Turf Management Crossword

1. The hollow stem of grasses and grass-like plants
3. The process in which water soluble substances are drained through the soil profile
8. Increases soil pH
10. Machine used to increase leaching, airflow, remove thatch, and alleviate compacted soils
11. This beetle is destructive in all stages but especially to turf in the larval stage
14. a measure of the total neg. charges within a soil that attract plant nutrients
18. The way that leaf veins are arranged
19. This disease has characteristic strands of reddish-pink mycellium
20. Creeping habit through rhizomes

2. Decreases soil pH
4. The flowers of grass
5. Supporting nutrients that are needed for plant growth but in much smaller quantities
6. This soil layer is almost non-existent in managed soils
7. One of The Big Three responsible for green growth
9. Host, Pathogen, and Favorable Environment
12. An intertwined area of roots, stems, and dead grass blades
13. Growth habit spreads in a creeping habit by stolons on the surface of the soil
15. Kings,Queens, and grasses all have this
16. Needed for overall plant vigor
17. Clump forming, offsets are the tillers that increase plant size