1996 ARTICLE INDEX A listing of articles which ap-

peared in the pages of Land-

scape Management during

1996, followed by issue and

page number.

ATHLETIC TURF: wet weather repair strategy, June, p. 6G; field manager waits for "normal" weather, Aug., p. 10G; getting ready for football, Sept., p. 4G; keeping fields 'in play,' Oct., p. 8G; no downtime for fields, Nov., p. 4G

BUDGETS: filling funding gap, Jan., p. 1G

BUSINESS: preparing for 1996, Jan., p. 18; efficient management, Jan., p. 16L; correct pricing, June, p. 2L; homeowner spending dips, June, 6L; debt-free co. requires commitment, June 8L; dangers of deprecia-tion, Oct., p. 6L; Mexican labor moves in, Oct., p. 10; websites, Nov., p. 25

CUSTOMERS: building loyalty, Feb., p. 10L; know your customers, Mar., p. 6L

DISEASE CONTROL: herbicide efficacy, Jan., p. 25; summer decline, Feb., p. 16; cool-season guide, May, p. 33; warm-season guide, May, p. 38; sum-mer patch, June, p. 32; disease diagnosis, Aug., p. 10

EMPLOYEES: drug/alcohol abuse, Feb., p. 14; downsizing, Feb., p. 30; part-time employees, Mar., p. 16G; motiva-tion, Mar., p. 20L; alcohol abuse, Apr., p. 16; hiring the best, May, p. 20; after you're fired, May, p. 32; hiring turf students, May, p.

12G; psychological testing, June, p. 26; avoiding heat stroke, July, p. 43; delegate to grow employ-ees, Nov., p. 8G

EQUIPMENT: trimmers, Jan., p. 23; new prod-ucts for 1996, Feb., p. 20; chain-saws, Feb., p. 32; electric greens-mower, Feb., p. 12G; commercial shipments down, Feb., p. 10; land-scape lighting, Mar., p. 10L; tree pruners, Apr., p. 36; leaf blowers, May, p. 28; spraying equipment, June, p. 18; aeration equipment, July, p. 14; "Emerald Awards," Aug., p. 18; chipper/shredders, Sept., p. 32; trenchers/backhoes, Oct., p. 14; geotextiles, Nov., p. 18; equipment logs, Nov., p. 10L; zero-radius mowers at cemetery site, Nov., p. 22L

GOLF/GROUNDS: greens renovation, Jan., p. 2G; rescuing ailing greens, Jan., p. 14G; delegation, Jan., p. 7G; drainage, Jan., p. 10G; nitrogen for Florida golf courses, Jan., p. 15G; using financials, Feb., p. 6G; winter planning, Feb., p. 10G; golf course renovations, Mar., p. 4G; heat stress solutions can hurt, Mar., p. 14G; bent fairways from poa annua, Apr., p. 2G; golfer/su-perintendent relations, Apr. p., 12G; educating members, Apr., p. 14G; golf and environment, Apr. p. 16G; preparing for U.S. Open, May, p. 4G; hills a test for mow-ers, May, p. 16G; make the most of shop space, June, p. 24; best bunkers drain well, June, p. 4G; why greens 'flunk,' July p. 2G; re-sort management, July, p. 7G; floods and freezes, July, p. 10G; green rootzones & subgrades, July, p. 12G; attitude adjustment, July, p. 16G; cart path considera-tions, July, p. 17G; making fair-ways 'greens-like," Aug., p. 8G; GCSAA PR campaigns, Aug., p. 12G; pine needles as ground cover, Aug., p. 14G; siphons cure poor drainage, Aug., p. 16G; "The LM 100," Sept., p. 12; inge-nuity at Pinehurst, Sept., p. 6G;

the "green team," Sept., p. 10G; more money, more projects, Oct., p. 2G; keys to great bunkers, Oct., p. 12G; Duke course redesign im-proves play, Oct., p. 14G; soaking for sodium on greens, Nov., p. 6G; nature maintains links course, Nov., p. 12G

GOVERNMENT: common voice on Capitol Hill, Jan., p. 19; pesticides on lawmak-ers' shelf, Apr., p. 30; OSHA re-forms sought, July p. 9; pay for drive home?, July, p. 9; break for small trucks, July, p. 10; taking trucks home, Sept., p. 10

GRASSES: tall fescue, Mar., p. 54; seed shortages seen, Apr., p. 12; NTEP in jeopardy, May, p. 18; engineer-ing disease resistance, Aug., p. 15; West Coast seed update, Aug., p. 28; seed availability re-port, Sept., p. 26; Lofts says buy early, Nov., p. 28

HORTICULTURE: plants as turf protectors, Apr., p. 28

INSECT CONTROL: biologicals for mole crickets?, Mar., p. 10G; cool-season guide, Apr., p. 20; warm-season guide, Apr., p. 23; new grub/billbug control prod-ucts, Apr., p. 6L; new insecticides for grub control, Nov., p. 22

