Asian Turfgrass Center

The Cornell Turf Talk Podcast with Special Guest David Hicks

Posted on July 10, 2019

I worked for David Hicks when I was a graduate student at Cornell University, and I worked with him on some soil testing and tissue testing projects too. We didn’t give a thought to clipping volume back then. A few months ago, Hicks sat down with Carl Schimenti to discuss... [Read More]

Post-rain growth flush from nitrogen in the rain or nitrogen from the soil

Or is the growth from the water itself? I show a partitioning of the probable effects from N in rain, N mineralization, and increased soil water content.

Posted on July 9, 2019

The other day it rained at ATC南店. I knew that the grasses would grow at a faster rate after the rain than they had been growing prior to the rain. Some grass at ATC南店 after a tropical thunderstorm. I wondered about the subsequent grass growth, and how to partition the... [Read More]

New article with a straightforward discussion of clipping volume

Posted on July 3, 2019

The Michigan GCSA’s Spring issue of “Course Conditions” is now out, and it includes a 5 page feature article that I called Measuring clipping volume is easier and more useful than I expected. In the article, I explained “how clipping volume works and what it is all about.” The article... [Read More]

This one simple trick can transform putting greens from usually good to consistently great

Posted on June 25, 2019

What’s the trick? It is measuring the soil organic matter in the green, over time, and then adjusting the maintenance work. The purpose of this is to simultaneously produce a putting surface with the desired characteristics while minimizing the amount of disruptive work done to the putting surface. Here’s how... [Read More]

Verdure removal (or not) in turfgrass soil profile organic matter tests

Posted on June 19, 2019

After grass is mown, the remaining aboveground plant material is called verdure. The Turfgrass Information File describes verdure as the “layer of green living plant tissue remaining above the soil following mowing.” One can also think of this as the turf canopy. It is customary to remove verdure from soil... [Read More]