• Virginia Buttonweed

• Corn Speedwell

• Dallisgrass

• Lawn Burweed

• Yellow Nutsedge

• Dandelion

• Fescue

• Curly Dock

• Goose grass

• Barnyard Grass

• Chickweed

• Clover

• Spurge

• Grab grass

• Hairy Bitter cress

• Foxtail

• Chamber bitter

• Tall Fescue

• Wild Violets

• Black Medic

• Wild Garlic

• Ground Ivy

• Oxalis (Wood Sorrel)

• Plantain

• Crabgrass

• Thistle

• Annual Bluegrass

• Quack grass

• Henbit

• Chemical composition of the grass plant

Learn about the chemical make-up of a grass plant, their role in the health of the plant and their symbols. Learn how the soil, air and water interact with these chemicals.

• About the grass plant

Learn the names and function of the various grass plant parts...rhizomes, stolons, tillers, roots and shoots.

• How a grass plant produces food

Learn about photosynthesis and how simple sugars are produced. Grasp an understanding of growth rates relative to food production and the function of leaf blades and roots in producing food.

• Goals of fertilizing

Learn about how proper fertilizing relates to maximizing food production and plant health.

• How to feed properly

Learn the do's and don'ts of proper fertilizing. Learn the rewards and consequences of fertilizing frequency and fertilizing rates (which may over feed or under feed). effects of volatilization and leaching. Learn how seasonal growth rates vary and how fertilizer application rates, product type, and plant food production is effected. Learn why a 30-0-15 fertilizer is not high in nitrogen.

• A sample fertilizer program

Learn how to explain the benefits of your fertilizer program relative to knowledge based on proper feeding to maximize plant health.

• Fertilizer release times

Gain an understanding of how various release times of fertilizers effect plant health and food production. Learn about various types of liquid, synthetic dry and organic fertilizer and their release times.

• Homeowner directions

Learn about appropriate recommendations regarding watering, mowing, raking, seeding, emerging grass seed and new sod relative to fertilizing.

• Learn about the role water plays in the composition of a grass plant and how water effects the plants health and appearance.

• Learn how to identify symptoms of improper watering.

• Learn how proper watering procedures improve the health of the plant.

• Learn how different soils and slopes effect demands for water.

• Learn how to instruct a customer how to water their lawn properly with both manual and automatic systems.

• Learn how mowing effects photosynthesis and the health of the grass plant.

• Learn how to adjust mowing heights in various gowning conditions.

• Learn how to instruct a customer on proper mowing procedures and how mowing effects the health of their lawn.

• Learn about what creates thatch and how to identify it.

• Learn about the negative consequences of thatch

• Learn how to correct a thatch problem.

• Learn how to explain thatch and its negative consequences to a customer.

• Learn about the mechanical process of aerating a lawn - when and how often to aerate.

• Learn about why soils compact and the negative consequences to the grass plant.

• Learn about soil layering, how to identify, and the negative consequences to the plant.

• Learn about how aerating benefits the health of the grass plant.

• Learn how to explain aeration and its benefits to a customer.

• Learn all about the various insect categories and insect development. Learn about insect damage and various lifecycles. Learn about complex and simple metamorphosis.

• Learn about various symptoms of insect damage and how to differentiate insect damage from lawn damage that mimics damage from insects. Learn various detection and control methods.

• For each of the 20 insects listed below, learn about the specific life cycle, symptoms of lawn damage, detection procedures and control procedures specific to each insect.

• Complex Metamorphosis

• Simplex Metamorphosis

• Other insects

• Sod Webworm

• Cut Worms

• Army Worms

• Bill bugs

• Japanese Beetles

• European Chafer

• Oriental Beetle

• Black Turgrass Antaeniaus

• May and June Beetle

• Asiatic Garden Beetle

• Green June Beetle

• Northern and Southern Masked Chafer

• Bermuda grass Mites

• Ground Pearls

• Mole Crickets

• Green bug

• Two-Lines Spittlebug

• Chinch Bugs

• Mealy Bugs

• Fire Ants

• Learn all about lawn diseases and how they develop, how to diagnose lawn diseases and differentiate diseases from other types types of lawn damage. Also learn how to both treat and prevent lawn diseases.

• For each of the 23 diseases listed below, learn about the symptoms specific to each disease to aid in identification. Learn about the favorable environmental conditions that activate the symptoms and also the control techniques specific to that disease.

• For each of the 23 diseases listed below, learn about the symptoms specific to each disease to aid in the identification. Learn about the favorable environmental conditions that activate the symptoms and also the control techniques specific to that disease.