Turf Management Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. The hollow stem of grasses and grass-like plants
  2. 3. The process in which water soluble substances are drained through the soil profile
  3. 8. Increases soil pH
  4. 10. Machine used to increase leaching, airflow, remove thatch, and alleviate compacted soils
  5. 11. This beetle is destructive in all stages but especially to turf in the larval stage
  6. 14. a measure of the total neg. charges within a soil that attract plant nutrients
  7. 18. The way that leaf veins are arranged
  8. 19. This disease has characteristic strands of reddish-pink mycellium
  9. 20. Creeping habit through rhizomes
Down
  1. 2. Decreases soil pH
  2. 4. The flowers of grass
  3. 5. Supporting nutrients that are needed for plant growth but in much smaller quantities
  4. 6. This soil layer is almost non-existent in managed soils
  5. 7. One of The Big Three responsible for green growth
  6. 9. Host, Pathogen, and Favorable Environment
  7. 12. An intertwined area of roots, stems, and dead grass blades
  8. 13. Growth habit spreads in a creeping habit by stolons on the surface of the soil
  9. 15. Kings,Queens, and grasses all have this
  10. 16. Needed for overall plant vigor
  11. 17. Clump forming, offsets are the tillers that increase plant size