IPM: practical for biting pests?, Feb., p. 18; summer a test for IPM, Feb., p. 14L; a workout for field man-agers, May, p. 8G; Rutgers IPM applied to industry, Aug., p. 4L

LAWN CARE & LANDSCAPING: "Person of the Year, 1995," Jan., p. 2L; soil test a value-added ser-vice, Jan., p. 6L; "niche" market-

ing, Jan., p. 8L; athletic field cus-tomers, Jan., p. 22L; LCO effi-ciency study, Mar., p. 16L; archi-tects do quality residential work, Apr., p. 2L; top markets for land-scaping/maintenance, May, p. 14; born-again business, May, p. 5L; residential upgrades, May, 9L; small-town niche, May, p. 42; PLCAA show preview, June, p. 12; L.A. council bans blowers, June, p. 14; wage hike ripple-ef-fect, June, p. 16; "State of the in-dustry," July, p. 17; slow start, high demand in new season, July, p. 31; load crews productive, July, p. 3L; starting over, July, p. 8L; water gardens, July, p. 10L; branching out into athletic fields, Aug., p. 2L; "The LM 100," Sept., p. 12; a new field for the St. Louis Rams, Sept., p. 11G; government preserves landscape trees, Sept., p. 6L; handling the price-shopper, Sept., p. 8L; are you holding back your business? Sept., p. 10L; Snow Removal Supplement, Sept., SR1; snow removal eti-quette, Oct., p. 20; keep in touch with clients, Oct., p. 3L; add-on services, Oct., p. 10L; "People of the Year, 1996" Nov., p. 10; Mex-ican labor, Part II, Nov., p. 14; seven landscape design basics, Nov., p. 5L

MOWERS: proper mowing height, June, p. 28; best mulching mowers, Aug., p. 24

PEST CONTROL: Canada geese, Jan., p. 16; moles, Feb., p. 18L; seagulls, Apr. p. 6G

PESTICIDES: considerations in pesticide selec-tion, Sept., p. 30

PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS: PGRs vs. mowing, Aug., p. 33

CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS SAFETY: Busch Gardens crew safety, Feb., p. 6L; OSHA report, May, p. 14; never enough, never too much, May, p. 24; tree care safety, July, p. 42, p. 12L; 'new' forms of ni-trogen, Oct., p. 18; the micro-nu-trients, Oct., p. 22

TRAINING: low-cost training programs, Oct., p. 17

TREES: plan for tree failure, variety, Apr., p. 34; transplanting concerns, Aug., p. 32; tree injection neat & clean, Nov., p. 20

TURF CARE: thatch control, June, p. 34; battle for healthy turf, July, p. 34; mulch, July, p. 38; soil testing, July, p. 40; heat stress easy to aggravate, Aug., p. 4G; making better turf-grass at U. Ga., August, p. 35; growing shady grass, Nov., p. 18L

TURFGRASS FERTILITY: ration fertilizer, Feb., p. 26; spend-ing money on slow-release fertiliz-ers, Sept., 12L

WEATHER: 1995 in review, Feb., p. 4G; preparing for hurricane season, Mar., p. 16; winter damage, Apr., p. 14

WEED CONTROL: new herbicide use, Feb., p. 33; cool-season guide, Mar., p. 20; warm-season guide, Mar., p. 25; nutsedge control, July, p. 39; dal-lisgrass control, Sept., p. 14L; Weed Identification Guide, Oct., W1

The following lists writers who have contributed articles to Landscape Management dur-ing 1996.

Allinr John: "When the snow flies, be a good neighbor," Oct., p. 20 Andrews, Bob: "A winter maintenance check-list," Feb., p. 4L; "Scheduling for optimum effectiveness," Mar., p. 4L; "Extras, extras...read all about 'em," May, p. 4L; "Trade show season back, and I'm glad," Sept., p. 4L; "I was stealin' when I shoulda' been buyin'," Oct., p. 1L; "Who will do the work?" Nov., p. 4L Balge, Russel, Ph.D.: "Plants that say 'Keep off the Grass,'" Apr., p. 28 Bare, Dick: "A tale of 2 LCOs," Mar., p. 16L Brandenburg, R.L., Ph.D.: "Extreme heat compounds insect problems," Apr., p. 23; "Consid-erations in pesticide selection," Sept., p. 30; Calsin, John B., Jr.: "Your ace in the hole," Jan., p. 8L; "Drug testing: 'We have to do it,'" Mar., p. 30; "Debt-free plan starts with a commitment," June, p. 8L; Clark, Charles "Technology: people and ma-chines," July, p. 32 Clayton, Debbie: "Cultural work makes fairways greens-like," Aug., p. 8G Cullison, Johnny: "The necessary art of delegation," Feb., p. 22L; Fech, John C.: "Ration fertility over entire grow-ing season," Feb., p. 26; Fermanian, Tom, Ph.D.: "Up North, you don't have to kill all the weeds," Mar., p. 20; Frank, Howard: "Are biologicals smart mole cricket control?" Mar., p. 10G Guyette, James:

