Jim Riopelle wrote an excellent article in the January/February issue of Turf & Rec magazine. You’ll want to read the full article. Here are a few quotes: I’ve experienced the good times in our industry but more recently have seen a beleaguered industry, as our core players age, younger people... [Read More]

I was reading the “Cultural Aspects of Disease Management” chapter in Management of Turfgrass Diseases by Dr. Vargas and came across this gem about soil pH: “Most of the literature tells you that the soil pH should be maintained at the optimum level for turfgrass growth (between 6 and 7).... [Read More]

The N-only pot looked pretty good when I showed roots after 184 days. But that same grass grew a lot more, and produced a lot more underground roots and rhizomes, when P and K were added. You’ll notice in the image sequence above that the manilagrass supplied with N, P,... [Read More]

Regular readers of this site will remember the grow-in experiment I started on 1 October 2019. I wrote about it in these posts. Fertilizer response at planting Experiment update: fertilizer response at planting Grasses were planted in coconut coir as 3 cm diameter plugs, and then were fertilized with N... [Read More]

I’ve made a small update to the post archive page, listing the top 5 posts of all time on the site. Dormant manilagrass on an island in the Andaman Sea, Thailand You will also find all the posts tagged by topic. So if you want to read posts tagged zoysia... [Read More]