Sand topdressing rates, soil organic matter/material, cultivation, and K with Chas Schmid
Dr. Chas Schmid has been involved with many of the same topics I often study and consider---sand topdressing, potassium fertilization, soil organic matter, putting green performance, and so on. His data, and plenty of photographic evidence, also show that there can be completely different outcomes than what I might have expected. We discuss this, on a range of topics, in this episode.
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- We discussed as a starting point, this blog post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/updated-sand-topdressing-by-gp/
- This survey article about topdressing and OM: Organic Matter Concentration of Creeping Bentgrass Putting Greens in the Continental U.S. and Resident Management Impact: https://turf.unl.edu/Presentations/2018/the_canadian_2018_1.pdf
- Potassium and Poa annua: https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2018.03.0147
- OSU 2023 summer field day book with updates on some of the projects we discussed: https://horticulture.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/2023_osu_turf_summer_field_day_aug_31_2023_final.pdf
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- Follow Chas on X: https://twitter.com/Chas_Schmid
- We discussed as a starting point, this blog post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/updated-sand-topdressing-by-gp/
- This survey article about topdressing and OM: Organic Matter Concentration of Creeping Bentgrass Putting Greens in the Continental U.S. and Resident Management Impact: https://turf.unl.edu/Presentations/2018/the_canadian_2018_1.pdf
- Potassium and Poa annua: https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2018.03.0147
- OSU 2023 summer field day book with updates on some of the projects we discussed: https://horticulture.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/2023_osu_turf_summer_field_day_aug_31_2023_final.pdf
Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
Get ATC newsletters at https://subscribepage.com/atc_newsletters
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
Listen to the ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods podcast at https://doublecut.asianturfgrass.com/
Listen to the ATC Office Hours podcast at https://office-hours.asianturfgrass.com/
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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.
