts to non-target plants.

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  Why test soil in the fall?

  Published on October 9, 2025
  Compared to spring, fall is an ideal time for soil testing. Here’s why.

• When to control winter annuals and perennial broadleaf weeds in turf

  Published on April 27, 2012
  Many weeds are currently flowering in turf and lawns, but not all require control.

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  Registered applicators are prohibited from using Restricted Use Pesticides

  Published on June 1, 2020
  As part of the MDARD’s Temporary Registered Applicator Program, registered applicators are prohibited from purchasing, applying, mixing or loading Restructured Use Pesticides.

• May is arthritis awareness month

  Published on May 18, 2012
  Reminders for those farming with arthritis.

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  Lawns are growing quickly and seedheads are appearing

  Published on May 28, 2020
  Warm temperatures and abundant precipitation have resulted in rapid turf growth and seedheads are now appearing in lawns.

• The ups and downs of Japanese beetle populations

  Published on July 12, 2012
  Relative abundance of Japanese beetles in your yard this year compared with last year mostly depends on the amount of rain the previous July and August.

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  Christmas tree, turf and ornamental plants update – April 21, 2017

  Published on April 21, 2017
  Callery pears are showing up in the landscape, and white pine weevil adults are being caught in traps. Fishing spider activity is early this year.

• A sure sign of spring: Eastern tent caterpillar

  Published on May 5, 2006
  

• Summer turf musings

  Published on June 27, 2008
  

• Yellow hawkweed avoids mowing

  Published on June 5, 2009
  

• Clarification on dollar spot in home lawns

  Published on August 22, 2008
  

• Watch for potato leafhopper feeding injury to red, Norway and sugar maples

  Published on June 10, 2011
  When nearby alfalfa or forage fields are cut, potato leafhoppers will leave the field to look for food plants, including red, Norway and sugar maple trees.

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  Celebrating the Michigan Turfgrass Foundation’s 50 years of impact at MSU

  Published on December 18, 2024
  Since 1974, philanthropic support from the Michigan Turfgrass Foundation has strengthened MSU’s world-renowned turfgrass program.

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  Tree, turf and ornamental plant update – June 12, 2018

  Published on June 12, 2018
  Maple petiole borers, balsam twig aphids, four-lined plant bugs, rose chafers, bat bugs and carpenter bees are active. Delphinella shoot blight is visible on Concolor fir, and the “Weed Control Guide for Christmas Trees” has been updated.

• Dandelions: Wine or menace?

  Published on May 8, 2009
  

• Five-day potato late blight forecast now available for Michigan

  Published on May 7, 2010
  

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  Pythium root rot diseases on golf courses

  Published on July 19, 2019
  Pythium root rot diseases, seldom a problem in Michigan, are currently causing stress on golf course putting greens.

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  Starting a grasses and sedges garden

  Published on January 25, 2021
  An alternative to turf lawns for the home gardener.