The Southeastern Turf Management department is responsible for maintaining and improving all turf in academic areas campus wide.
Along with maintaining a clean and neat appearance of turf areas through proper mowing practices, continual litter control, mulching, and removal of leaves and straw from parking areas; the Turf Management team is also looking for ways to improve turf’s appearance and structure.
We are continuously looking for ways to enhance our universities turf through the following programs:
Implement an Organic Fertilizer Program
Soil Structure Management
Improve Drainage
Disease and Weed Control
Mulch leaves
Repair damage turf areas
Clean parking lots (semester break)
Soil testing
Aeration late in season
Litter Control
Machine Maintenance
Projects
Fertilize with organic or 3-1-2 fertilizer ratio
Begin mowing and edging turf
Start and schedule irrigation systems
Begin fire ant control
Litter Control
Mulch live oak leaves
Mowing, mowing, and more mowing
Spray weed killer in all parking lot areas
Continue fire ant control
Litter control
Mowing transitioning into mulching
Prep areas for tailgating during football season
Winter weed control pre-emergent
Began to evaluate what projects can be done during winter season
Litter Control
Here are a few projects our department will be working on in the coming months:
Relocate Meade Hall sign and remove the poor quality soil and replace with good topsoil, irrigate, and reseed.
Remove clay soil north of the Naquin Weight Room and replace with good topsoil and reseed.