"IPM for biting pests: is it practi-cal?" Feb., p. 18;'Brownfields' a new opportunity?" Oct. p. 9; "Cash in on low-cost training pro-grams," Oct., p. 16

Howell, Barbara G.: "Safety: never enough, never too much," May, p. 24 Jaquette, Leslee: "New drains, modified bunkers improve 'wetlands' course," Jan., p. 10G; "Hills, weather play havoc with mowers," May, p. 16G; "Of floods and freezes," July, p. 10G;"On 'pines' and needles," Aug., p. 14G; "Siphons work on poorly-sloped fairways," Aug., p. 16G; "At Duke: Improved design, same old weather woes," Oct., p. 14G; "Soaking for sodium," Nov., p. 6G Johnson, Tom: "1995 in retrospect," Feb., p. 4G Kassell, Larry: "Nature maintains much of links course," Nov., p. 12G Knoop, Bill, Ph.D.: "Soil test reveals turf nutrition needs," July, p. 40; "Anatomy of a great mulcher," Aug., p. 24; 'New' forms of nitrogen," Oct., p. 18; "The micro-nutrients," Oct., p. 22 LaMarche, Paul: "Do you work for free?" June, p. 2L; "How to depreciate yourself out of business," Oct., p. 6L Lefton, Jeff: "Herbicide efficacy linked to weather," Jan., p. 25 Martin, Bruce, Ph.D.: "For warm-season disease con-trol: know your turf!" May, p. 38 McNeal, Abby: "Make the most of shop space," June, p. 24 Patton, William Sr.: "Grass in the shade," Nov., p. 18L Perry, Philip: "Part-time personnel, full-time headaches," Mar., p. 16G; "Don't get sued for what a worker does," June, p. 26; Petersan, Doug: "Greens renovation: What I

learned," Jan., p. 2G Petry, Greg: "Delegation: an opportunity for growth," Nov., p. 8G Rao, Balakrishna: "Ask the Expert," appearing monthly Sachs, Paul: "The right height," June, p. 28 Sandell, Roland M.: "How to handle a price shopper," Sept., p. 8L Schiller, Mike: "IPM: a real workout for field su-pers," May, p. 8G; "Eight tech-niques to keep fields 'in play,' Oct., p. 8G Smith-Fiola, Debra: "IPM's Practical Side," Aug., p. 4L Trusty, Steve & Suz: "Winter a time to plan ahead, hit the books," Feb., p. 10G; "Wet weather repair strategy," June, p. 6G; "Semi-tropical tricks," July, p. 6G; "Cart paths bring materials and labor costs into play," July, p. 17G; "Getting Ready For Foot-ball," Sept., p. 4G; "What down-time?" Nov., p. 4G Vittum, Partricia J.f Ph.D.: "Follow the clues to identify pests," Apr., p. 20 Vopal, Lynne: "Small-town niche helps lawn care," May, p. 42; "Jack Robert-son LC keeps clients in the 'know,' Oct., p. 2L Wandtke, Ed 8r Aaron: "Preparing for the 1996 season," Jan., p. 18 Watkins, John, Ph.D.: "Disease control: lessons learned from last year," May, p. 33

1996 NEWS INDEX

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A listing of anieles which ap-peared in the "Hot Topics" pages of Landscape Manage-ment during 1996, followed by issue and page number.

ACQUISITIONS: "Southeast distributor to buy Lofts Seed," May, p. 18; "Bare-foot buys Hydro Lawn," Aug., 15; "Jacobsen's Bunton buy good for both companies," Nov., p. 9

ASSOCIATIONS: "RISE gets new state government manager," Apr., p. 15;

ATHLETIC FIELDS: "Field managers need bigger bud-gets," Jan., p. 11; "Dodger Sta-dium goes with 'prescription' turf," Apr., p. 15;

BUSINESS: "Bankruptcy filings decline," Jan., p. 8; "Wage hike will 'ripple' into green industry," June, p. 16

CERTIFICATION: "Engine technicians can be certi-fied," Jan., p. 12; "Landscape cer-tification coming to your state?" Aug. p. 14;

DEMOGRAPHICS: "College grads likely to buy tree care," Jan., p. 8; "Chicago the best market," May, p. 14;

EMPLOYEES: "Pay her, hug him," Jan., p. 8; "Workers find it difficult to get away from job, " Feb., p. 10; "Vi-olence in the workplace," Feb., p. 10;

