Lawn Care : Building and Maintaining: The Amateur's Guide
Includes: Planning the New Lawn (The Lawn Grade; Soil Problems; Plans for Watering; Tools for the Job; and Adaptable Grasses); Soil for the New Lawn (Origin of Soils; Soil Types; and The Ideal Soil); Improving Soil Conditions; The New Lawn: Rough Grading and Drainage (Control of Grading; Replacing the Topsoil; Grading Slopes and Terraces; and Protecting Trees); Finish Grade and Seeding (Soil Improvement; Final Leveling; Apply Grass Food; Selecting the Seed; When to Seed; How to Seed; Protecting the Planting; and Early Care); Proper Mowing (The Right Height; Disposition of Clippings; Type of Mowers; Pattern of Cut; and Special Mowing Problems); Watering Lawns (Importance of Watering; When to Water; Quantity of Water; and Watering Not a Panacea); Proper Lawn Feeding (The Right Food; When to Feed; and Soil Testing); Many Lawns Need Lime (Moss in Lawns); Control of Weed - Non-Grass Types (Effects Are Good; May Be Slow; and Weeds Ever With Us); Control of Weeds - Crabgrass (Knowledge is Power); Other Grass-Type Lawn Weeds (Goosegrass; and Foxtail); Hot Weather Troubles (Too Much Moisture; and Turf Diseases); Control of Beetle Grubs and Earthworms (Jap Beetles; May Beetles; and Control of Grubs); Earthworms in Lawns; Control of Ants and Other Insects (Control Measures); Termites; Growing Grass in the Shade; Lawn Renovation (Investigation; Improving Soils of Established Lawns; and Procedures); The Plan of Action; and Index to Lawn Care.
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- In Collections
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Scotts Company Collection Monographs
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 1955
- Subjects
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Lawn care industry
Water
- Turfgrass Thesaurus Terms
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Drainage
Fertilizers
Insect control
Irrigation
Lawn maintenance
Maintenance practices
Mowing
Planning
Renovation
Seasonal maintenance
Seeding
Site preparation
Soil improvement
Weed control
- Material Type
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Booklets
- Publishers
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O.M. Scott & Sons
- Edition
- First edition
- Series
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Lawn care
- Language
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English
- Pages
- 49 pages
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Lawn Care : Building & Maintaining: The Amateur's Guide. First edition (1955), available at: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5w37kx38
Lawn Care : Building & Maintaining: The Amateur's Guide. Second edition (1955), available at: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m50v89j8b
Lawn Care : Building & Maintaining: The Book that Makes Lawn Keeping Easy for Everyone, available at: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m52f7js6h
Lawn Care : Building & Maintaining: The Amateur's Guide. Third edition (1955), available at: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5kk94d6d
Lawn Care : Building and Maintaining: The Amateur's Guide. Special edition (1955), available at: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5t14tr01
Lawn Care : Building and Maintaining: The Amateur's Guide. Special edition (1955), available at: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5p843x6n
- Rights Holder
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
- Rights Holder Contact Information
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14111 Scottslawn Road, Marysville, OH 43041; Phone: 888-270-3714; Web: https://scottsmiraclegro.com/contact-us/
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