I discuss turfgrass management topics, usually starting with a blog post, sharing supplementary information, stories, and the reasons why I thought the topic was worth writing about, and worth reading about. Thus, a doublecut of these topics. This covers grass selection, playability, and all the work done to create a certain type of turfgrass surface.

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No rain, one boar, and 40 years of summer precipitation

The KBC News TV station did a profile of Keya GC greenkeeper Andrew McDaniel. Watch that (with an English language soundtrack, if necessary) and hear about the driest ...

Phosphorus, rootzone volume, and algae

I discussed grass responding to P at establishment, but not at maturity, as a function of soil P combined with rootzone volume.  Posts discussed are: https://www.asian...

When the soil report is not really about extractable vs. available nutrients

The topic of nutrient availability and extractable vs. exchangeable vs. available nutrients used to come up a lot, and I'm glad I haven't been asked this question as f...

Stressed turf and nutrient supply

This episode discusses Grime's definition of stress as "external constraints which limit the rate of dry matter production" and how this is related to nutrient supply/...

What happens to sand particle sizes after topdressing

I looked at sand particle sizes at the top of putting green rootzones, and compared those particle sizes to what is in the sand topdressing. The average results of thi...

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