drought

Learn more about our research! A new, open access article by Florence Sessoms, Dominic Petrella, Gary Deters, Jillian Turberville and Eric Watkins has been published in Crop Science. Their study examined turfgrass mixtures and how the mixtures performed after short drought and recovery periods.

Breuillin-Sessoms, F., Petrella, D., Deters, G., Turberville, J., & Watkins, E. (2025). Response of cool-season turfgrass monocultures and two-way mixtures to sequential acute drought periods. Crop Science, 65, e21385. doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21385

Wondering about those final lawn care chores, especially with this dry fall we've been having? Read Should you water your lawn before winter? and Fall leaf mulching is good for your lawn from Extension Educator Jon Trappe in Yard and Garden News!

Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. Jon Trappe was interviewed in the article "Talking lawn care with U of M" on May 17, 2023  as part the “Talking...with U of M,” series. He discusses No Mow May, lawn fertilizers, irrigation and more!

By Gary Deters

By Jillian Turbeville

Registration is open for our UMN Turfgrass Grounds and Parks Field Day!

Learn more about our research! A research article from our group has been published in the August 2021 issue of HortTechnology. Read about the results of examining the drought performance of locally available retail lawn seed products.

For the past several years, we have partnered with the Metropolitan Council on the Twin Cities Lawn Irrigation Efficiency Study. Recently, the Metropolitan Council earned a national award for water conservation collaborations from the U.S.

Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. Eric Watkins was featured in a Kare 11 news segment, Maggie Reiter was interviewed in the Star Tribune, and Shane Evans was featured in a Fox 9 news segment!