Why you should know standard sand amounts but not necessarily copy them, with Brian Whitlark
Brian Whitlark joined me to talk about sand topdressing of putting greens and especially about sand amounts.
- The blog post we discussed is: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/standard-sand-amounts/
- Listen to Brian's recent appearance on the Frankly Speaking podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/lt/podcast/firm-fast-desert-with-brian-whitlark/id1793571091?i=1000743219832
- OM246 calculator web app with sand quantity conversion calculator: https://asianturfgrass.shinyapps.io/om246/
- How to measure topdressing rates: https://youtu.be/6LurONpyg5M?si=LW4IPwzzXbVAOn-m
- Managing salinity in putting greens article by Brian: https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/course-care/green-section-record/64/issue-08/managing-salinity-in-putting-greens.html
- Terminology of turfgrass organic matter: https://youtu.be/tMfby5xR2IM?si=8aOQ-Ju6A_cLib8M
- Whitlark and Thompson article from 2019 on topdressing: http://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/ticpdf.py?file=/article/whitlark-thompson-light-5-3-19.pdf
- Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
- Find a suite of decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
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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.
