How to Use turfgrass in a Sentence

turfgrass

noun

• Each type of turfgrass (the term for grasses that form a lawn) has an ideal mowing height.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 12 Apr. 2021
• That’s why the guy at the end of a garden hose squirting his lawn is doing the turfgrass a big disservice.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 2 Feb. 2018
• There’s a lot of disease showing up in the turfgrasses right now.
  — Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2020
• Tiny, crawling troops are making their way across Ohio and Kentucky, eating turfgrass and crops and leaving a trail of dead plants in their wake.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 1 Sep. 2021
• Damage from the pests first appears like drought stress as the armyworm larvae strip tissue from turfgrass leaves.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2021
• Choose only the best plants — trees, shrubs, turfgrass, flowers, fruit trees and vegetables.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 16 Feb. 2018
• Ground ivy taking over a lawn suggests that the conditions in that part of the yard are not very suitable for turfgrass to thrive, especially if the soil skews damp.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2024
• It’s planting time for cool-season vegetable crops and flowers, and also time for some turfgrass projects.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2021
• Three acres of turfgrass on the northeast corner of Lords Park has been designated as a pesticide-free zone by the city of Elgin.
  — Courier-News Staff Report, chicagotribune.com, 13 May 2021
• Orchardgrass grows faster and is lighter green than our turfgrasses.
  — Dennis Patton, kansascity, 25 Aug. 2017
• Start with a soil test, said Peter Landschoot, professor of turfgrass science at Penn State.
  — Sal Vaglica, WSJ, 13 June 2020
• Pecans benefit from the same nutrients as your turfgrass does.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Feb. 2021
• In the front yard, our tree roots have to compete with the roots of turfgrass — an incredibly aggressive harvester of moisture and nutrients.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 7 Aug. 2021
• Another option that might work more quickly is to plant grasses, not turfgrass, but creeping ones such as mondo grass.
  — oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2022
• This is a widespread invasive species commonly found in home landscapes, both in turfgrass and flower and vegetable beds.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2024
• Things are winding down for warm season turfgrass, but cool season still is actively growing.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 15 Apr. 2021
• To measure all-important cutting performance, our experts test mowers and tractors on a variety of terrains, from hilly to flat and on many types of turfgrass.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 29 Apr. 2022
• Half the battle can be removing invasives, unwanted lawn turfgrass and aggressive plants that take over.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2022
• The scalped lawn is the most common malady of the modern turfgrass environment, in both residential and commercial landscapes.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 17 May 2024
• Lack of water and dry lawns encourages turfgrass mites, especially on south and southwest locations.
  — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 31 Mar. 2017
• Eventually, the family decided to build its own golf course on the farm as a tool to both entertain customers, like golf course superintendents, and serve as a site for turfgrass research and demonstration.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 24 June 2020
• Hoosier homeowners have plenty of options to consider when trying to replace turfgrass with something low-maintenance, and there are plenty of non-standard options, too.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2022
• Lawns with turfgrass don't provide as many resources for pollinators compared with a yard containing an abundance of low growing flowering plants.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2023
• Lawns with turfgrass don't provide as many resources for pollinators compared with a yard containing an abundance of low-growing flowering plants.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
• These include turfgrass replacement, rain barrels and cisterns, downspout redirects and rain gutters.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
• Today, turfgrass has spread like a green plague across the United States, replacing native species and wasting an extraordinary amount of a precious resource—up to 75 percent of an American household’s water is sprayed willy-nilly on the yard.
  — WIRED, 23 Sep. 2022
• In general, the garden plants that might benefit from routine fertilization would be turfgrass and edible crops (fruits and vegetables).
  — Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com, 23 Nov. 2021
• And mowing your lawn can break up leaves and bring nutrients to your grass, according to Maxim Schlossberg, an associate professor of turfgrass nutrition and soil fertility at Penn State.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2021
• Mowing your grass at a 2-inch height actually encourages non-grass weeds and puts your turfgrass at a competitive disadvantage.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 17 July 2021
• Mowing your lawn can break up leaves and bring nutrients to your grass, according to Maxim Schlossberg, an associate professor of turfgrass nutrition and soil fertility at Penn State.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024