Information for Homeowners
Establishing Turf | Maintaining Lawns | Weeds | Diseases | Insects| Pesticide Information
Establishing a Turf Area
Establishing Lawn Areas From Seed (AY-3)| PDF
Zoysiagrass for Indiana (AY-6) | PDF
Seeding a Turf Area in the Spring (AY-20) | PDF
Purchasing Quality Grass Seed for Your Lawn (AY-25) | PDF
Establishing a Lawn from Sod (AY-28) | PDF
Building a Backyard Putting Green (AGRY-98-01) | PDF
Maintaining a Home Lawn
Don't Bag It (AY-2) | PDF
Irrigation Practices for Homelawns (AY-7) | PDF
Mowing, Thatching, Aerifying, and Rolling Turf (AY-8) | PDF
Lawn Improvement Programs (AY-13) | PDF
Improving Lawns in the Shade (AY-14) | PDF
Soil Testing for Lawns (AY-18) | PDF
Fertilizing Established Lawns (AY-22) | PDF
Facts About Phosphorus and Lawns (AY-334) | PDF
Should I Hire a Professional Lawn Care Service? (AY-26) | PDF
Maintenance Calendar for Indiana Lawns (AY-27) | PDF
7 Simple Steps to a Better Homelawn (AY-32) | PDF
Maintaining Lawns on Sandy Soils (AGRY-98-03)| PDF
Animal Urine Damage in Turf (AY-327-W) | PDF
Weed Control
Control of Yellow Nutsedge in Homelawns (AGRY-98-04) | PDF
Control of Broadleaf Weeds in Homelawns (AY-9) | PDF
Control of Crabgrass in Homelawns (AY-10) | PDF
Identification and Control of Perennial Grassy Weeds (AY-11-W) | PDF
ID and Control of Annual Bluegrass and Rough Bluegrass in Lawns (AY-41-W) | PDF
Disease Control
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Gray Snow Mold (BP-101-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Pink Snow Mold (BP-102-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Leaf Spot/Melting Out (BP-103-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Red Thread (BP-104-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Dollar Spot (BP-105-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Brown Patch (BP-106-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Gray Leaf Spot (BP-107-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Anthracnose (BP-108-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Pythium Blight (BP-109-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Leaf Rust (BP-110-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Powdery Mildew (BP-111-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Slime Mold (BP-112-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Fairy Ring (BP-113-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Take All Patch (BP-114-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Summer Patch (BP-115-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Necrotic Ring Spot (BP-116-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Rhizoctonia Large Patch (BP-117-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Yellow Patch (BP-118-W) | PDF
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Smut diseases (BP-119-W) | PDF
Seasonal Activity of Turfgrass Pathogens (BP-125-W) | PDF
Insect Control
Ants (E-22) | PDF
Chiggers and their control (E-34) | PDF
Turf Insect Management (E-61) | PDF
Japanese beetles in the urban landscape (E-75) | HTML
Moles (ADM-10) | PDF
Pesticide Information
The way to spray | PDF
Pesticides and the home, lawn, and garden (PPP-29) | PDF
Pesticides and pest prevention strategies for the home, lawn, and garden (PPP-34) | PDF
Pesticide safety and calibration math for the homeowner (PPP-39) | PDF
The benefits of pesticides: A story worth telling (PPP-70) | PDF
The role of pesticides in urban integrated pest management (PPP-74) | PDF
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