EQUIPMENT: "Commercial equipment ship-ments down in 1995," Feb., p. 10;

ECONOMICS: "Keeping pace with inflation?" Jan., p. 8;

GOLF COURSES: "Trend toward total renovation," Apr., p. 15;

GOVERNMENT: "Congress/USDA cut Beltsville's grass," May, p. 18;

IMMIGRATION: "AAN helps reform immigration laws," p. 16; "INS raids nurs-eries," Oct., p. 9;

IPM: "IPM for biting pests: is it practi-cal?" Feb., p. 18;

LITIGATION: "Dursban lawsuits dropped," Mar., p. 13;

LEGISLATION: "L.A. Council, actors help ban blowers," June, p. 14; "OSHA re-form in the hopper," July, p. 9; "Pay for ride home an issue," July, p. 9; "Small trucks may get a break," July, p. 12; "Minimum wage act disallows paying travel time," Sept., p. 10; "Pesticide is-sues continue," Nov., p. 8

PEOPLE: "Dr. Bill Knoop joins LM team as technical editor," June, p. 14; "Six join LM edit panel," July, p. 8; "Replacement hard to find for N.A.A.'s Felix," Nov., p. 8

POLITICS: "Bill Clinton's fear: a Dole/Powell ticket," Mar., p. 12;

RESEARCH: "New control for summer decline complex," Feb., p. 16; "First bio-fungicide for turf released," Mar., p. 12; "Lab rats lose status in U.S. EPA labs," July, p. 12; "NYC takes shot at industry," July, p. 12; composts vs. peats, Aug., p. 14; "Bang! You're disease resistant," Aug., p. 15; "Nemesis numero uno on lawns: brown patch," Sept., p. 11; "Brittany, SR5100 best of fine fescues," Oct., p. 8; "NTEP survives; industry thanked," Oct., p. 8; "Brown-fields a new opportunity?" Oct., p. 9

SAFETY: "Snow thrower safety," Jan., p. 10; "Beware of lightning injury," Jan., p. 12;"Is it safe to use 'safe'?" Mar., p. 18; "OSHA injury report, 1973-94," May, p. 14; "A tool to assess 'real' risks," May, p. 16;

TREES: "Urban tree programs decline,' Jan., p. 12;

WEATHER: "Battening the hatches for hurri-cane season," Mar., p. 16; "Floods, herbicides conspire to threaten seed supply," Apr., p. 12; "Harsh winter means proba-ble turf damage," April, p. 14

1997 EDITORIAL CALENDAR JANUARY Cover story: Budgeting LM Reports: Tractors & skid loaders Tech Center: Controlled re-lease N Lawn/Landscape: Design tips & hints Golf/Grounds: GCSAA show planner Product Spotlight: Tree equip-ment, Herbicides How-To: Choosing Annuals

FEBRUARY Cover story: New products for '97 LM Reports: Zero-turn mowers Tech Center: Building a fert. program Lawn/Landscape: The pricing dilemma Golf/Grounds: Terrific tees Product Spotlight: Power blowers, Insecticides How-To: Choosing perennials BONUS: Mower supplement

MARCH Cover story: Pesticides and people LM Reports: Mower attach-ments Tech Center: Weed control Lawn/Landscape: Cures for high labor turnover Golf/Grounds: Great greens Product Spotlight: Reel mow-ers, Fungicides How-To: Seasonal color 1 BONUS: Irrigation supplement

APRIL Cover story: Washington issues LM Reports: Slit seeders Tech Center: Problem insects '97 Lawn/Landscape: Multiple-use equipment Golf/Grounds: Fabulous fairways Product Spotlight: Rotary mowers, Line trimmers

How-To: Seasonal color 2 BONUS: Overseeding supplement

MAY Cover story: Environmental management LM Reports: Weather services Tech Center: Disease Control Guide Lawn/Landscape: Working the 60-hr. week Golf/Grounds: Real roughs Product Spotlight: Pruners, Chain saws How-To: Setting up irrigation

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Cover story: State of the Industry LM Reports: Stump cutters Tech Center: Water manage-ment issues Lawn/Landscape: Pond & lake care Golf/Grounds: Mid-season ad-

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AUGUST Cover story: Emerald Awards LM Reports: Snowthrowers Tech Center: Turfseed availability

Lawn/Landscape: Building landscapes Golf/Grounds: Running a tour-nament staff Product Spotlight: Gang mowers, Seeders How-To: Scheduling the off-sea-son

SEPTEMBER Cover story: 2nd Annual "The Landscape Management 100" LM Reports: Lifts: bucket & aerial Tech Center: Tree care Lawn/Landscape: GIE show planner Golf/Grounds: Cart path con-struction Product Spotlight: Soil amend-ments, snow control products How-To: Equipment inventories BONUS: Snow removal guide

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