All Episodes
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PACE Turf, turf textbook publishing, and the International Turfgrass Society w/ John Kaminski
John Kaminski joined me to discuss PACE Turf's information service, the turf textbook publishing industry, and more.
Frank Rossi and I discuss what I've called my "least favorite experiment ever"
Frank Rossi from Cornell University joined me to discuss an experiment he conducted (and I helped with a little bit) in the early 2000s. We discuss the performance of ...
Andrew Thomson on remote courses in Japan, hickory golf, links turf, and "champagne golf"
Andrew Thomson joined me from Itoshima, Japan to discuss the type of golf courses one can find on remote islands in Japan, such as the spectacular Hirabaru at Ukushima...
Dollar spot and a predictive model, fertilizer recommendation survey, and light that's "missing"
I discuss seeing a lot of dollar spot and checking the probability of a disease epidemic, show the results of a fertilizer recommendation survey, and discuss a ranking...
Achieving the desired turf surfaces by thinking backwards (or why reactivity can beat proactivity)
I discuss the idea that being reactive to current turf conditions---working backwards from the conditions to the work that should be done---offers substantial advantag...
Zoysia on putting greens? Why?
Have you ever putted on zoysia greens? Wait, zoysia can be used on putting greens? Yes, it can be, and in many cases it makes a fine choice of grass. However, it has a...
Zoysia seedheads and pitchmarks that last
I discuss two blog posts---one is pitch marks and what I know about reducing damage from them. The other is zoysia seedheads, specifically on manilagrass, and the inte...
Trees, turf, and tropical tournament golf
Chris Chase joined me to discuss the types of grass that work in tropical conditions when there is a combination of high temperatures, cloudy weather, and tree shade. ...
Soil and water management: 3 problems (salinity, sodium hazard, & deficiencies), with solutions
I discuss three primary problems that may occur with irrigation water and soil. These are chemical problems that one might not be aware of without testing. Specificall...
Urea as putting green fertilizer for complete control of tournament greens
Andrew McDaniel and I discussed complete control of putting green fertilizer with urea, including how to make the applications, when to worry about burn, and how he di...
4 tools to measure putting green firmness
This looks at a classic post from a few years ago in which I discussed four tools used to measure surface hardness (firmness) of golf course putting greens. Andrew McD...
Turfgrass rootzones: a carbon-rich, nitrogen-poor world
Joe Gulotti joined me to talk about one of the posts that got the fewest views in 2018. The topic is soil microbes and how they live in a carbon-rich world, and why th...
Elemental nutrient ratios as fertilizer recommendations, and a trip to see zoysia greens in the USA
Andrew McDaniel joined me to discuss fertilizer recommendations for fine turfgrass, not as quantities, but as ratios. We also discussed my trip to the USA, where I was...
Is the extra hole on Kawana's Fuji Course the best in the world? I think so. Plus, tropical #ClipVol
I discussed two ATC blog posts with guest Andrew McDaniel. We talked about the utility of an extra hole, and also the rather special one at Kawana. We also discussed c...
Putting green firmness, speed, and roll quality at the Catalunya Championship
I explain what I talked about during my seminar at the Catalunya Championship, and share the summary charts showing playability measurements related to ball bounce and...
Grass can grow too slow, plus Tom Cook's lawn and 2 tournaments in Spain
I explain how grass is systematically grown faster than the optimum growth rate because errors on the side of slow growth are worse than errors on the side of too much...
Soil organic matter accumulates more rapidly in young greens with lower OM content to begin with
This is an obvious concept but the implications are complex. If soil organic matter accumulates more rapidly in young soils, and if one wants to manage soil organic ma...
What if the soil organic matter was never there to begin with?
I discuss my visit to (and seminar at) the University of Florida, and consider whether soil organic matter content stability over time might be related to the inherent...
MLSN & "deficiencies", tissue test manifesto, & Ireland conference presentations
I discuss two presentations from the ATPI conference in Galway, Ireland, how one might think about soil "deficiencies" when doing soil test interpretation, and discuss...
The Tale of Two Tests (for soil organic matter)
I discuss tests for soil organic matter, and explain the distinction between those tests and a different kind of test for total organic material by depth. I also talke...