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ATC Office Hours: growth ratio, measurement units, & turf math with Jason Haines & Bjarni Hannesson
Jason and Bjarni joined me to talk about some useful turfgrass math, especially the turfgrass growth ratio, which you can read more about at https://www.asianturfgras...
Autumn #OM246 review with "the guy who doesn't do maintenance Mondays"
For the third consecutive autumn, Chris Tritabaugh joined me to review the OM246 (total organic material by depth) test results from the greens at Hazeltine National G...
Firm bentgrass greens and OM management with Richard Forsyth
Richard Forsyth is the director of courses at Royal Melbourne Golf Club. We discussed playing conditions, maintenance work, and grass types in relation to production o...
Championship conditions discussion with Eric Johnson and MLSN, ClipVol, & OM246
Eric Johnson joined from his office at Chambers Bay to discuss everyday golfing conditions, championship playing surfaces, and workflow using techniques such as clippi...
Why are we cultivating so much? Soil organic matter with Dr. Roch Gaussoin
Dr. Roch Gaussoin, professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, joined me to discuss cultivation of golf course turf, sand topdressing, soil organic matter testing...
Autumn 2022 OM246 review with Chris Tritabaugh
Total organic material testing (OM246) can be used to calibrate the amount of sand and cultivation required to produce high performance putting surfaces. Chris Tritaba...
MLSN and soil test interpretation on bentgrass and Poa annua with Jackie Guevara
Jackie Guevara did an experiment that compared no P or K fertilizer, those elements as recommended by MLSN, and those elements as recommended by SLAN. The results? MLS...
Golf turf playability with Carl Schimenti: green speed, firmness, smoothness and trueness of roll
Carl is a competitive golfer and a turfgrass researcher. We had a long conversation about the topic of playability of surfaces. What is it, how is it measured, can it ...
No change in soil OM after sand topdressing just once in a year, with Andrew McDaniel
Total organic material by depth (#OM246) measurements have been made at Keya GC for six years. We discussed these results and how the organic matter has remained const...
Leaf nutrient analyses (tissue tests) with Doug Soldat
Doug Soldat joined me to discuss tissue tests for turfgrass, and how we might make use of them (or not) to make decisions about fertilizer.
Chris Tritabaugh's blog, disruption, and playability
Chris Tritabaugh joined me to discuss his recent blog posts about what putting green disruption is, and how he has been working to minimize it through measurement of g...
Turfgrass growth potential (GP) with Larry Stowell from PACE Turf
Larry Stowell joined me to discuss the temperature-based turfgrass growth potential --- where it comes from and how it is used. We also discussed a bit about MLSN and ...
Nutrient requirements of Poa annua and MLSN with Ben Brace
Ben Brace and I discussed how we expect MLSN to work for Poa annua, and if there might be some differences compared with creeping bentgrass. We discussed biostimulants...
Tom Cook on lawn ecology, bentgrass, and climax species in the Pacific Northwest
Tom Cook led the turfgrass program at Oregon State University for 31 years and was my professor for many turfgrass classes when I was a student there in the 1990s. Tom...
OM246 report review with Chris Tritabaugh
Chris Tritabaugh, the golf course superintendent at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota, discuss an OM246 report for samples collected in October 2021. This is t...