The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods

Doug Soldat is a professor in the soil science department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We discussed a recent photo he shared showing dramatically increased snow mold where K fertilizer was applied. Or perhaps it was dramatically reduced snow mold where K fertilizer was not applied.

- See the photo we discussed: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/k-fertilizer-and-more-snow-mold/
- Watch this episode at https://youtu.be/ilPhk30NQlQ
- Bier et al. article on K supply from topdressing sand: A long term evaluation of differential potassium fertilization of a creeping bentgrass putting green, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3765-8
- If you are in the USA and would like to send your topdressing sand for an analysis of K content, you can send to Dr. Soldat at this address:

Dept of Soil Science
Attn: Doug Soldat
1525 Observatory Dr.
Madison, WI  53706-1299

Regarding samples, these have to come from the USA. Soils require an import permit to enter the USA and he doesn't have a permit for samples for this project. US samples only, please.

- Dest and Guillard on non-exchangeable K, Bentgrass response to K fertilization and K release rates from eight sand rootzone sources used in putting green construction, available at https://opencommons.uconn.edu/plsc_articles/13/
- The pH chart article we discussed is by Hartemink and Barrow, Soil pH - nutrient relationships: the diagram, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05861-z

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