Core sweepers make aeration easier, ball roll after 270 rounds, and estimating N in clippings
I discuss small plot university research with fixed treatments vs. golf course and sports turf maintenance with treatments that vary, and consider which results we should trust more. I also discuss the bobble test after 270 rounds, mention that core sweepers are a nice machine, and explain how I estimate N harvested in creeping bentgrass clippings.
Posts discussed and relevant links include:
Posts discussed and relevant links include:
- https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/ball-roll-after-270-rounds/
- Short bobble test video with T-Jay Creamer: https://youtu.be/Y2Fbw8Ks-gE
- ATC2x episode with T-Jay about management of the greens: https://youtu.be/NJwc7XJQRGk
- Bobble test rating scale: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/bobble-test-rating-scale/
- MSU Turfgrass Information File database: https://tic.msu.edu/database
- https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/green-sweepers-that-work-beautifully/
- Cleaning aerification cores the easy way in Japan: https://youtu.be/yv26e9rqwBw
- https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/nitrogen-harvested-in-clippings-calculation-update-for-2024/
- Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
- Get ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/
- Turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
- PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf
- ATC's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenter
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Micah Woods
I'm chief scientist at the Asian Turfgrass Center and director of the @paceturf information service. Some current projects include #OM246, #ClipVol, and #MLSN.
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