I wondered what would happen if I added P and K and dolomite, or withheld those elements, from some turf I planted recently at ATC南店. Tifeagle 28 days after planting in coconut coir as 3 cm diameter plugs. Fertilizer was applied at planting, 10 days after planting, and 18 days... [Read More]

I really enjoyed listening to Frank Rossi and Jim Brosnan discuss weed control, Poa annua, herbicide resistance, and glyphosate in their recent discussion on TurfNet’s Frankly Speaking. I’d recommend listening to this to learn more about some important turfgrass management challenges and the research being done right now to find... [Read More]

Registration is now open for four MLSN seminars with the Swedish Golf Federation and Christofer Andersson next month. I’ll be talking about MLSN (the minimum levels for sustainable nutrition) in the context of fertilizer application to turfgrass. One could apply no fertilizer at all, but except in the most fertile... [Read More]

Jack Fry has written about MLSN in his what’s the big idea? column. You can find this in the October 2019 issue of Golf Course Management magazine. Fry wrote: “The MLSN model fits well into the low-input strategy that many golf course superintendents have developed to help maintenance costs fit... [Read More]

Yesterday I saw that Erwan Le Cocq was interested in reading scientific articles and was welcoming recommendations. I remembered that I had put together this eclectic reference list to include in my Turfgrass Science and Greenkeeping book. Articles and reports I’ve written are available at the ATC Library. Erwan wrote... [Read More]