<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal">*** “Selecting the Correct herbicide for the Site, Soil, and
Weeds” will be presented by Dr. Bill McCloskey, UA Extension Weed Specialist,
at the 18<sup>th</sup> Annual Maricopa County Short Course in Phoenix on the
morning of September 1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Details
and registration form are available at: <a href="http://turf.arizona.edu/18thAnnualMaricopaCoShortCourse2011.pdf">http://turf.arizona.edu/18thAnnualMaricopaCoShortCourse2011.pdf</a>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>*** Online registration is now available for the Desert Turf
School, January 9-13, 2012 at the University of Arizona Maricopa County
Cooperative Extension office in Phoenix. <a href="https://pubs1.cals.arizona.edu/confreg/reginfo.cfm?ID=125">https://pubs1.cals.arizona.edu/confreg/reginfo.cfm?ID=125</a> A discounted registration rate is available if a check is
sent in via snail mail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>See
details at: <a href="http://turf.arizona.edu/">http://turf.arizona.edu/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>*** The Arizona Nursery Association’s annual SHADE
conference will be August 12 in Glendale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Turf and landscape weed and pest management topics will be featured and
CEU’s will be offered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Complete
program and registration information are at: <a href="http://azna.org/shade/">http://azna.org/shade/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>*** Monsoons have arrived and “hay-baling” season ought to
be here for a good “100 days” of bermudagrass growing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>All overseeded winter grasses should be
gone and if not, consider using transition-aid herbicides to eliminate competition
against bermudagrass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Aerifying
activities should also be moving along to relieve compaction, get the water and
air to the roots, leach the detrimental sodium out of rootzones, reduce organic
layer buildup, and to beat out any straggling winter grasses.</p>
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