Autonomous mower at 12 mm produced higher quality turf, increased shoot density, and reduced energy use compared to a conventional reel mower

Posted on December 8, 2018

Jason Haines has written recently about The future of robot mowers today and I recommend having a read of that post for more insight, and some videos of these types of machines. There was an article in the August 2018 issue of HortTechnology that surprised me. This article, by Pirchio... [Read More]

Monthly Turfgrass Roundup: November 2018

Seminars, slides, podcasts, #ClipVol, #MLSN, bent vs. Poa, robot mowers, open access articles, and more

Posted on December 3, 2018

Matt Elmore started a really interesting experiment: Earlier this fall we vegetatively planted strips of 8 different bentgrass (incl. 1 colonial) cultivars into this 100% Poa annua fairway. We will evaluate how they compete for the next couple years. pic.twitter.com/zoa8eGlDxE— Matt Elmore (@RUturfweeds) November 10, 2018 I was a guest... [Read More]

Humbug, the MLSN movie

Posted on November 29, 2018

This is a movie about making fertilizer recommendations from soil tests using MLSN. I hope you enjoy watching this, and that this video provides a few new bits of information about what MLSN is and how it works. I’d like to thank Niels Dokkuma from the Netherlands Golf Federation for... [Read More]