How to Use turfgrass in a Sentence

turfgrass

noun
  • These needs vary from one species of turfgrass to the next.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
  • These needs vary from one species of turfgrass to the next.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Each type of turfgrass (the term for grasses that form a lawn) has an ideal mowing height.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 12 Apr. 2021
  • There’s a lot of disease showing up in the turfgrasses right now.
    — Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Orchardgrass grows faster and is lighter green than our turfgrasses.
    — Dennis Patton, kansascity, 25 Aug. 2017
  • The best time to seed each type of grass is at the start of their active growth phase, which differs for these two classes of turfgrass.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2025
  • That’s why the guy at the end of a garden hose squirting his lawn is doing the turfgrass a big disservice.
    — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Experts agree that lawn aeration is one of the best ways to refresh tired or struggling turfgrass.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Because a scalped turfgrass is a stressed turfgrass that then requires even more water to be healthy.
    — Claire Marks, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • Damage from the pests first appears like drought stress as the armyworm larvae strip tissue from turfgrass leaves.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Choose only the best plants — trees, shrubs, turfgrass, flowers, fruit trees and vegetables.
    — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Pecans benefit from the same nutrients as your turfgrass does.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Feb. 2021
  • The sod-on-plastic gets placed atop a sandy zone for the turfgrass root system, and beneath that is a drainage layer with gravel.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • For the turfgrass experts at Michigan State, the stage doesn't get much bigger than this.
    — Joe Guillen, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
  • For example, most types of turfgrass have short roots, and soil samples from lawns only need to be dug to a depth of 4 inches.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
  • After mating, the females drop to the turfgrass and burrow into the soil to lay their eggs, says Joseph.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 27 May 2025
  • Things are winding down for warm season turfgrass, but cool season still is actively growing.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Another option that might work more quickly is to plant grasses, not turfgrass, but creeping ones such as mondo grass.
    — oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Fall and winter are ideal for testing the soil in flower and vegetable gardens, as well as warm-season turfgrass lawns.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
  • With less competition, dandelions have a leg up on turfgrass.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Some species can serve as useful stand-ins for turfgrass in shady, dry, or otherwise challenging locations.
    — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2026
  • Your warm-season turfgrass won’t be functioning vigorously enough to try to grow now, but the rye should benefit from it.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The challenge is growing turfgrass that can withstand soccer games played in various climates.
    — Joe Guillen, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
  • This is a widespread invasive species commonly found in home landscapes, both in turfgrass and flower and vegetable beds.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2024
  • If your soil is excessively sandy or slow-draining clay, consider a different type of turfgrass.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Ground ivy taking over a lawn suggests that the conditions in that part of the yard are not very suitable for turfgrass to thrive, especially if the soil skews damp.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Tiny, crawling troops are making their way across Ohio and Kentucky, eating turfgrass and crops and leaving a trail of dead plants in their wake.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 1 Sep. 2021
  • White clover or microclover look like lawns, without many of traditional turfgrass' downsides.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Here's what is wrong One of the first things to look at when not all seems right in your turfgrass is whether the symptoms are spread more or less evenly around the yard or show up more spotty.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 9 Aug. 2024
  • So ditching your poorly suited turfgrass (or some of it) for less thirsty plants has obvious water-saving benefits.
    — Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 9 May 2025

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