Why I recommend annual soil testing for professionally managed turfgrass grown in sand rootzones
One of ATC's soil testing clients had soil pH drop from 6 to 4.8 on tee surfaces from 2019 to 2022, with no soil testing in the three years between. For sand rootzones, I prefer annual testing because it allows one to catch these changes and adjust before things change too much.
I discussed these blog posts.
- low pH and annual testing: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/one-reason-why-i-recommend-annual-soil-testing-of-sand-rootzones/
- Large scale fertilizer recommendation effects: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/p-fertilizer-recommendations-as-a-2x-to-18x-multiple-of-mlsn/
- Portugal seminars: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/five-short-seminars-on-exiciting-topics/
- Spain seminars: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/turfgrass-on-a-spanish-tour/
- Watch this episode at: https://youtu.be/WFj2gc4bhtk
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